Up-and-coming tech jobs (and how to land one)

	Career Watch: IT jobs on top | The Grill: TASC CIO Barbie Bigelow builds an IT infrastructure from scratch
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	Up-and-coming tech jobs (and how to land one) Big changes in IT are spawning a new class of tech job titles. Here are a few up-and-comers -- and a rundown of the skills you need to land these positions. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: College of St Scholastica MA in IT Leadership – online, 24 months The College of St. Scholastica's online program is designed for working adults who require the flexibility to complete coursework when it's convenient to them. Gain the skills to identify and analyze IT and organizational problems. Learn to manage multi-disciplinary teams and lead effective change. Learn more at go.css.edu/computerworldITL. In this Issue Career Watch: IT jobs on top The Grill: TASC CIO Barbie Bigelow builds an IT infrastructure from scratch Robert L. Mitchell: Workforce IT program: A model for debt-free college education INSIDER Paul Glen: We techies can put users on edge IBM retirement plan promises jobs through 2013 Outsourcing allows Mich. utility to refocus IT HP's layoff plans and what they mean WHITE PAPER: Teradata Cloud Computing Models for Data Warehousing Gain better business intelligence through private cloud self service capabilities. In this whitepaper, analyst Mark Madsen explores why private cloud computing is a better choice to meet your analytical needs as business conditions fluctuate and grow. Learn more. Career Watch: IT jobs on top In a recent ranking of the best jobs, several IT positions ended up in the top 10. Read More The Grill: TASC CIO Barbie Bigelow builds an IT infrastructure from scratch CIO Barbie Bigelow led the effort to build an IT organization and infrastructure from scratch when the TASC systems engineering operation was spun off from Northrop Grumman. Her team completed the cutover in just under 12 months. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Workforce IT program: A model for debt-free college education Workforce Opportunity Services partners with businesses, restructures college curricula to put vocational skills first, and offers a pay-as-you-go model for higher education that lets low-income students graduate debt free. It's a model that America's colleges and universities might do well to follow. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Systems A Geek's Guide to Presenting to Business People Live Webcast: Wednesday, June 20th at 1:00 PM EDT Join this live webinar with Paul Glen, author of Leading Geeks, to learn how to communicate with business people and become the compelling, effective speaker you never knew you could be. Learn More INSIDER Paul Glen: We techies can put users on edge When we hear a good idea, we often start to explore its edges until we find an exception that we then just have to blurt out. Surprise! Users hate that. Insider (registration required) Read More IBM retirement plan promises jobs through 2013 IBM is offering employees who are nearing retirement a one-time opportunity to take advantage of a program that would guarantee their employment through Dec. 31, 2013. Read More Outsourcing allows Mich. utility to refocus IT Consumers Energy has hired an outsourcer to take over some of its IT operations. The utility hopes the move will allow its own data center workers to focus on projects that directly impact the bottom line. Read More HP's layoff plans and what they mean HP is expected to announce a large layoff at its quarterly investors briefing on Wednesday, losing as many as 30,000 employees. But for now, the company isn't talking about its plans. Read More
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