Zachary Rodgers

Although adoption of wireless technologies is still in its early stages, a number of certifications and training resources have sprouted up. These include free Web tutorials, paid distance learning options, and instructor-led classroom training. Here is an overview of some of the early players in what is already becoming an active training area: Nokia Corp. […]

With most IT job types, salaried jobs hold a clear majority over hourly or contractual ones. Not so with PC and network support technicians, for whom there are about equal numbers of each, according to dice.com, EarthWeb’s online job board for IT professionals. This suggests that more and more IT leaders are outsourcing non-core functions, […]

Network engineers are offered an average salary of $80,500 per year and an average contract rate of $69 per hour, according to dice.com, EarthWeb’s online job board for IT professionals. Highest salaries range from $175,000 to $200,000 per year, and the lowest positions pay around $30,000. Salaries are highest in Silicon Valley, at $90,500 on […]

Wireless strategy, while much discussed in technology and business publications, is still hardly a blip on the radar screen for most IT leaders. Not surprisingly, the employers who are posting jobs for wireless engineers are largely concentrated in Silicon Valley, the notorious early adopter among metro areas. The high tech haven south of San Francisco […]

Wide and local area network administrators seem to garner wages slightly below the norm for IT professionals, drawing an average salary of $63,500 per year and an average contract rate of $49 per hour, according to dice.com, EarthWeb’s online job board for IT professionals. Top IT salaries hover at around $110,000 and low-end offerings come […]

Project managers, probably the highest paid nonexecutive IT pros, are in short supply wherever you look. That stands to reason, since a project manager should by definition have a solid background in new implementations and cannot therefore be trained for a job. Also, the generation of IT pros that has emerged since the beginning of […]

As long as there is the Web, there will be Web application developers. A sample of assorted prerequisites for this job type reads basically like a list of today’s top IT skills: Java, Linux, UNIX, C/C++, Perl, Python, Oracle, SQL server, XML and so on down the line. California has by far the largest concentration […]

Eager to catch up with XML fever? You can do it. A number of training options are available, ranging from completely self-guided courses on the Web to instructor-led classroom offerings. A smattering of free tutorials have also appeared, catering to the unsubsidized seeker of self-improvement. So whether you have three hours to spare or three […]

Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Evans Data Corp. recently released a survey that shows a 75% increase in XML use among Linux developers over the last six months. More than 28% of respondents are using XML today, compared with only 16% last spring. It’s only one of a number of recent studies and surveys indicating that XML […]

Soon, it will no longer make sense to present salaries for instructors and trainers by region. Educational institutions are learning that with a distance education link, an instructor can teach remotely just as easily as students can learn that way. And with corporate IT salaries so much larger than what teaching jobs pay, colleges and […]