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IT Contractors: response to Kurt Cagle of O’Reilly

30-Dec-08

Kurt Cagle, online editor for O’Reilly Media, has written an extremely interesting article on the need for change in the world of IT contracting. He points out that a large portion of recent IT workforce cutbacks have been the discontinuation of contract workers. I discuss his conclusions, disagree with some, agree with others, and add some further ideas to move the discussion along. I talk about contractor workers collectives, telecommuting and more flexible, modular approaches than the 40 hour workweek.

2009 Prediction: IT Spending Drops, IBM loses

20-Nov-08

Goldman Sachs predicts a 5% decline during 2009 in IT spending in North America, Europe and Japan; but IT spending will increase 7% in the rest of the world. This is after two years of steady IT spending increases.