James Maguire

Not everyone was happy with Nicholas Carr’s much talked about article, “IT Doesn’t Matter.” Published in the Harvard Business Review in 2003, the article argued that as IT has become standardized, it no longer provides companies with a key competitive edge. Instead, IT is now merely a “commodity,” a necessary cost of doing business – not […]

Are you ready? Here’s an informal test of your knowledge of today’s tech world. Warning: if you get all the questions right, you’re truly a geek’s geek. And now, sharpen your virtual pencils and let’s begin. (Oh, and please don’t visit the answers page until you’re through with your quiz.) 1) Which company is the […]

By his own description, Dirk Riehle is a major fan of open source software. Riehle, leader of the open source research group at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California, spends countless hours theorizing about the economics of this emerging software trend. Dirk Riehle, open source researcher, SAP Labs He’s the author of The Economic Motivation […]

Finding reliable tech salary data is notoriously difficult. Among the problems: HR departments acknowledge that, in responding to salary surveys, there’s often a mismatch between job titles and actual job content. Foote Partners, based on New Canaan, CT., corrects for this deficiency by reclassifying surveyed participants to match job title and content before including data […]

IT Salary: Manager, Business Systems Analysis (Salary data and job descriptions courtesy of Foote Partners.) Q1 2007 Data: Job Description: Business systems analysis is integral to the business in any decisions that may be impacted by technology. Business Systems Analysts serve as consultants to business units in planning and coordinating systems analysis, design and implementation […]

IT Salary: Sr. Business Technology Consultant (Salary data and job descriptions courtesy of Foote Partners.) Q1 2007 Data: Job Description: Senior Business Technology Consultants are business specialists and technology generalists. They are responsible for aligning technology solutions with business strategies, working principally with client senior executives, business unit management, and corporate staff executives (e.g., finance, […]

IT Salary: E-Commerce Project Manager/Coordinator (Salary data and job descriptions courtesy of Foote Partners.) Q1 2007 Data: Job Description: Is responsible for managing the team that develops, implements, and maintains electronic commerce Web systems and sites. Has the responsibility for designing, implementing, and managing the electronic commerce (EC) or EDI programs within the organization, and […]

IT Salary: Help Desk Manager (Salary data and job descriptions courtesy of Foote Partners.) Q1 2007 Data: Job Description: This position is responsible for controlling the process of ensuring accurate and timely technology support and problem resolution to internal and external customers. Is responsible for resolving complex and everyday service requests relating to PC, server, […]

IT Salary: Data Warehouse/BI Management (Salary data and job descriptions courtesy of Foote Partners.) Q1 2007 Data: Job Description: Is responsible for increasing the quality of the decision-making capabilities of DSS systems. Uses heuristic approaches to problem solving, uses creative systems design to capitalize on emerging DSS/EIS enabling technologies, and maintains close partnerships with senior […]

IT Salary: Manager, Web Systems (Salary data and job descriptions courtesy of Foote Partners.) Q1 2007 Data: Job Description: Responsibility and accountability for the design, development, release, and maintenance of internal (intranet) and external (Internet, WWW, extranet) Web systems and services (collectively known as “I-net”), either enterprise wide or for designated major area(s) of the […]