Articles by Brian T. Horowitz
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4 Programs Reskilling Underrepresented Technologists
When people switch jobs to pursue a technology career, it takes the right type of program to help them with reskilling. The tech industry is working on diversifying its workforce, and offers lots of resources t… -
Becoming a CISO: 5 Things You Need to Learn for Peak Effectiveness
In many organizations, it is the chief information security officer (CISO) who oversees efforts to fight threats such as data breaches, ransomware and phishing. In fact, companies with a CISO or chief security… -
How to Approach Technology From a Non-Computing Background
If you’re a professional in another field who’s interested in a career as a technologist, we have good news for you: It’s very possible to plunge into learning the technology specialization of your choice witho… -
How 3 Tech Students Are Navigating COVID-19 Disruptions
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life for tech students in 2020, bringing changes in how they learn. In parts of the United States, some students are resuming some forms of in-person learning, while others are… -
COBOL Comeback: What You Need to Know About This Old Language
COBOL (“Common Business-Oriented Language”) has been around for more than 60 years, but it has recently been in demand due to some government agency needs. In the most prominent example, software programmers ar… -
Tech Career Fairs Are Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Face-to-face networking is an important part of the job-hunting process, but the social-distancing measures of the COVID-19 pandemic have halted many in-person events. Instead, virtual career fairs are gaining… -
How Supercomputing Can Deliver Key COVID-19 Research
Supercomputing provides a ton of computing power that data scientists have put to work during the COVID-19 pandemic to research new treatments and provide models on how to trace contacts. Data models powered by… -
COVID-19 May Change How Technology Students Learn
The outbreak of COVID-19 (followed by “social distancing” for much of the country) has been an adjustment for the entire business community, as well as academia. Students who are learning tech skills such as pr… -
How Machine Learning, A.I. Might Change Education
Artificial intelligence (A.I) technologies such as computer vision and machine learning are providing new ways to revolutionize learning and skills training at universities. From doctorate degrees in machine le… -
5 E-Commerce Skills That Students Need
E-commerce skills are in demand. In the third quarter of 2019, U.S. retail e-commerce sales rose an estimated 5 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau. E-commerce is, of course, t…