IT pay around the world: Switzerland high, Vietnam low

10 top-paying countriesAnnual compensation for the "IT Manager" title (currencies converted to the U.S. dollar):Switzerland (US$140,960) Denmark (US$123,080) Belgium (US$121,170) U.K. (US$118,190) Ireland (US$108,230) U.S. (US$107,500)

IT pay around the world: Switzerland high, Vietnam low

10 top-paying countriesAnnual compensation for the "IT Manager" title (currencies converted to the U.S. dollar):Switzerland ($140,960) Denmark ($123,080) Belgium ($121,170) U.K. ($118,190) Ireland ($108,230) U.S. ($107,500)

IT pay around the world: Switzerland high, Vietnam low

10 top-paying countriesAnnual compensation for the "IT Manager" title (currencies converted to the U.S. dollar):Switzerland ($140,960) Denmark ($123,080) Belgium ($121,170) U.K. ($118,190) Ireland ($108,230) U.S. ($107,500)

We're forever blowing bubbles (and joke etymology)

It's Thursday's IT Blogwatch: in which people worry about the bubblicious Silicon Valley economy. Not to mention how those man-walks-into-a-bar" jokes get started...Brad Stone and Matt Richtel said what we were all thinking:Silicon Valley’s math is getting fuzzy again.  Internet companies with funny names, little revenue and few customers are commanding high prices. And investors, having seemingly forgotten the pain of the first dot-com bust, are displaying symptoms of the disorder known as irrational exuberance. Consider Facebook, the popular but financially unproven social network, which is reportedly being valued by investors at up to $15 billion ... Google, which recently surged past $600 a share, is now worth more than I.B.M., a company with eight times the revenue.

We're forever blowing bubbles (and joke etymology)

It's Thursday's IT Blogwatch: in which people worry about the bubblicious Silicon Valley economy. Not to mention how those man-walks-into-a-bar jokes get started...Brad Stone and Matt Richtel said what we were all thinking:Silicon Valley’s math is getting fuzzy again.  Internet companies with funny names, little revenue and few customers are commanding high prices. And investors, having seemingly forgotten the pain of the first dot-com bust, are displaying symptoms of the disorder known as irrational exuberance. Consider Facebook, the popular but financially unproven social network, which is reportedly being valued by investors at up to $15 billion ... Google, which recently surged past $600 a share, is now worth more than I.B.M., a company with eight times the revenue....Internet start-ups are drawing investment based on their ability to build an audience, not bring in revenue — the very alchemy that many say led to the inflation and bursting of the dot-com bubble ... The trend is described as a return to madness (by skeptics) or as a rational approach to unlimited opportunities presented by the Internet (by true believers). Greed, fear and a desperate rush to pick the next big winner are all adding fuel to the fire that is Silicon Valley’s resurgence.

We're forever blowing bubbles (and joke etymology)

It's Thursday's IT Blogwatch: in which people worry about the bubblicious Silicon Valley economy. Not to mention how those man-walks-into-a-bar jokes get started...Brad Stone and Matt Richtel said what we were all thinking:Silicon Valley’s math is getting fuzzy again.  Internet companies with funny names, little revenue and few customers are commanding high prices. And investors, having seemingly forgotten the pain of the first dot-com bust, are displaying symptoms of the disorder known as irrational exuberance. Consider Facebook, the popular but financially unproven social network, which is reportedly being valued by investors at up to $15 billion ... Google, which recently surged past $600 a share, is now worth more than I.B.M., a company with eight times the revenue....Internet start-ups are drawing investment based on their ability to build an audience, not bring in revenue — the very alchemy that many say led to the inflation and bursting of the dot-com bubble ... The trend is described as a return to madness (by skeptics) or as a rational approach to unlimited opportunities presented by the Internet (by true believers). Greed, fear and a desperate rush to pick the next big winner are all adding fuel to the fire that is Silicon Valley’s resurgence.