What Was Hot On ITBestOfBreed Last Month?

What were ITBestOfBreed readers clicking on last month? Here are the top five stories that originated on the site, focusing on tech skills that pay and the cities where they pay best without taking too much away for cost of living, what midmarket CIOs would like to see from solution providers, and top-paying architect certifications.

Click through to read, and you'll find such quotes as:

• "I will need development help at some point for APIs between systems and things of that nature, but not for writing apps."
• "For us, scale is critical. The more scale [a company has] in the service business, the more revenue you have and the more talent you can invest in."
• Technical certifications help add credibility to a sales pitch and "help shorten the sales cycle a bit."