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Five-year CIO job cycle stays fairly steady

CIOs stay in the same job an average of four to five years, recent surveys show. Whether they're staying longer than they did a couple years ago is up for debate, reports Paul Thibodeau at

With so much money coming in, why not spend more on security?

It was a pretty good week overall for the tech vendors, with several of them announcing some very upbeat quarterly results and exceeding analyst expectations. Microsoft reported its highest

Austin Energy CIO: Security is a business enabler, not just a cost

As the enterprise slowly emerges from the recession, most IT shops would say security has been a necessity--something that was not severely affected by the downturn, partially out of fear. But Karl

IT hiring jumps in January

There's some good news out there on the IT job market, and it's about time. January 2010 was one of the best month-to-month gains since the recession took hold in late 2008, according to the

What could doom the IT recovery?

There have been some upbeat forecasts from CompTIA, Forrester Research and others about IT's recovery. Forrester has been predicting 6.6 percent growth this year, and ComptTIA has shown a spike in

Study: Understaffed data centers rampant

The recession has taken its toll on the operation of data centers. A new survey of IT executives acknowledges that they have made significant cutbacks in this business unit and may be looking for

IT budgets sink to '05 levels

Your IT budget is looking flat. In fact, it is looking downright deflated. A new Gartner report found that the average 2010 IT budget is likely to look like it's still 2005, with little, if any

Survey: IT job satisfaction plummets

A new survey by the Corporate Executive Board finds that IT workers, like many other employees, are not putting forth the extra effort at work--a clear sign that something is wrong on the job. The

Recovery: CIO jobs rebound in 2010

As bad as 2009 was for employment in the United States, CIO job openings picked up in the last half of 2009 with positive signs for more good news in 2010. "The bottom was reached in the first

The IT recovery

This is our last issue this year, and we'll be taking a break until Jan. 4. We hope you will use this time to enjoy the holidays as you take a look back and think ahead on what's next for the IT