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10 most in-demand enterprise IT skills

CIO Business Intelligence

Oracle Oracle offers a wide range of enterprise software, hardware, and tools designed to support enterprise IT, with a focus on database management. Oracle skills are common for database administrators, database developers, cloud architects, business intelligence analysts, data engineers, supply chain analysts, and more.

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7 types of tech debt that could cripple your business

CIO Business Intelligence

Data debt that undermines decision-making In Digital Trailblazer , I share a story of a private company that reported a profitable year to the board, only to return after the holiday to find that data quality issues and calculation mistakes turned it into an unprofitable one.

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IDG Contributor Network: Thinking of cutting out your database administrator? Think again

Network World

Once upon a time, there was a role known as the database administrator. Back when all data was stored locally, these employees were the keepers of the company database, responsible for making sure all information was accessible and tracking things such as financial information and customer details.

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20 powerful women shaping the networking industry

Network World

of the Fortune 500 companies have women CEOs. In an AP survey of S&P 500 companies, only 25 of 341 CEOs were women. The Women in Tech organization reports that 17% of tech companies have a woman CEO, and only 25% of all C-suite jobs are held by women. Several went out and started their own company. Only 10.4%

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How DBAs can take on a more strategic role

CIO Business Intelligence

Not that long ago, database administrators (DBAs) were perceived as purely technical experts. While they played a critical enterprise role, it was primarily behind-the-scenes to ensure the integrity, security, and availability of the database. Today, DBAs are being pulled into the limelight. 1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.

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Oracle inks deal with AWS to offer database services

CIO Business Intelligence

In continuation of its efforts to help enterprises migrate to the cloud, Oracle said it is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer database services on the latter’s infrastructure. This is Oracle’s third partnership with a hyperscaler to offer its database services on the hyperscaler’s infrastructure.

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Tech hiring slows, more IT jobs lost

Network World

BLS statistics to report on companies in the various tech industries. CompTIA found that companies in the tech services and software development sectors added an estimated 4,000 workers, but that was offset by losses across telecommunications, cloud infrastructure, and other related sub-sectors. CompTIA analyzes the U.S.