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Stimulus package adds urgency to Obama tech choices

Stimulus package adds urgency to Obama tech choicesParis Hilton Has An Economic Recovery PlanIt's great to see that Paris Hilton is also out there helping President Obama to "spread the wealth":http://en.sevenload.com/videos/Zrbr5Ha-Paris-Hilton-Helps-The-Economyhttp://www.SpreadTheWealthUSA.info RE: Stimulus package adds urgency to Obama tech choicesIt is encouraging to know that Obama is tech savvy, and...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Development tools, Obama, tech choice, STIMULUS PACKAGE, urgency

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Report: Tech layoffs skyrocket in 2008; not looking much better for

Report: Tech layoffs skyrocket in 2008; not looking much better for Will Partition Hard Drive for Food!I'm on the fence as to where my IT career will go. I currently technical writer but I know I need to keep those technical skills current because I'll eventually need to look...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, job, Tech layoff, information technology, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Intel wants WiMAX to lead Obama's tech initiatives

Last week at CES, Intel chairman Craig Barrett said that Intel would advise the new administration of Barack Obama to focus on wireless broadband and WiMAX in its tech initiatives. Intel has made significant investments in WiMAX technology, a wireless high-speed broadband technology that can potentially provide...

Tags: Broadband, Intel Corp., Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Stimulus Package, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-01-12

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Recovery? This week's pink-slip tally tops 5,000 for tech

Jobless recovery...http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RmvtiAvhIOM/Sd3eSXBNXoI/AAAAAAAAAkw/ijffEEeunms/S660/did_i_do_that.JPGNo worries, with our new messiah in office he is telling people he has'saved' the country from going belly up.Meanwhile, China/Russia/Europe want to get rid of the dollar standard since itis ranked 48th in the world.It is a banana republic folk's step rightup and drink some of the socialistkool-aid...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%

Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Intel's Otellini: Strong second half; recovery coming in 2010

Intel CEO Paul Otellini took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit today and kicked off the conversation with some good economic news: "We found bottom," he said, and it was discovered earlier than anyone might have thought. "It's been a strong second half and it's not...

Tags: U.S., Patent, Recovery, Paul Otellini, Intel Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Copenhagen may not see any real agreement on greenhouse gases

That's the conclusion of Britain's lead environmental official. He thinks the barriers to reaching agreement on how to pay for reduction of emissions is too high a hurdle to overcome in less than fifty days. The British Prime Minister already tried scolding fellow heads of state. That got...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Copenhagen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disaster

LOL! And some said you were covering this up.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=70257&messageID=1348275&tag=content;col1RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterMy money goes to TMobile, not Microsoft. This should fall 100% on the shoulders of TMobile!RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterWell who-ever is respossible for this stupid act(upgrade without backups? wtf...)...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Storage, Microsoft Corp., Sidekick/Danger disaster, Sidekick/Danger, Microsoft Needs, Hitachi Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

When web services go bad: Ticketmaster's outrageous tax on culture - it harms society

This is exactly why monopolies are bad.,,,If there was an alternative source of tickets for the same event, these ripoffs would cease.The government should ban "exclusive deals" like this. The only beneficiary is Ticketmaster.WOW, I had no idea it was that badYour point by point is pretty damning.wtf....where's the...

Tags: tax, Web, Web service, Ticketmaster Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-03

Smart grid report from Lexington Institute explores benefits, pitfalls

Chances are you've heard plenty from people like me about the smart grid, which is being funded generously as part of the economic stimulus package. But WHY exactly is the smart grid important? Answering that question is the focus of a new report that was published in August 2009 by...

Tags: Benefit, Electric Vehicle, Grid, Chances, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-02

IT budgets: Shifting by the week?

The technology earnings season kicks off in earnest Tuesday when Intel reports its second quarter results, but the outlook for the sector may sound like a broken record: Visibility is low and IT budgets fluctuate with everything from CEO mood swings to the stock market. A handful...

Tags: Revenue, IT Budget, Recovery, Red Hat Inc., Information Technology, CEO, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Review: Feds provide a handy window into their IT spending

Review: Feds provide a handy window into their IT spendingInteresting...I'll have to look this over and see how much waste there is. Too bad they don't do this for the "Stimulus Package". We wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Tags: Construction, IT-spending, window

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

IBM's latest campaign against paper

You've got to love all the statistics that high-tech companies use to express the return on investment of their green IT offering du jour. Here is a new-ish one from IBM: the average office worker uses roughly 10,000 sheets of copy paper year. (Notice that does not mention printer output,...

Tags: IBM Corp., Content Management, Web Technology, Outsourcing, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-29

U.S. sheds another 35K IT jobs in May, but market may be stabilizing

U.S. sheds another 35K IT jobs in May, but market may be stabilizingSurpriseI'm surprised that no one has posted a comment here. I would have expected to see somebody expressing their thoughts on the evils of offshoring, or the hatred of the greedy corporations or something.RE: U.S. sheds another...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

From Big Blue to Big Brown as IBM expands into sewage management and other green initiatives

IBM representatives were in San Francisco on Tuesday to announce a partnership with the city around several green initiatives and also to launch several broader initiatives that include the development of advanced battery technologies at its Almaden Research Center in San Jose. I met with Alan Ganek,...

Tags: Battery, IBM Corp., Engineering, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Virginia Leverages LogiXML Business Intelligence Products for Stimulus Website

The Commonwealth of Virginia has employed LogiXML Business Intelligence BI solutions in support of President Obama's Stimulus Package, leveraging its dashboard, reporting and analysis tools in an interactive web site. Created using Logi Info, the site reports project ideas submitted by citizens wishing to weigh in on how Virginia should...

Tags: Web Site, Virginia, LogiXML, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-06-12

Worse and worse

Worse and worseNot Unusual. And No Problem.Oh wait. Someone has a political agenda out here.Tip of the Iceberg, to coin a phraseIts much worse than anyone thinks. I spent 3 months researching an article on all the latest science and each one of 8 new (2-3 years) developments indicates it...

Tags: Kozmcrae

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Best tools for local governments to track stimulus spending

IT spending in the stimulus package is not just about health records. The funding package also includes some $300 billion for state and local governments to modernize and improve the efficiency of government services. Sound like technology spending? Joaquin Gonzalez, director of research at government consulting firm...

Tags: Stimulus, Tool, Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Compuware refocuses: optimization, performance, portfolio management in -- Quality out

This guest post comes courtesy of David A. Kelly at Upside Research, where he’s principle analyst. You can reach him here. Well, okay, maybe that headline is misleading, but the details aren’t. Detroit-based software giant Compuware isn’t really dropping the quality of its products,...

Tags: Performance, Optimization, Borland Software Corp., Micro Focus, Compuware Corp., Portfolio Management, MicroFocus, Mainframes, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Servers, Hardware, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Philadelphia Flyers Rock! - When It Comes To Customer Experience, That Is

I need to make something clear from the start. I'm a diehard NY Rangers fan when it comes to hockey. In fact, with the exception of women's soccer where I root for the Women's Professional Soccer League's WPSL Washington Freedom, I root for New York everything when it comes to...

Tags: Program, Fan, Customer Experience, Fan Stimulus Plan, Sales Strategy, Games, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-05-06