Datamation Staff

When the 1999 third quarter numbers came in, sales in the networking equipment industry were up, way up. The worldwide networking hardware market reached $9.35 billion in the third quarter of 1999, a 16% increase over the same period in 1998, according to a new report from Cahners In-Stat Group, a division of Newton, Mass.-based […]

E-commerce Positions On The Rise As Demand For Y2K Skills Declines Datamation/Dice Salary Survey of 15,000 respondants indicates companies are beginning to plan for the post Y2K world of e-business The demand for IT workers skilled in Web development and e-commerce applications is rising dramatically as corporate technology planners begin to build and deploy new […]

Business analyst job profile Business analysts, whose specialties range the gamut from enterprise resource planning to telecommunications, span the bridge between business and technology by translating business requirements into systems deployments. And demand continues to grow for professionals who possess the skills to combine business planning and information technology know-how. Our research shows, on average, […]

E-commerce professionals As befits a new and evolving technology, e-commerce professionals work at a wide range of jobs with a variety of responsibities–from Webmasters to application developers to database administrators. And while it’s hard to pigeonhole exact specs for the quintessential e-commerce pro, our data shows that salary differences can range between $20,000-$30,000 from city […]

As companies move business to the Web, survey results show that e-commerce deployments are driving investments in technology infrastructure. E-commerce On The Rise Implementation of E-Commerce is up sharply, from 45% of respondents in 1998 to 57% in 1999. Source: 1999 SG Cowen/Datamation              Networked Computing Survey E-commerce Apps Are […]

Java professionals job profile Highest average employee salary: Silicon Valley, $87,000 Highest average contract rate: New York City, $74 City with the most demand: Silicon Valley, 310 available jobs Job in most demand: Software engineer, 325 available jobs Datamation/Dice IT Salary Tracker Java pros: Salaries Source: Datamation/Dice IT Salary Tracker/July 1999. Job analysis based on 900 jobs […]

Are you certifiable? By Charles Trepper Get a grip on what’s involved before you join the Internet certification craze. September 1999 IT staff goes back to bootcamp By Mary Brandel Done correctly, intensive, off-site training sessions can be a powerful tool for attracting, quickly ramping up, and retaining key IT employees. January 1999 previous By […]

In many companies, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems constitute the engine upon which new business processes are deployed. And ERP implementations are usually part of a broader enterprise computing effort involving the integration of Web, server, and host-based applications. These business transactions are essential elements in the drive to deploy new products and services and […]

IT SERVICES AND CAREERS Datamation/Dice IT salary tracker Find out if you’re being paid what you’re worth. August 1999 SQL professionals SQL pros are in the most demand in New York City, followed by California. Datamation/Dice IT salary trackerSQL pros: Salaries Source: Datamation/Dice IT salary tracker/May 1999. Job analysis based on over 1400 jobs surveyed […]

The following is the first of a two-part excerpt from Streaming Media ’99. The focus of this discussion, which took place on June 30th in New York City, is best practices for successful deployment of audio and video on a corporate intranet Panelists: Brian Heukroth, VP, Marketing, Starlight Networks, Inc. (moderator) Roger Dean, VP, Morgan […]