Gen Y workers are the lazy, entitled ones giving IT the headaches with all that bring-your-own technology, right? Think again. New Forrester research finds that Gen Y isn't all that different from Gen X in its views of IT.
If cost of ownership analysis is a painful exercise for IT organizations, why has almost every company done it (and continued to do it) multiple times? Simply because management requires an accurate understanding of current IT costs and strengths so they can better assess new ideas and technologies. In this article, we will identify six key elements to effective cost of ownership analysis, which you can use these to improve the accuracy and eliminate the frustration associated with this necessary step in y
Issuing corporate smart phones isn't just about catering to the preferences of the next generation. As a lower-cost alternative to company laptops, mobile phones might be better suited to the current economic climate.
Social networking is catching on in the enterprise whether IT likes it or not, said IT leaders at Ford, Continental Airlines and Intel during a discussion at a Microsoft-sponsored event.
Generation Y technologies may pose security threats to corporate networks, but security professionals should consider these technologies’ value in attracting and keeping employees, and balance the two accordingly.
In some ways, Generation Y professionals may be better positioned than Baby Boomers and Generation X workers to survive a recession. For one, they don't have the same strong allegiances to their employers that their Boomer and Gen X counterparts have, which some experts say might make it easier for them to cope with being laid off. Nor do they have the same financial burdens as Baby Boomers and Gen Xers. So if Gen Y professionals do get laid off, they have fewer expenses to worry about. (For more reasons w
The current economic crisis may be the best test yet of Generation Y's ability to survive. After all, this generation, which has been coddled by parents and educators, isn't known for its coping skills.
This is a true story: A friend called me the other day and shared that he had just conducted a slew of interviews to fill an open position. A number of highly qualified candidates came forward, and he moved quickly on an offer that eventually was accepted.
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At the Mobile Explosion conference this week in San Diego, telecom managers struggled with the issue of how to strike the appropriate balance between responsibly securing and managing their mobility environments while still keeping their user bases happy. This is of particular concern as Generation Y enters the workplace accustomed to using whatever devices and communications methods suit their fancy, said experts speaking about the current enterprise mobile landscape.
Gen Y wants -- and is getting -- the most sexy jobs in the Silicon Valley. However, CIO.com Senior Writer Tom Kaneshige lets millennials in on the dirty little secret of the valley.
A key tenet of Apple rumormongering is that Apple history repeats itself repeatedly: If Apple has done X, Y and 42 so much as twice consecutively, pundits posit that Apple will do X, Y and 42 a third time.
New Relic introduces RPM Version 2, application performance management software designed to keep Ruby on Rails apps in check and now including features to manage Java applications as well.
Microsoft announced a partnership with startup incubator Y Combinator to provide a half-million to startups being bred at the Silicon Valley startup hub.
You can bet that deep in the heart of AT&T exists a business case showing that for every X dollars invested in the lawsuit, AT&T will reap Y dollars in return. For as long as AT&T can prolong the uncertainty facing its rival, MCI will continue to lose revenue - a certain percentage of which will go to AT&T.
If there was ever a more difficult time to make leadership development a priority, you'd have a hard time convincing most IT executives of it. In the aftermath of the global economic meltdown, CIOs face a long list of challenges-from cost cutting and customer demands to strategic planning and successful innovation-and the resources available to accomplish them continue to contract. ONES TO WATCH Forging Good Leaders in Hard Times Growing Gen Y Leaders 2009 Ones to Watch Winners 2009 Ones to Watch Judges
These are tough times for IT. There are less people and resources to get things done, budgets are shrinking and everyone still expects the same levels of service and functionality. Something has to give. With budgets being so constrained it's even more important than ever to get the best value for every dollar spent. Even in this tough, budget conscious, economy there are still some purchases that must be made, services that have to be paid for and maintenance contracts that have to be renewed. So how do y
Generation Y, those brash, überconfident youngsters typically defined as born between 1982 and 2005, are taking corporate America by storm. They expect promotions, flexible work schedules, lots of vacation time and more money, as if those benefits were their right, not something to be earned. But because Generation Y represents the workforce of the future, employers are changing stodgy HR policies in response to their demands, according to a survey conducted by CareerBuilder and Harris Interactive.
Forget wearables, virtual reality and driverless cars. The hottest new tech product is entire cities. Y Combinator is the latest to explore creating a city.