The CEO Guide to Aging IT Workforce

Learn about companies including International Business Machines, Boeing and CA, which are facing a shortage in engineers. The coming dearth of IT specialists threatens to curb demand for mainframe computers and make it harder for U.S. companies to compete

Big Tech Problem as Mainframes Outlast Workforce

IBM and CA are hard-pressed to replace the aging corps of Baby Boomers who support their still-indispensable mainframe business
Boeing Enlists Hollywood to Make Engineering Cool

With U.S. technologists retiring—and security clearances needed for many aerospace jobs—can America's youth be persuaded to take up tech?
Slide Show: Star Tech, the Next Generation

Companies use student science competitions to identify and cultivate new technology talent

Podcast: Old Tech, New Era

The oldest of the Baby Boomers turns 65 in 2011 and the impending retirement of many mainframe workers could spell trouble for IBM and others
Video: Cutting-Edge '60s Tech

Today's iPhones have as much computing power as some of those room-sized computers known as mainframes in the 1960s. Yet, in its heyday, IBM mainframes dominated business computing. A look back at the Computer History Museum
Archive: CEO Guide to Technology

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