Articles by Dice Staff
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SWOT Can Put You on the Right Career Path
After graduating from the University of San Diego, Hussein Yahfoufi knew he ultimately wanted to end up as a CIO or CTO. But he had a couple of hurdles to scale. First, his degree was in finance.… -
What Sourcing IS and is NOT: A Holistic View
What is the role of a sourcer? What does a good one look like? How do you measure "good"? If you are a sourcing leader, these are questions you surely ask yourself if not daily, then on a weekly… -
Ubuntu News: Chinese Tools, Touch Interface and TV OS
A lot has happened with Ubuntu over the past couple of years as the community has tried to tap into a bunch of different markets. Showing my bias, I've always thought it made sense to run Linux o… -
HPC Sales Hit New Record in 2012
Research institutions, government agencies and other customers with deep pockets made 2012 a record year for high-performance computing (HPC) sales, as supercomputer revenues jumped 29.3 percent.… -
World's Most Powerful Private Supercomputer Will Hunt Oil, Gas
[caption id="attachment_8705" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Can a supercomputer help the search for new energy sources?[/caption] French oil conglomerate Total has inaugurated the world’s nint… -
RetroN 5 Plays Cartridges From Five Classic Consoles
If you were a kid in the late 80’s or early 90’s, you might have been forced to make a very difficult choice: Sega or Nintendo? Wouldn't it have been great to own a single system that could play… -
Microsoft's App Incentive Won't Excite Many Developers
Is Microsoft's incentive program for app developers a sign of desperation? The software giant's offering developers $100 for each app published in the Windows and Windows Phone stores. The cash i… -
Parity for Some, But Tech Women's Pay Lags Overall
Women and men in technology have pay parity so long as they have similar job titles, experience and education. Despite that, women's pay still lags across the overall industry. The reason, accord… -
Power Outage Takes Down DreamHost
A pair of power outages at hosting provider DreamHost took the hosting provider down for the better part of two days, leading to thousands of angry customers. Meanwhile, a frustrated DreamHost po… -
Rackspace's Academy: Training and a Job, Too?
Cynics will say that Rackspace's creation of Open Cloud Academy is self-serving, but that doesn't mean it won't help tech professionals who want to expand their skills. Rackspace, after all, is a…