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IT hiring will pick up slightly next year, and talented programmers and project managers will be at the starting line.
Computerworld - Christmas came in midsummer for Nicole Thompson, IS director of applications at HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley.
Thanks to a federal mandate to implement electronic health records (EHR) systems, she has the funds in her 2011 budget to hire 11 new employees for projects ranging from database analysis and design to wireless device implementation.
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In a perfect world, your network would suffer no downtime and be locked down tight. You'd be in perfect compliance with all government regulations, and your users would all be self-supporting. The cloud would take care of nearly all your infrastructure needs, and there wouldn't be a single device accessing the network you didn't first approve of and control.
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Presentation slides from the 7/27 presentation of They just don't understand IT! Building Better Relationships with Business Units.
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Takeaway: The IT profession and the IT job market are in the midst of seismic changes that are going to shift the focus to three types of jobs.
There’s a general anxiety that has settled over much of the IT profession in recent years. It’s a stark contrast to the situation just over a decade ago.
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I know it sounds counterintuitive and goes against the drive for centralization that has been in effect at most companies for the past 10 years. But for both competitive and technological reasons, funneling everything through the IT department no longer makes sense. Instead, business-unit leaders need to start assuming more control over the IT assets that fuel their individual businesses.
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Once the CIO oversaw an IT department that ran a company's servers, ordered computer equipment and reset employees' forgotten passwords. They still do this, of course, but now, as technology becomes central to every department from marketing to manufacturing, CIOs are becoming key participants in nearly every business decision. They're also sharing control over technology purchases with other departments and even with the rank and file, who increasingly are bringing their own tech gear to work.
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