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How to land a software development job in an AI-focused world

AI isn’t eliminating software developers, but it is changing what matters to hiring managers. Here’s our guide to landing a software development job in a rapidly shifting landscape.

By Bob Violino

Mar 23, 20269 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

7 paths to spotting and spurring hidden IT talent

Your next great IT hire already works for your organization. Here's how to discover hidden IT gems

By Dan Tynan

Mar 18, 2013 11 mins

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills and Training

10 steps to becoming the developer everyone wants

There's more to career advancement than solving tough programming challenges

By Andrew C. Oliver

Mar 14, 2013 8 mins

Java Software Development

Galaxy S4 launch sets stage for cutthroat 2013 smartphone battle

Marketing strength gives Samsung an edge even if its new smartphone is no better than the competition

By Mikael Ricknäs

Mar 14, 2013 5 mins

Samsung Electronics Technology Industry

Cloud services can save you money — if you’re careful

Calculating the real ROI of cloud apps requires the analysis of a lot of factors, and cutting corners on that process means you might not save money

By Nancy Gohring

Mar 13, 2013 14 mins

Amazon Web Services App Testing IaaS

Automating the cloud, one website script at a time

Zapify and If This Then That offer users an easy way to let their cloud services talk to one another

By Lisa Schmeiser

Mar 13, 2013 6 mins

SaaS Software Development

Red Hat rolls FuseSource middleware into JBoss stack

FuseSource's AMQ messaging will eventually replace Red Hat's own MRG, while the Fuse ESB will work alongside the JBoss ESB

By Joab Jackson

Mar 12, 2013 4 mins

Java Open Source Web Development

The rise of cloud-based IDEs

Development tools in the cloud enable programming from anywhere, but they're not suited for all app dev needs

By Paul Krill

Mar 12, 2013 4 mins

Development Tools PaaS

How to avoid 15 common IT resume mistakes

Career experts to identify the 15 most common resumes mistakes — and we offer advice on how to fix them

By Rich Hein

Mar 11, 2013 1 min

IT Jobs

Companies take bold steps into desktop virtualization

Mobility sparks a move toward desktop virtualization, as benefits begin to outweigh challenges and ROI battles

By Stacy Collett

Mar 11, 2013 1 min

Careers Software Development

Apple in business: The support IT doesn’t know about

Apple is no Microsoft, but it has more IT options for supporting Macs and iOS devices than you might think

By Mel Beckman

Mar 11, 2013 11 mins

Careers Software Development Technology Industry

Ops to dev: It’s your fault, and here’s proof

A development team denies its quality control issue, but the numbers don't lie

By Anonymous

Mar 6, 2013 5 mins

Devops Java

6 innovations that will change health care

Breakthroughs from the MIT's Future of Health and Wellness Conference could change the way patients interact with hospitals, physicians, and each other

By Brian Eastwood

Mar 6, 2013 11 mins

Analytics Predictive Analytics Technology Industry

Feds take (baby) steps to fight fraud with analytics

Government agencies have begun, tentatively, to mine their vast stores of data for the public good

By Tam Harbert

Mar 5, 2013 1 min

Data Management Predictive Analytics Technology Industry

Epic codefest: 7 programming languages in 7 days

We challenged our developers to learn Clojure, Scala, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, Kotlin, and Go in a day. Here's how easy it is to make the switch

By Andrew C. Oliver

Mar 4, 2013 22 mins

Java JavaScript Web Development

Acting quickly on the correct data helps engage more customers

By Sandra Gittlen

Feb 28, 2013 13 mins

Predictive Analytics Technology Industry Twitter

Translating enterprise apps to mobile: Three companies’ journeys

Firms are discovering what works — and what doesn't

By Esther Shein

Feb 28, 2013 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

3 ways to give your IT organization a skills tune-up

Three IT execs describe how they define and develop IT staff capabilities that keep pace with business needs

By CIO Executive Council Staff

Feb 26, 2013 1 min

Careers IT Skills and Training

Jaspersoft CEO: We’re driving pervasive business intelligence

Opening business intelligence to more users has long been a goal — and Jaspersoft CEO Brian Gentile claims his cloud-based tools offer a breakthrough solution

By john_gallant

Feb 26, 2013 26 mins

Business Intelligence Data Visualization SaaS

14 dirty IT tricks, security pros edition

Beware these underhanded techniques for draining IT security budgets and avoiding accountability

By Roger Grimes

Feb 25, 2013 11 mins

Application Security Malware Technology Industry

Oracle updates NetBeans for HTML5

The new version of the IDE features code completion for HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS to make programming for mobile and Web apps easier

By Joab Jackson

Feb 21, 2013 3 mins

HTML Java Web Development

Can China’s phone makers take on Apple and Samsung?

Huawei and ZTE have their sights set on a bigger presence in the US and European markets

By Martyn Williams

Feb 21, 2013 7 mins

Technology Industry

Where marketing execs are spending all those tech dollars

Gartner says marketing may spend more on tech than IT, but for what?

