silicon valley news from FierceCIO

We have a fundamental disconnect facing this country's technology labor force. On the one hand, we need young people to pursue careers in technology so we can regain our competitive edge as a nation. Read more...

Tough times for IT in recent years have generated a lot of disgruntled workers who have been secretly looking for new jobs for the past 12 months, experts caution. As employment opportunities start Read more...

High-tech workers in the Bay Area are still losing out on wages. Their salaries peaked in 2000 at an average of $120,000 and never got that high again. A new Bureau of Labor Statistics report found Read more...

The Federal Trade Commission paid a visit to Silicon Valley recently with a very direct message: It's time to step up to the plate and do a better job of protecting consumer privacy and consumer Read more...

Oracle and SAP have been in the hot seat as of late. An article in Barron's and a recent investment report blow the whistle on the companies 22 percent annual fees for upgrades and support. Given Read more...

It may be time to create a mentoring program at your company for women in IT, suggests the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. The organization recently released research on nearly 1,800 Read more...

There are some signs that the long and deep economic downturn may be starting to ebb, but so far it's been a jobless recovery that may hold true for IT, as well as many other sectors of the job Read more...

We report this week on some strong signals that the recession may be waning, and life could be back to normal quite soon, for the technology industry. The numbers were good on Wall Street last week, Read more...

Something big is happening in the gilded world of information technology. The unemployment rate has climbed to 12 percent in Silicon Valley, and jobless workers are abandoning IT and trying to move Read more...

There's a new phenomenon in the world of startups. Plenty of states and local governments want IT business and these places are willing to offer grant money and tax breaks as a way to entice startups Read more...