Government IT workers are receiving lower salaries compared to the national average, according to a recent survey conducted by Dice.

Cisco's Unified Computing System has reached more than 10,000 customers worldwide, giving customers a platform to integrate computing, networking, management and virtualization.

CompTIA's latest IT Industry Outlook 2012 predicts the sector worldwide will grow 4.5 percent in the next 12 months, with an upside potential of 7.6 percent.

According to the 2012-2011 Salary Survey, many IT careers saw the largest annual salary growth since 2008, amounting to salary increases of more than 2 percent, which is an annual salary increase of nearly $2,000.

In President Barack Obama's recent State of the Union address, he asked IT companies to create more IT careers on American soil instead of outsourcing there jobs to foreign companies.