By Lynn Haber

Feb 21, 2013 8 mins

Data Management SaaS Software Development

Amazon’s Redshift for big data analytics — the pros and cons

The cloud-based big data analytics database service is now available in limited release; here's what you should know

By David Linthicum

Feb 20, 2013 3 mins

Application Integration Java Web Development

How Microsoft will change forever and thrive again

As PC prospects decline, the tech giant moves toward a hybrid, cross-platform future with opportunities in the server closet and the cloud

By Serdar Yegulalp

Feb 19, 2013 19 mins

Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

The lazy geek’s guide to building a home media center

Anything less than a DIY digital home entertainment project means making the most of Apple TV

By Galen Gruman

Feb 18, 2013 15 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Windows 8 book authors dish on Windows 8

14 top-selling writers who dug deep into Windows offer a range of perspectives that show how controversial the new OS is

By Woody Leonhard

Feb 15, 2013 23 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

IT workers to management: NOW can we telecommute?

IT helps others to work remotely but rarely gets to join in. Is that fair?

By Howard Baldwin

Feb 14, 2013 9 mins

Careers IT Jobs

For next-gen IT, resistance is fertile

Business change management begins with understanding employee resistance

By Bob Lewis

Feb 13, 2013 5 mins

Java

IT career advice that will change your life

Tech pros give their insight on communication, workflow, and more

By Mary Brandel

Feb 13, 2013 1 min

Careers

ROI calculations done right can help IT projects

Building a solid business case for your IT projects means nailing the financial calculations and language. Making accurate ROI predictions can pay off

By Minda Zetlin

Feb 11, 2013 2 mins

Careers Software Development Technology Industry

IT training gets an extreme makeover

From movie-like videos to hands-on hacker contests, fresh approaches to skills development have gussied up the world of IT training.

By Cindy Waxer

Feb 11, 2013 10 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training

Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center

Microsoft's update has some worthwhile features, but the holes make some wonder if the software's really finished

By Jonathan Hassell

Feb 7, 2013 12 mins

Microsoft Exchange Software Development Technology Industry

Survey: State of the enterprise, 2013

The pressure is on IT to work with users and deliver on business goals

By Computerworld Staff

Feb 7, 2013 1 min

IT Jobs Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Security-as-a-service gaining popularity

Security delivered as a cloud service has several benefits, including costs and flexibility, but there are some cautions, too, adopters say

By Bob Violino

Feb 4, 2013 1 min

Careers Managed Cloud Services

Executives from 3M, Taco Bell, Fluor, and other companies have launched projects to improve collaboration and communication

By Juan Carlos Perez

Feb 4, 2013 7 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Twitter’s programmers speed Hadoop development

Cascading simplifies Twitter's MapReduce operations in Scala, Clojure, and Jython

By Andrew Lampitt

Feb 1, 2013 3 mins

Java Open Source Web Development

10 Windows 8 tips, tricks, and hacks

Take control of Windows 8 on the Desktop, the lock screen, and more

By Preston Gralla

Jan 31, 2013 27 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Speed up mobile app dev with back-end-as-a-service

BaaS offers standard features to drop into your apps, so your developers can spend their time on the most strategic pieces

By Nancy Gohring

Jan 31, 2013 2 mins

Cloud Computing Mobile Development Technology Industry

BaaS: It’s a crowded (and young) market

It may be tempting to jump in quickly, but be careful

By Nancy Gohring

Jan 31, 2013 1 min

Cloud Computing Mobile Development Technology Industry

How to manage big data overload

Complex requirements and relentless demands for capacity vex storage administrators. Here's how to handle the data deluge

By Stacy Collett

Jan 29, 2013 1 min

Analytics Data Management

Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun

Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet

By Bob Violino

Jan 28, 2013 9 mins

Application Security Hacking Technology Industry

The full Java life: Interview with Jim Showalter, principal engineer at Intuit

Coding server-side Java on the Quickbooks back end

By Matthew Heusser

Jan 24, 2013 12 mins

Java Software Development Web Development

IT résumé makeover: Advice for the tech pro who’s done it all

When an award-winning IT professional's résumé was just a running list of the jobs he'd held, the challenge was how to make his most impressive skills stand out

By Rich Hein

Jan 24, 2013 2 mins

IT Jobs

Tape storage finds new life in the enterprise and beyond

Many enterprises depend on tape for cost-effective long-term storage, and it is finding new applications in a virtualized and increasingly video-centric world

By Stephen Lawson

Jan 23, 2013 8 mins

Data Management

The pros and cons of an Apple-Intel divorce

There's no need for an OS X-iOS merger, but Apple could ditch Intel in its Macs — or adopt Intel in the iPhone and iPad

By Tom R. Halfhill

Jan 22, 2013 12 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Brendan Eich tells how to prevent JavaScript memory leaks

The JavaScript founder details where developers can go wrong and the straightforward methods to stay on track

By Paul Krill

Jan 17, 2013 4 mins

JavaScript Web Development

IT pros reveal the best career advice they ever received

We asked three top IT execs to share their most useful pieces of career advice

By Mary Brandel

Jan 14, 2013 1 min

Careers

Disaster recovery: Don’t forget mobile

As the mobile workforce continues to grow, IT execs must remember an important new piece of their disaster recovery plans: mobile devices

By Mary K. Pratt

Jan 14, 2013 1 min

Technology Industry

Big data means big IT job opportunities — for the right people

A slew of new jobs is expected to open up in big data, but not everyone in IT will qualify. Here's what employers will be looking for

By Tam Harbert

Jan 14, 2013 10 mins

Data Management IT Jobs

5 tips for developing successful mobile apps

The world has endured the release of a whole lot of mediocre, or even useless, mobile apps. It's time to consider some best practices for app development

By Scot Finnie

Jan 14, 2013 4 mins

Mobile Development Technology Industry