The Future of Our Five Senses

Digital technology is ubiquitous – it’s in our homes, our offices, and everywhere we go – but to some that just isn’t enough. Mobile phones & tablets broaden our social experience, but the feeling that we are dealing with pixels on a static, plastic slab is ultimately there. We may have adjusted but our five senses definitely aren’t fooled. There is still a defined line where we end & technology begins. Now, as augmented reality Read More

26 Places & Ways to Lose, Misuse, & Abuse Google Glass

If you are following the newsfeed on Google Glass, you know that long before an official widespread release, restrictions are already being proposed by senators, business owners, & activist groups. West Virginia’s state legislature is already discussing an amendment to ban drivers from using Glass on the road with others to follow. Some businesses are opting to forbid the use of Google Glass on Read More

What Google Glass Can Do for IT

Google Glass could drastically change the way consumers interact with their surroundings but what potential does this technology hold for the professional IT world?

Google X Labs, the experimental division of the ubiquitous search giant, is walking a fine line between mere novelty and watershed technology with the forthcoming release of Google Glass. Until the device sees widespread release, we can only speculate on the complete impact that augmented reality technology will have on business Read More

5 Technology Careers You May Not Have Considered

Looking for an incredible, high-tech job? Look no further than these 5 cutting edge IT careers!

The huge amounts of data that dominate the working world create a multitude of career opportunities for someone with an information technology degree. Data must be managed, mined, disseminated and protected, and business sectors around the world (both public and private) are part of the game. While there are many routine IT jobs that are necessary and worthy occupations, Read More

How to become a Data Scientist

For those would be data scientists, here are the skills you need to be a success!

Check here to read the first part about Big Data!

Data scientists are the skilled professionals who can turn raw, unstructured data into answers about brand sentiment, product strategy, asset utilization, and much more. They provide predictive analysis that can pay off in dividends and earn both themselves and their companies a sizable fortune. Now you may be Read More

The Essentials of Big Data Analysis

An overview of Big Data analysis and what it can do for you!

Data is the indispensible commodity of our age. Businesses, research facilities, and government organizations all collect endless streams of data that, when correctly assessed, can mean unparalleled breakthroughs and growth. Organizations, realizing the true value of their data reservoirs, are willing to handsomely reward anyone capable of extracting refined nuggets of insight from these mounds of unrefined information. The rewards are definitely great. Read More

April Hiring Trends

Steady job growth continued its onward march for both the information technology and engineering industries in April. Market Watch reported 17,000 additional information technology jobs, a 4 percent increase from prior statistics. This marks the fourth consecutive month of IT employment growth, spurned by several developments in the information technology world.

Cloud computing is on the rise, with greater numbers of Fortune 1000 companies and other ambitious firms assimilating this advantageous data storage technique into their IT Read More

Technology for Tweens: One-Year Anniversary

The team at Ashley Ellis implemented the program “Technology for Tweens” in February 2011. In short, it’s a program designed to give back to the community by donating brand new technology to local teachers and their classrooms.

As the program reaches its first year anniversary, it’s exciting to realize that it has helped us donate technology to hundreds of classrooms across the nation, reaching over 10,000 elementary, middle, and high school children.

What’s even more exciting Read More

Top 10 IT Certifications

In the technological community, the value of IT Certifications has long been a topic of debate. In an effort to resolve the question of whether certifications play an integral role in career advancement or if they are of limited value, the job search website Dice, which services only the IT field, conducted a survey.

Dice polled 17,000 IT professionals to see which certifications proved to have the most “bang for your Read More

General Employment Enterprises, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Assets of Ashley Ellis, LLC

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — General Employment Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE Amex: JOB) today announced that on August 31, 2011, it entered into an asset purchase agreement with Ashley Ellis, LLC and Brad Imhoff for the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Ashley Ellis, including properties, rights, powers and privileges of Ashley Ellis. Ashley Ellis is an Information Technology Recruiting and Staffing firm with offices located in Naperville, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. Read More