Nashville Technology Council

The Nashville Technology Council today announced the release of its Q1 2011 Technology Hiring Trends Report.  In partnership with Vaco Technology, the report was created to provide insights into the needs of the Middle Tennessee’s technology job sector and show the growth of what has become a pivotal portion of the local and regional economy.

Research concludes that over 925 technology related jobs are available in the Middle Tennessee area.  The report was generated from public job postings from large job portals (i.e. CareerBuilder, Monster, etc.), specialty technology sites (i.e. Dice), and local employer sites.  The total number of open positions was down 13% from Q4 results in Middle Tennessee.

“Vaco Technology continues to see a high demand for technology talent in Middle Tennessee” said Jerry Bostelman, Founder of Vaco.  “Technology consultant job placements are up 108% over this time last year and our permanent placements for 2011 are up 71%.  This is great news for the local economy and demonstrates the strength of our business community and our local technology talent.”

The highest number of openings came from enterprise health care technology companies: Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Community Health Systems (CHS), Vanderbilt, and Deloitte. Core industries that are offering the majority of technical jobs in Middle Tennessee are government, healthcare, startups, and professional services.

The most prevalent technology position title advertised this quarter is .Net Developer.  Analyst positions were rebounded to Q3 2010 levels, but management positions experienced a decrease this quarter.  In addition to job openings, the report also illustrates programming languages that are required in the today’s tech industry.  .Net is still the greatest programming need in the Middle Tennessee area, with Java positions being a close second.  Open Source technologies fall just behind these skill sets.

J.Tod Fetherling, President and CEO of Nashville Technology Council, commented, “Local efforts are beginning to pay dividends as we increase the total number of tech students in college and high school and re-train displaced workers from other industries.”

To view the full report, click here.

Last night you may have caught Scott Gordon of Vaco Technology speaking with Channel 2 about Nashville’s thriving technology job market.  In conjunction with Vaco, we compiled the latest report on exactly how many IT related jobs are open in the Middle Tennessee area, the most popular open positions and what companies are hiring.  Currently our local job market has 1,065 IT jobs to fill.  As Scott confirmed in his interview last night, Nashville is hiring!

Our official press release is below and you can read the full Q4 jobs report here.

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Contact: J. Tod Fetherling                     
Phone: 615-873-1284
Email: tfetherling@technologycouncil.com
Website: www.technologycouncil.com

NASHVILLE: OPEN POSITIONS CONTINUE TO RISE
Q4 Jobs Report Reveals 1,065 Technology Job Openings in Middle Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – January 7, 2011 – The Nashville Technology Council today announced the release of its Q4 2010 Technology Hiring Trends Report.  In partnership with Vaco Technology, the report was created to provide insights into the needs of the Middle Tennessee’s technology job sector and show the growth of what has become a pivotal portion of the local and regional economy.

Research concludes that over 1,065 technology related jobs are available in the Middle Tennessee area.  The report was generated from public job postings from large job portals (i.e. CareerBuilder, Monster, etc.), specialty technology sites (i.e. Dice), and local employer sites.  The total number of open positions was up 19% from Q3 results in Middle Tennessee.

The results confirm one important thing: Nashville is hiring.  “Vaco continues to see increased demand for IT talent across our client base,” said Jerry Bostelman, CEO of Vaco.  “Progressive companies from start-ups to industry leaders realize their technological competitive edge is dependent on fielding the strongest team and are investing accordingly.”

The highest number of openings came from enterprise health care technology companies: Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Community Health Systems (CHS), Vanderbilt and Vision Consulting. Core industries that are offering the majority of technical jobs in Middle Tennessee are government, healthcare, startups, and professional services.

The most prevalent technology position title advertised this quarter is Developer.  Analyst positions were down slightly, but management positions experienced an increase. In addition to job openings, the report also illustrates programming languages that are required in the today’s tech industry.  .Net, and Java are still in highest demand for potential employees in the Middle Tennessee area, with SQL positions being a close third.  Open Source technologies fall just behind these skill sets.

J.Tod Fetherling, President and CEO of Nashville Technology Council, commented, “Local efforts are beginning to pay dividends as we increase the total number of tech students in college and high school and re-train displaced workers from other industries.”

To view the full report, click here.

About the Nashville Technology Council

The Nashville Technology Council is an exclusive, 501 (c)(6) professional membership based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the Middle Tennessee technology community succeed.  Created in 1999 as an affiliate of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Technology Council represents, promotes and supports over 400 organizations through events and conferences, professional and student education initiatives, specialized economic development projects, technology job resources and growth projects and other community resources. Membership is open to technology companies, technology employers, service providers, educational institutions, and non-profit companies interested in supporting the growth of technology businesses in Middle Tennessee. For more information, visit www.technologycouncil.com

Well, Gartner makes it easy for us to ascertain this in their latest hype cycle report or really product management curve. The real strategy is knowing why to get onto the next starting curve or bifurcation. For me, I like to focus on the technology trigger and plateau of productivity.  This is where the money is made.  Stars and Cash Cows from the Boston Consulting Group Matrix. In the technology trigger, Gartner sees growth in video search and human augmentation.  Two local plays in Predictive Analysis (Consensus Point) and Digital Speech Recognition (Entrada) are both in the productivity plateaus.  Of notable mention is the Tablet, as it is hitting the peak of inflated expectations as Walmart and Target fight over the consumer’s wallet at Christmas for the iPad.

“Gartner has examined the maturity of 1,800 technologies and trends in 75 technology, topic, and industry areas. Each of the 75 individual Hype Cycle reports provides a snapshot of a key area of IT or business. Senior executives, CIOs, strategists, business developers and technology planners should consider these technologies when developing emerging business and technology portfolios. The “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies” is the longest-running annual Hype Cycle, providing a cross-industry perspective on the technologies and trends that IT managers should consider in developing emerging-technology portfolios (see Figure 1).”

Source: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1447613

Nashville Tech Story (11/4/09)

The business of analytics is growing dramatically as we expand our informational needs for an organization.  Analytics can be thought with regard to intelligence for the business, information, content management (structure and unstructured), and predictive (statistical).  There are a plethora of products in each of these four quadrants of analytical tools.

A new global study of more than 2,500 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), released by IBM in September, reveals that leveraging analytics to gain a competitive advantage and improve business decision-making is now the top priority for CIOs. More than four out of five (83 percent) survey respondents identified business intelligence and analytics – the ability to see patterns in vast amounts of data and extract actionable insights – as the way they will enhance their organizations’ competitiveness.

These results and other insights are detailed in the just-released Global CIO Study 2009, which is the largest face-to-face survey of CIOs ever conducted. The study, titled “The New Voice of the CIO,” represents the insights and vision of CIOs from 78 countries, 19 industries, and organizations of every size. The study reinforces the increasingly strategic role that CIOs are playing as visionary leaders and as drivers of innovation and financial growth.

With an increased focus on data analytics, the survey also revealed that data reliability and security have emerged as increasingly urgent concerns, with 71 percent of CIOs planning to make additional investments in risk management and compliance.

As a result of analytics, the CIO’s role is changing to include the following:

• Making innovation real
• Raising the ROI on IT
• Expanding the business impact.

Sign up today to join us for lunch on November 12, 2009, for the launch of the Analytics Group.