application development news from FierceCIO

You are probably hearing a lot of advice about how to protect your systems, but a new InformationWeek.com article puts it all in perspective. The publication highlights the ways IT teams are failing... Read more...

You are a programmer looking for work. What should you tell your prospective employer? Joel Spolsky, founder of Fog Creek Software, said programmers should emphasize coding on their resumes,... Read more...

IT departments involved in projects including software development should never underestimate the importance of good business analysts. Carey Schwaber, a senior analyst of application development at... Read more...

For CIOs and their IT employees at Global 1000 companies, it may not seem like your department's budget is bloated, given all the needs and the long wish list. Yet, the Hackett Group, a research... Read more...

Everybody loves a top ten list. Also at the Gartner conference, consultants identified the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2008. Green IT tops the list. IT is still responsible for 2 percent of all... Read more...

Among the challenges facing the modern CIO, convincing other executives to commit the same level of funding to security as to strategic, potentially money-making applications... Read more...

If you're in IT these days, life is looking pretty good, at least according to the latest IT Spending, Staffing and Technology Survey from Computer Economics. The survey finds that just about... Read more...

CSO Magazine's CIO Executive Council members offer some good advice for disaster recovery. These include dedicating a department to manage business continuity and disaster recovery,... Read more...

> Companies still relying on manual processes for data integration need to change--fast. Read more...

Of all of the IT tasks companies are likely to outsource, IT infrastructure makes the most business sense, with the highest average return and the fewest risks. Organizations can save an average... Read more...