Looking for a high-paying career in IT? The best contractor rates are for business intelligence consultants, project managers and accounting systems developers. However, there’s a shift towards more full-time employees in some areas, so it might not be the path to riches you anticipate.
Forget that tired old claim that Gen Y workers are clashing with their bosses over access to Twitter and the right to use a Mac rather than a Windows PC. It’s also possible that bosses are cannily using bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies as a sneaky way to avoid giving you a raise.
Working in IT and thinking about changing jobs? Chances are you’ll find it a bit tougher to get a new gig than a year ago — but it could help if you’re good at testing or SQL.
As millions of Gmail users can attest, shifting your email to an external provider can eliminate maintenance issues and save time for IT managers to concentrate on more strategic technologies. However, email contains enormous volumes of important business information, so companies need to carefully assess providers before switching over. What issues should you consider before making the switch?
Virtualisation has obvious benefits in all kinds of scenarios, and recent figures suggest that more than half of Australian enterprises have virtualised some of their workloads. But why isn’t the uptake broader?
Telepresence systems — essentially super-powered videoconferencing systems which offer images at high enough quality to make medical diagnoses or closely read body language — are becoming increasingly common. But how can you utilise them for maximum impact? We’ve gathered expert advice on how to make the most of telepresence.
Rolling out virtual machines is an easy way to set up new servers, but conventional wisdom holds that the overhead from running virtual machines means performance won’t match native workloads. But that isn’t always the case if you’re doing highly complicated tasks like rendering movies.
The upside of cloud computing is usually said to be reduced costs and administrative hassle; the downside is a perception of increased risk and lack of control. Yet experts say both those perceptions can be downright wrong most of the time. Why is that, and what can you do to make workplace cloud projects more effective?
Floods, bushfires, earthquakes, nuclear disasters — if those events in 2011 didn’t demonstrate the importance of having a good backup and disaster recovery solution, I don’t know what would. But a recent survey suggests that plenty of businesses still haven’t got their backup strategy sorted.
Chances are you have a backup regime in place to ensure you don’t lose crucial work information from your computer systems. But do you have a plan that includes where everyone will work in the event of a major emergency? One recent study suggests the answer is probably “no”.
