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In an effort to stay more connected to Canadian IT news and expand the breadth of the information I filter through, I signed up, several months ago, to ITBusiness‘ newsletter. I appreciate the coverage of Canadian topics (and choose to ignore the fact that most articles center around Ontario and ignore half the country), and believe that it provides a great perspective on the Industry. This week, there have been several articles that I would love to comment on in depth, but will have to pass on links and quick comments due to time constraints.
Accenture’s CTO gets his Web 2.0 on - Some of the points touched on in this article are amazing. Accenture is obviously not insignificant, and Donald Rippert, as CTO of the company, obviously has a major role with the company. The article touches on several different aspects of the Internet that could and should be adopted into the corporate world. For me personally, I also find it interesting that Rippert values the habits of his 13 year old son (something I hope to comment on further in another article).
Canfor clearcuts its server fleet - Similar to the theory in an article I wrote about S3, Canfor Corp is in the midst of a hardware consolidation project that will take them down from 83 machines to less than a dozen, save the company $100,000 a year, and one of many companies that is finding advantages in virtualization.
Wanted: 89,000 IT employees - This clip from the article says it best: Employers want more well-rounded employees with soft skills and a flair for marketing the products they work on, and real-world experience. While these university graduates are in short supply, there is also a dearth of IT grads. With the Industry not only expanding in size but in scope as well, the consumer and/or average user is the one who will likely suffer from any shortage in IT employees. The article suggests that the number of graduates per year is about half or less than a third of the number of new jobs per year.