Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin get to headline today's Amazon press release: Governor Quinn, Senator Durbin and Amazon Announce Plans to Create 1,000 Full-Time Jobs in Illinois. Amazon.com is proving itself quite forgiving while also providing a few political favors to Illinois politicians in an election year. The timing of the announcement is very convenient for … [Read more...]

Microsoft is hosting an event at noon (Central time) today to discuss what's next for Windows and the enterprise. Most likely this is an event to provide the technical preview of Windows 9 but there is also the possibility for updates to Windows 8. Since this is more enterprise and less consumer, Microsoft decided to not do a video feed of the event, which the press was … [Read more...]

In July, Microsoft switched from Prometric to Pearson VUE as the administrators of the Microsoft Certified exams. This week they are announcing an expansion to that partnership and new offerings for IT Pros interested in becoming certified. The biggest update announced in the press release from Pearson VUE is the announcement that certification exams can now be taken online. … [Read more...]

Mondo's 2014 IT Salary Guide just came out Friday so the data is hot and fresh. You have to submit your information in order to download the 15-page PDF but it may be very useful information if you're hiring IT Professionals, looking for a job, or looking for an area to specialize to improve your income and career's future. The data is presented very clearly in an … [Read more...]

Happy SysAdmin Day to all of the IT Pros that go above and beyond! Enjoy the day, hopefully your co-workers show some appreciation for all of your hard work and technical expertise. Don't forget to also show appreciation for them even if there isn't a day dedicated to HR, Accountants, faculty, and all the other jobs in your organization. Appreciate some SysAdmin humor with … [Read more...]