Tech hotshots: The rise of the IT business analyst

The hottest job in IT right now might be the least "T" of them all: business analyst. Tech purists may shudder -- is it the revenge of the suits? -- but 23% of the IT executive respondents to Computerworld's Forecast 2012 survey said they planned to hire for business analytics skills in the next 12 months, up from 13% in the previous year's survey.