I spent a sizable fraction of my time in 2021 reviewing about 10,000 applicants for software engineering positions at my company, 7Factor, in order to eventually hire about 30. I came to this process with a reaffirmed commitment to hiring, retaining, and giving growth opportunities to engineers from diverse backgrounds — a principle codified as…
By Cori Land, Corporate Strategist, DataStax In How to Measure Anything, Douglas Hubbard offers an alternative definition of “measurement” to the Oxford English Dictionary’s “the size, length, or amount of something.” Hubbard defines measurement as: “A quantitatively expressed reduction of uncertainty based on one or more observations.” This acknowledges that the purpose of measurement is…
IT retention in healthcare has long been full of aches and pains because of the deep skillset required, but David Reis has been lucky. Reis, CIO at the University of Miami Health System and Miller School of Medicine, has been able to grow his head count during both the pandemic and the Great Resignation, a…
For many IT pros, having the opportunity to volunteer their time and skills can be an inspiring perk. Companies have been responding of late by offering volunteer time off and by partnering with organizations that could benefit greatly from the added help of programs and staff time. LinkedIn is one such company giving IT pros…
Effectively developing and growing a positive and innovative culture is easily one of the top objectives for most IT organizations and companies today. It is also one of the more challenging goals given the adversities of the past two years and the resulting impact on worker attitudes and workforce dynamics. There are some concrete reasons…
Huawei Enterprise Business Group (EBG) offers a wide range of products and solutions. It supplies solutions, products, services and tools that span the full range of enterprise ICT, including Huawei’s own cloud platform, networking, data centers, storage and enterprise services. At Mobile World Congress 2022, Huawei Enterprise Services made several announcements such as its plans…
Employee retention definition Employee retention is an organization’s ability to keep its employees under contract, making for a more stable, productive workforce. Companies that are serious about retaining their talent establish policies and programs aimed at reducing employee turnover. Those that succeed in achieving high employee retention rates operate at an advantage both in meeting…
Long before it was fashionable to promote workplace diversity or draw attention to the IT leadership talents of women, Kristen Lamoreaux was on a mission to do exactly that. Kristen Lamoreaux, president and CEO, Lamoreaux Search Lamoreaux Search In January 2007, she founded SIM Women, a networking and career development organization within the Society for…
With demand for technology services and enterprise spending on IT on the rise, Sweden-based ERP software provider IFS and Dutch technology consulting firm Bearing Point have combined to launch a professional services joint venture named Arcwide, which will become operational from April as a standalone entity. Headquartered in Europe, Arcwide will push IFS solutions as…
Cloud services and sales of SaaS applications boosted Oracle revenue for its last fiscal quarter, but the price of keeping up with the leading hyperscale cloud providers dragged down overall profit. During a call with analysts after the results were announced Thursday, Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison named a long roster of high-profile customers…