As the new year wanders in like a drowsy, flatulent capybara, Byte and Switch's editors, drinks firmly in hand, present the Top Ten things that we'd love to see happen in 2003. Cheers!
No. 10: Dell Dudes Buy EMC
Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) figures that it might as well buy the cow so it can get the milk for free. Major ramifications: Dell renames the EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) product families "PowerClariion" and "PowerSymm"; EMC's sales teams must work for incentives like free PCs instead of commissions; Mark Lewis returns to HP.
No. 9: IT Spending Soars
Yeah, right. And David Hasselhoff will fly out of my butt.
With the move to the cloud, CISOs must shift priorities from operating security programs to overseeing (monitoring and auditing) outsourced cybersecurity programs.
2022 was a boon year for IT salaries. 2023 came in like a beast with layoffs, raise freezes, and ChatGPT, but that beast has few teeth.
Age is only a number. Don't let a high number cancel your career.
