Articles by Dice Staff
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Surviving Your Probationary Period
by Dino Londis What is the difference between a probationary period and at-will employment? Most workers in the U.S. are at-will, meaning that either they or their company can terminate the emplo… -
Monday's People News
Moves Former MySQL Chief Lands at Eucalyptus [NY Times] Yahoo Chief Technologist Sam Pullara Leaves To Become An EIR At Benchmark [TechCrunch] Siri Hires Mobile Expert Gummi Hafsteinsson Away Fro… -
The Rise of Self-Encrypting Hard Disk Drives
By Mathew Schwartz What's the best way to secure sensitive or regulated personal information on PCs? Simple: encrypt the data. Except historically, neither of the leading approaches to encryption… -
Electronic Medical Record Technology Is Coming to Fruition
We've mentioned before that electronic medical records (EMR) is a high-growth market for tech professionals, with more than 300 companies working on technologies and who knows how many consultant… -
Monday's People News
Become.com Names Charu Rudrakashi as CTO [Become.com via BW] FiatLux Imaging Appoints New CEO [FiatLux via BW] Matthew Carlomagno Appointed EMS Technologies' Corporate Director of People and Infr… -
Thursday's People News
Sun's Open-Source Exec Departs in Wake of Oracle Acquisition [ChannelWeb] W3C Getting a New Chief Executive [Boston Globe] Former Nortel Wireless CTO John Hoadley Joins Taqua [Taqua] Fred Barrett… -
What's Your Personal Brand? Ask Your Colleagues
By now you've heard this piece of career advice a hundred times: Writing a resume isn't enough. You have to "brand" yourself. But what does that really mean in practical, real-world terms? How ex… -
Thursday's People News
Apple Hires Snyder [eSecurity Planet] SAP Names Former HP Executive to Manage Volume Channel Business [ChannelWeb] Accenture Veteran Will Be Avanade CIO [ChannelWeb] SGI Names Industry Technology… -
Greening Your IT Starts with Bubble Wrap
Claudia Girrbach, an IT specialist at The Gap, is a member of the company's EcoCouncil as well as a noted Green IT blogger. In a recent article for GreenerComputing.com, she lays out a thoughtful… -
Oil and Gas, Health Care Industries Drive Demand for IT Workers in Houston
The way Robert Bennett describes it, IT project work is on the upswing in Houston. Bennett, a vice president at Robert Half Technology, has seen a pick up in job orders over the last 45 to 60 day…