By 2020 there will be 1 million more computing jobs in the United States than students graduating in those fields, the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
Microsoft senior executives and government officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate the software giant’s 25th anniversary in Puerto Rico, a history marked by innovation and collaboration to accelerate the growth of the local IT industry and advance socio-economic development.
Puerto Rico’s current financial crisis might just be the opportunity for the government to stay on track with its strategy of collaborating with private-sector technology companies to find solutions to its problems and improve services to citizens.