Articles by Dice Staff

• Microsoft's New Office Will Place Company's Data Centers to Test

  [caption id="attachment_2591" align="aligncenter" width="580"] The new Word's Start Screen.[/caption] Microsoft’s bet on the cloud—and thus on its data centers, built to handle the combined load…
• Why Recruiters See a Bright Future for OSS Developers

  I've talked to Brent Marinaccio of the recruiter HotLinuxJobs over the years and recently asked him (via email) what he thought about the job market. He had a few tips that you can certainly use.…
• Is Enterprise Mobility-as-a-Service (EMaaS) Right for Your Company?

  Unless you work at a company with almost no technology installed to run its business, you’re doubtlessly dealing with a rapidly expanding (and most likely, very demanding) base of users who rely…
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  The Pros and Cons of Marissa Mayer, CEO

  Yahoo has named Google executive Marissa Mayer as its new CEO. While Mayer's definitely a seasoned Internet executive -- most recently, she oversaw Google's local, maps and location services -- s…
• SAP HANA's Sales Bode Well for Data, Analytics Specialists

  SAP is placing a big bet on its in-memory database platform SAP HANA and, as a result, its hundreds of thousands of customers may too. And though the platform's only been on the market for a year…
• Best Buy Cutting 600 Geek Squad Positions, Hiring For Thousands More

  Yes, you read that right. Best Buy is laying off 2,400 retail workers, including 600 members of its Geek Squad service team, as of Aug. 1. At the same time, the company is looking to fill other G…
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  What Rackspace Looks for in Job Candidates

  Based in a converted shopping mall in San Antonio, Rackspace strives to maintain a culture based on “mutual respect and transparency” as it continues its rapid growth. A leading provider of manag…
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  AT&T Foundry Wants Engineers Who Are 'Innovation Drivers'

  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mAQ9DMmWb8&w=560&h=349] While originally coming from the world of startups, James Kyle was looking to join a company that would allow him to be agile in s…
• The Rise of In-Memory Databases

  For more years than anyone can remember, the relationship between databases and disk drives has been one of mutual dependency. Without access to robust I/O systems, database systems simply can’t…
• Gates and Zuckerberg Dropped Out, But You Shouldn't

  Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard. Michael Dell dropped out of the University of Texas. Larry Ellison dropped out of the University of Illinois. Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed…