Wisconsin Technology Network News, 05.01.08
The notion that an IT labor shortage exists, at this point in time, is not universally accepted, but there is little doubt that at some point in the future a healthy contingent of Baby Boomers will retire and need to be replaced - in IT departments and elsewhere.
Some organizations are just beginning to react to this demographic trend, while others are still in
denial. Still others were visionary enough to move even before the dotcom bust of 2000-2001 began
to shrink enrollment in university computer science programs.
Cisco Systems, a global provider of computer networking equipment, is celebrating the 10th
anniversary of its networking academy at Madison Area Technical College. Gov. Jim Doyle and Cisco
Chairman Emeritus John Morgridge were in attendance, but the real spotlight was on the graduates.
The notion that an IT labor shortage exists, at this point in time, is not universally accepted, but there is little doubt that at some point in the future a healthy contingent of Baby Boomers will retire and need to be replaced - in IT departments and elsewhere.
Some organizations are just beginning to react to this demographic trend, while others are still in
denial. Still others were visionary enough to move even before the dotcom bust of 2000-2001 began
to shrink enrollment in university computer science programs.
Cisco Systems, a global provider of computer networking equipment, is celebrating the 10th
anniversary of its networking academy at Madison Area Technical College. Gov. Jim Doyle and Cisco
Chairman Emeritus John Morgridge were in attendance, but the real spotlight was on the graduates.