NTC reports IT/SW hiring trends

Nashville Technology Council and Vaco present their latest quarterly summary of IT and software help-wanted postings, showing healthcare the perennial hotspot in town. The accompanying press release is here.

Claris Networks views landscape

Knoxville-based Claris Networks CEO Larry Bodie discusses outsourcing, virtualization, The Cloud and more. The KNS has it. Claris blogger Dan Thompson does a good job on his blog.

Zycron promotes Waggoner, Jones

Zycron Inc., the Nashville-based IT staffing firm, has promoted Dennis Waggoner (left) to executive vice president-sales from vp-sales, and promoted Tosha Jones to marketing director, from marcom specialist. Waggoner has been with the firm nearly seven years, and previously worked with Compuware, the Federal Reserve Bank Nashville branch, the U.S. Navy and Systems Programming Consultants, among other IT services firms. He earned his bachelor's in business, with MIS concentration, at Tennessee Tech. Jones was with McNeely Pigott & Fox PR before Zycron, and earned her bachelor's in business at TSU. Zycron's earlier release on Waggoner is here.