Professional Development and Strategy 2012 State of IT Staffing Forty-seven percent of business technology pros we surveyed say staffing at their companies has increased over a year ago, and just 18% say it's decreased. The standout is app dev, with 25% of respondents putting it in the top two categories of growth. Find out what other skills are sought after and whether that demand translates into more hiring in this report. Enterprise Architect Staffing Survey It can be a good time to be an enterprise architect, if you have the right mix of skills. While just 8% of survey respondents say the position will be one of their most significant staff increases, 74% say a shortage of workers has impacted their adoption of enterprise architecture technology. Business Intelligence and Information Management 6 Big Data Lies Our 2013 Big Data Survey shows we're not lacking facts, figures or the tools to wrangle them. So why do just 9% rate themselves as extremely effective users of data? And how do we expect to improve when just 31% have a wide array of business users accessing information and just 20% plan to grow their dedicated analytics teams? Enterprise Software 2012 Application Delivery Specialists Staffing Survey For a technical position that's also close to the operations side and the end user, consider the role of application delivery specialist. Although definitions vary, it's a position in high demand from companies transforming their development approaches and deployment technologies, with 10% of delivery-focused survey respondents saying they plan to increase staffing in this area by more than 30% in the next two years. That's why only 21% expect to fill these positions easily. Mobility and Wireless 6 Game-Changing Mobile Payment Apps Want to accept credit cards without excess hassle and expense? With more smartphones incorporating NFC, it makes sense to consider new payment apps that deliver convenience for customers with reasonable fees for sellers—two are even free. We run down systems from Dwolla, Intuit GoPayment, Kuapay, LevelUp, Square and Tabbedout. Security 6 Most Evil Phishing Scams of 2012 As email-borne exploits grow increasingly sophisticated, all the time and money spent shoring up back-end network access channels could be for naught. Here's how to defend against attacks that prey on your end users. The first step: Know what you're up against. InformationWeek Reports is brought to you by Lumension, NEC, Verdasys and UBM TechWeb. You are receiving this newsletter because you have previously downloaded a report from the InformationWeek Reports site. You are subscribed as sojo.blo@gmail.com. If you would like to be removed from the newsletter. If you received this newsletter from a friend and want to join. Read about and join other InformationWeek Newsletters here. UBM TechWeb | 600 Community Drive | Manhasset, NY 11030 | Privacy Policy
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