Steve Ulfelder

Today’s flash USB drives can hold 2GB of data, are often as small as a 50-cent piece and can cost less than $20. As they — along with other easily portable memory devices, such as iPods and MP3 players — have become more popular and smaller, concerns over their security risks have grown. But how […]

Will corporate IT exist in five years? You may think about the difficulties end users have configuring their PCs, chuckle, and say, ”You bet it will.” So let’s modify the question: Will corporate IT as we know it exist in 2010? Will developing, testing, and integrating software applications still play a key role in the […]

‘No question about it, virtualization is the sweetest thing to come along in a long time,” says T.J. Sylvester, an IT supervisor and system administrator with SSA Global. ”We have developers coming up to us saying, ‘I need such-and-such a server configuration just for a week.’ I can give them that server in a couple […]

For Swagelok Co., the decision to purchase human-resources software as a service demanded a great deal of discussion and investigation. ”Our company is privately held and very conservative about keeping company data close to the vest,” says Bruce Battista, HR information systems manager at the Cleveland-based manufacturer of fluid system components. ”We had always done […]

There was a time when spyware was low on an IT department’s priority list. End users thought to be lugging around lots of spyware were simply pointed toward one of several good (and free) desktop spyware-scan sites and told to take it easy on the games, screen savers, and other likely culprits. But that time […]

Enterprises are hungry for workers who understand the lingo of both business and technology, and can translate one into the other to make sure IT projects remain tightly focused on business benefits. People with this skill may carry the title of business analyst or project manager, but whatever they’re called, they are in demand. ”We’re […]

Despite a U.S. economy that can’t seem to make up its mind, there is little doubt in the minds of CIOs, hiring managers and industry watchers that IT hiring is poised to grow steadily in the next 18 to 24 months. That’s good news for workers who’ve experienced long bouts of unemployment since the Internet […]

The History of H-1B Visas 1952: The H-1B visa is born. There is no limit on the number of recipients. 1990: Immigration Reform Act caps number of H-1Bs issued at 60,000. 1998: The cap is raised. A temporary measure increases H-1Bs to 115,000 for 1999 and 2000, and to 107,000 for 2001. 2000: In March, […]

Some highly respected organizations are starting to help fill the security certification void. One major reason for the popularity of ex-hackers as network watchdogs is this: How else can a person demonstrate security skills? You can’t exactly invite job candidates to an interview and ask them to attack somebody’s network while you observe. In other […]

Ask all the right questions So you take a recruiter’s call. All clear on the cubicle front; your neighbors are in a meeting. And you’re itchy. So you decide to talk. Here are some questions experts suggest you ask to determine how solid the recruiter (and his or her organization) are: Are you salaried, or […]