Half of worlds companies to embrace BYOD by 2017

Computerworld - About half of the world's companies will adopt bring-your-own-device programs by 2017 and will stop providing computing devices to employees, a new Gartner report predicts. Ultimately, only 15% of companies will never move to a BYOD model, while about 40% will offer a choice between BYOD and employer-provided devices, according to the report, by Gartner analyst David ...

Career Watch The growth of consulting

Business growth uncertainty has greatly accelerated companies' use of the IT contract workforce, and we expect this trend to continue. A recent study by MBO Partners forecasts that independent workers will account for more than 50% of the workforce by 2020. At OnForce, we see about 700 applications from service techs each month -- and this is purely from word of mouth, no advertising. When ...

Unemployed IT vets say job offers go to cheaper labor

veteran IT professionals who say they can't find jobs question that analysis of the labor market. More than a dozen longtime IT workers, contacted through the Programmers Guild and high-skill immigration critic Norm Matloff, computer science professor at the University of California, Davis, said a glut of low-paid H-1B visa holders and recent graduates ...

Stars Careers Have Been Forever Altered By the Hangover Films

Starring in "The Hangover Part III" are, from left, Justin Bartha as Doug, Zach Galafianakis as Alan, Ed Helms as Stu and Bradley Cooper as Phil. (WARNER ...

Overall salary hike to be 12 pc this year TeamLease Study

jobseekers as the hiring activity is likely to see an uptrend in the coming months and salaries are expected to rise 12 per cent across industries and functions this year, says staffing services major ...