If so, your organization is only one of a select few to allow employees to use various social networking sites — such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace — while on the clock. In fact, a whopping 54 percent of CIOs of larger companies in the United States completely prohibit the use of such tools out of fear it will result in lower productivity levels, according to a recent survey by Robert Half Technology. Then again, 19 percent of CIOs do allow employees to leverage such tools, but strictly for… Continue

It’s common knowledge that employers look at a variety of factors, such as academic background and prior work experience, during the recruiting process. But how much attention do they pay to certifications? Well, as a CNN article points out, credentials do play a significant role in the hiring process and are particularly important today, given the uber-competitive marketplace. In fact, one recruiter wa… Continue

The recent tremendous upheaval in the world economy did not bring out the best in the large army of SOA pundits. The upheaval was going to be "the end of SOA" or SOA was going to be "the answer" to the upheaval. While there was no clear consensus among the SOA pundits, the fact is, some have been on auto-pilot so long, the auto-pilot is now the pilot. Where is SOA, really? We felt asking the audiences at TechTarget Application Development Group member sites SearchSOA.com and TheServerSide.com w… Continue

As a full-time MCT, I am more than happy to keep up my certifications, to allows me to have the latest knowledge and credentials to teach within the IT industry. But, how much is enough. An example of my frustration is evident with the new generation of Microsoft SQL certifications. The certifications for 2005 were only all available in late 2006 and early 2007, there were 7 exams total. Now in 2009, there are 3 more exams to UPDATE your certification to the 2008 version, making a total of 10 ex… Continue

Dancer IRCD: CODE http://freenode.net/dancer_ircd.shtml This runs the Freenode Network ircd-ratbox: CODE http://www.ircd-ratbox.org/index2.shtml This runs the EFNet. Both are damn stable and robust - can guess from the networks they run Hope this is helpful to people who want to start their own IRC networks. Also checkout Unreal IRCD, this has to be my all time favourite, very easy to install and very easy to intergrate services. CODE http://www.unrealircd.com Continue