Government Shutdown: IT Says Big Deal?
Despite the fact that the U.S. government is the biggest IT customer in the world (the $2 billion NSA data center in Utah and the $634 million Obamacare website being just two big-name examples),...
View ArticleJudge Rejects Silicon Valley Wage-Fixing Settlement
Lending credence to the idea that the supposed STEM shortage is really just a shortage of cheap labor, a number of Silicon Valley giants were recently caught in no-poaching agreements to suppress...
View ArticleIT Degrees Are Still the Career Ticket
If Steve Jobs and Bill Gates did it, why can’t everyone else? Fortunately or unfortunately, not everyone is a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. Achieving a successful career in IT, as in so many other fields,...
View ArticleSix Ways Big Data Could Damage Your Business—and What to Do About It
As every marketer knows, the era of big data is here, and with it comes a huge smorgasbord of opportunities to connect with customers in amazing new ways. Vast quantities of customer information are...
View ArticleShould Companies Pay Users for Their Data?
The big business of user data, combined with concerns about privacy, is leading to some arguments that companies should pay their customers for their data. But even ignoring the problem of how to...
View ArticleE-Waste: The Tide Is Rising, but New Breakwaters Can Mitigate the Risk
E-waste is the fastest-growing waste in the world, accounting for 70% of the toxic waste in U.S. landfills. Gartner predicts that the amount of connected “things” in use will increase five times from...
View ArticleTechnology’s Overreliance on the State
If you have a problem, who you gonna call? Unfortunately, in the technology world, the answer is far too often the legislature. (Or it might be the Supreme Court—a de facto legislature.) The technology...
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