RELATED STORY: Hot skills that get you ahead of the game in Canada's IT jobs marketBy almost any measure, the economy is in a bad shape.Consumer spending is down, credit markets remain weak,
Published on: January 2nd, 2009 Thomas Hoffman @itbusinessca
Five years ago, Jean Ritala was dating a businessman who started to demonstrate Jekyll and Hyde-like behavior. Well-spoken, charismatic and successful, he could also be manipulative and bullying, telling her that it was
Published on: August 14th, 2008 Thomas Hoffman @itbusinessca
In 2006, author and technology think-tank head Don Tapscott teamed up with Anthony D. Williams to write Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Penguin Group), a book about the Web 2.0 economy that
Published on: April 23rd, 2008 Thomas Hoffman @itbusinessca
When Jeff Steinhorn joined Hess Corp. as CIO of its marketing and refining division in the summer of 2006, he discovered within the first two months of his tenure that the IT organization
Published on: April 8th, 2008 Thomas Hoffman @itbusinessca
Last November, a fire broke out in one of the buildings on ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s main campus, forcing about 50 employees to move to another location on the property. After the building's sprinklers
Published on: April 2nd, 2008 Thomas Hoffman @itbusinessca
Short of being handed your walking papers, there are often telltale signs that it's time to look for a new job. You haven't been promoted since the Clinton administration. The most exciting assignments
Published on: December 20th, 2007 Thomas Hoffman @itbusinessca
Faced with dwindling enrollments in university computer science and IT programs, the Society for Information Management has taken a novel approach toward engaging America's youth in potential IT careers: They're partnering with public
Published on: October 11th, 2007 Thomas Hoffman @itbusinessca
