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- Amid bleak job picture IT system design, consulting shines
- The U.S. economy lost 533,000 jobs in November, but computer system designers and technology consultants are holding their own. According to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job picture stinks see full report. The unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7 percent and the layoffs (AT&T,...
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, Industry, Consulting, Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Four obstacles to implementing VoIP [video]
- Voice over IP is growing in popularity because companies are attracted to its potential for saving money on long distance and international calls. Still, fewer than half of all businesses are using VoIP because of a few drawbacks. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives discusses the biggest obstacles...
- Tags: Video, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Next up for layoffs: Real
- Real Networks said today that it informed 130 employees, or 7.5 percent of its worldwide workforce, that their positions would be eliminated at the end of year. In a post on the company's official blog, the company said the layoffs were part of a larger cost cutting plan that "is...
- Tags: Layoff, Severance Package, RealNetworks Inc., Health Care, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- With 256-bit encryption, Acrobat 9 passwords still easy to crack
- Following ElcomSoft's claim that despite the 256-bit encryption Acrobat 9 passwords are susceptible to more efficient brute forcing than Acrobat 8 passwords -- a claim that Adobe confirmed citing usability trade-offs and urged users to take advantage of its improved passphrase mechanisms -- ElcomSoft's Dmitry Sklyarov and Vladimir Katalov provide...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Adobe Acrobat, Encryption, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Live Webcast: Energy Efficient Data Centers - Lower Costs, Greener Outcomes
- The centerpiece of the industry's current focus on green IT is the corporate data center, the most visible energy hog in the IT landscape. Many companies are convinced they need to make their data center more efficient, but are unsure of which steps to pursue, and in what sequence. ...
- Tags: Data Center, Webcast, PC Connection Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-12-04
- White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption
- Did you know that moving from a three-year PC lifecycle to a four-year one could save about $325 per PC? Or that the number could hit $500 per PC, if you extend that lifespan by just another year? Now, multiple that by 1,000 computers. Or 10,000. That's...
- Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Green IT, Power Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Save water, save energy, save money, save manpower
- Click to see full image. Remotely directed irrigation controller. Courtesy HydroPoint. Moving water around uses a lot of energy in the United States and many other agricultural nations. A Petaluma, California, firm is selling digital control systems that can save both water and...
- Tags: Courtesy HydroPoint, Weathertrak, Paul Ciandrini, Caindrini, Roi/Tco, Cellular Phones, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Extranet collaboration platforms - coming soon, but many-to-many problem remains
- In our conversations with many information and knowledge management professionals, it's clear that their distributed and multicompany teams need better extranet collaboration tools. And they feel the problem is only getting worse as companies go virtual, global, distributed, outsourced, green, travel-less, and partnered, thus driving the need...
- Tags: Extranet, PBwiki, Thomson Reuters Messaging, Networking, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Slicing up Sun
- Being employed by a large technology company and being a freelance technology writer has its pitfalls -- one of which is from a disclosure perspective, I'm not allowed to talk about strategy and forward-looking statements regarding the company I work for. The risk...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Open Source, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Apple removes Mac antivirus language from site
- Eagle-eyed Elinor Mills, reporter at sister site CNET, has the scoop that Apple has removed the 2007 item from its support site late last night that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities. Now, the company says the Mac is safe "out of the box."(What say...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- 40 percent of IT jobs will be in open source, study
- By 2020, the cloud will have taken over, and open source will rule in the cloud - with the result that 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, according to a report. By 2020, the cloud will have taken over, and open source will rule...
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, open source, patents, FLOSS 2020, cloud, Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-03
- AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!
- AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!Just pointed the issue out to my brother at UNCThe linked text at Apple in question:[pre]Mac OS: Antivirus utilities * Last Modified: December 02, 2008 * Article: HT2550 * Old Article: 4454SummaryLearn about...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Apple Macintosh, virus, antivirus, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Live Webcast: Taking the Guesswork Out of Your Business Decisions
- When it comes to decision support, corporate executives typically rely first and foremost on a range of key performance indicators. For many, though, the real challenge lies in determining just how accurate their data actually is -- and how to adjust for any irregularities. It's a guessing game you...
- Tags: Guesswork, Webcast, Performance, Decision-making, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- Webcasts 2008-12-03
- Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money
- Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more moneyThe corporate jet market is going to be saturatedEveryone's selling the company jet. Who's going to buy all of them?I wish I was in the market for a Gulfstream... :(I'm very leery of bailing them out.Just two weeks ago...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Benefits, automobile company, U.S. Congress, car, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money
- Forget $25 billion for the U.S.-owned auto companies. Small change. They've upped their request from the feds. GM alone now wants $18 billion. Doesn't that raise your confidence level that these guys are really on top of the situation? Oh, by the way,...
- Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., CEO, Hummer Brand, Focus, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- 'IT has no inherent value'
- 'IT has no inherent value'Finally!After all these years the "pointy haired boss" gets outed.RE: 'IT has no inherent value'Wow, the title to this article is very misleading. Some IT projects do have inherent value and if the project pushers and the project benefit receivers both agree on an IT project...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, inherent value, IT HAS
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Google Chrome and the extension conundrum
- Google Chrome and the extension conundrumTask managerBeing able to see how much RAM/CPU/Network each extension uses up ought to help users decide which extensions they should remove to speed up their browser.Boy, Firefox must really suckI see no other reason why Google spends so much time and money in recreating...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward
- Zoho just can't stop churning out software. Today it is launching the Zoho CloudSQL. Put simply, this is the first step to providing a cloud based integration framework that allows developers to pass data between Zoho applications and their own. This is exciting stuff. For the...
- Tags: SQL, Cloud, Zoho, Smb/Sme, Databases, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study
- The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...
- Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-02
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