by Steve Earle | Nov 25, 2013 | ITPalooza, Marketing, Newsletters
There’s a growing demand for information technology professionals in South Florida, according to a survey by Miami Beach-based staffing firm SherlockTech.
Sixty-one percent of companies surveyed said they have immediate plans to hire additional IT staff in 2014. That’s up from 57 percent in 2013.
The survey identified the most demand for the following jobs:
• Enterprise-level mobile application developers ($105-$150,000)
• Cloud infrastructure engineers ($100-$105,000)
• IT security analysts ($80-$150,000)
SherlockTech said it surveyed more than 500 IT professionals and local companies, in conjunction with the upcoming ITPalooza event being held at NSU’s Graduate School of Information Sciences on Dec. 12.
On average, starting salaries increased 10-18 percent for the jobs in the most demand.
“There is a new paradigm emerging in the information technology arena,†said Alex Funkhouser, CEO of SherlockTech Staffing, in a news release. “It used to be the IT department in the driver’s seat; now, it is sales and marketing calling the shots as IT supports brand building and business development.â€
The survey’s results also showed a change in attitude from local IT professionals. Sixty-nine percent said they were open to new opportunities as compared to 67 percent last year and 16 percent in 2011. Funkhouser has seen turnover rates increasing significantly compared to 20 percent during the height of the recession.
by Steve Earle | Nov 25, 2013 | Marketing, Newsletters
Our client, an online retailer is in search of an eCommerce Director who will be responsible for executing a web optimization strategy and overseeing online marketing programs intended to drive traffic and sales to their websites.
SherlockTech Loves to Share $500 Referral Bonus.
by Steve Earle | Nov 25, 2013 | ITPalooza, Marketing, Newsletters
“You did a great job with ITPalooza last year. This year I will encourage all of my staff to attend.” Greg Taffet, CIO US Gas and Electric.
If you are a CIO or Senior IT Manager, please follow the example of CIO Greg Taffet and encourage all your staff to attend ITPalooza 12/12/13.
As A bonus, CIO’s are invited to participate in our Invitation only CIO Insights track. If you are a CIO or Sr. IT Manager and you did not receive an invitation, please email Alex@SherlockTech.com.
by Steve Earle | Nov 25, 2013 | Marketing, Newsletters
The South Florida Digital Alliance is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create the technology infrastructure and services that will advance economic development, education, and individual empowerment; as well as, raise the technology quotient (TQ) in South Florida.  The SFDA seeks to achieve its mission through:  1) the establishment of community based Technology Learning Centers (TLCs); 2) refurbishing computers/laptops for use by educational/non-profit organizations; and, 3) sponsoring various technology projects in our community.
Members of the SFDA assist by donating working end-of-life computers and laptops for use in implementing these technology projects. However, often the equipment donated does not have adequate memory or hard drives for our targeted projects.
The SFDA would greatly appreciate your organization’s help through the donation of the following items to assist in the build out of our community technology projects.
1)Â Â Â Â Â SATA hard drives (40Gb or larger)
2)     Desktop memory (all models); however, our highest demand is currently for memory for older Dell computers (OptiPlex  GX620, 745 and 755) -  RAM model  PC2-5300 and/or PC2-4200u which is installed in pairs (2x512mb or 2x1gb)
If your organization can assist please send an email to info@sfdigitalalliance.org, and someone will contact you very shortly to schedule a pickup of the donated hard drives or memory.
Hard drive donations will go through a stringent DoD wipe (3 passes utilizing KillDisk Professional) by SFDA staff, and a data destruction certificate certifying the DoD wipe can be provided to requesting organizations/individuals.
Thank you,
James E. Osteen, Jr.
Executive Director, South Florida Digital Alliance/Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition
by Steve Earle | Nov 18, 2013 | Marketing, Newsletters
Our Client located in the heart of Downtown Miami is looking for a Hybrid PHP Developer – Besides being a PHP dev, this role also needs someone who can act as the PM (this role requires someone to be the client liaison, lead the daily stand-up meetings, speak weekly with the owner of the company, etc), mentor the other developers on the team (This is a Senior Level Role) and someone with Sys-Admin/Dev-Ops experience, Occasionally there might be things that need troubleshooting.
by Steve Earle | Nov 18, 2013 | ITPalooza, Marketing, Newsletters
This year we are encouraging you to take lots of pix at ITPalooza and share them on the Facebook page – Why? Because a picture is worth a thousand words and we want to keep improving ITPalooza year after year – your photos and videos will help to build a permanent record of just how awesome South Florida’s biggest User Group Meeting and Tech Party really is!
Visit the ITPalooza photo album. We have a selection of the the best pix from ITPalooza 2012. There is also an unabridged gallery with 107 pix.
