(Tonic) — It’s not uncommon for friends to call up Janet Mitts with computer problems. Last week, she even fixed her hairstylist’s laptop. She regularly brings people down to the basement computer workshop where she volunteers to give their machines a diagnosis and a cure. But Mitts isn’t your typical computer whiz. She’s a 66-year-old […]
(Businessweek) — Just as a busy highway backs up with cars, websites often encounter the same effect when dealing with large amounts of traffic. Any website can experience slow traffic, online traffic jams, or worse, a crash. What can be done to keep your site up and running, especially if you have an e-commerce site […]
(Entrepreneur) — Master this list and, with a little luck, you can keep that next new day under control: 1. Web-based office software . The major software players are in a battle royal to sell you word processing, spreadsheets and other web-based office software. There’s Google with its Google Apps office suite, Microsoft with Microsoft […]
(Businessweek) — Some 2.8 million Americans now work permanently from home offices and a full 38 million (37 percent of the total U.S. workforce) telecommute at least once a month. For the most part, the mainstreaming of telecommuting and the arrival of the virtual or mobile office has been a positive development, both in terms […]
(Businessweek) — Women with engineering or computer science degrees often disappear just as they are within grasp of reaching career peaks. Of the top 100 tech companies in 2008, women accounted for a mere 6 percent of chief executives, according to the National Center for Women and Information Technology. Of companies that raised venture capital in […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — The Chicago area will see great demand in the next few years for information technology workers specializing in “green” IT, mobile and wireless sectors, and in cloud computing and software-as-a-service, according to a study being released today. The study, “IT Occupation Trends in Illinois,” shows jobs are expected to grow in […]