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The future of IT jobs? Not all bad news, Carr says

Keith Shaw By Keith Shaw
Industry visionary Nicholas Carr, famous for his assertion that IT doesn't matter, explained himself to attendees of a recent live Network World chat. While some classic corporate IT jobs will vanish, new ones will emerge, he says. Read full story

Keith Shaw is Senior Editor, Product Testing, at Network World. In addition, he writes the "Cool Tools" column, which looks at gizmos, gadgets and other mobile computing devices.

You can reach Keith at kshaw@nww.com.

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