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Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up

The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics. What a difference a downturn makes. Last...

Tags: Job, Technology Sector, Industry, U.S. Department Of Labor, Recruitment & Selection, Data Centers, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

17K US jobs lost in January 2007

Nonfarm payrolls fell by an estimated 17,000 in January 2007, US Labor Department said. This is the first decline since August 2003. by AM

Tags: Job, Payroll, U.S. Department Of Labor, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, AM

Blog posts 2008-02-01

H-1B limits, outsourcing and Rome

H-1B limits, outsourcing and RomeWell said"Jumping from the frying pan into the fire"It is better to keep the H1B cap as it is and provide some flexibility to H1B visa holders to move the companies as they wish so that it won't hurt in lowering wages and Native-born americans won't...

Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, outsourcing, H-1B worker, H-1B, worker, H-1B program

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

Outsourcing expert Ron Hira on H-1B reform bill's impact

Outsourcing expert Ron Hira on H-1B reform bill's impact70% of the 65,000 h-1b visas are taken by foreign IT offshoring firmsWe don't need to raise the cap, we need to stop the abuse of foreign IT offshoring companies. Foreign IT offshoring companies are using 70% or more of the...

Tags: H-1B worker, Ron Hira, outsourcing, H-1B program, U.S. Department of Labor, H-1B, worker, U.S. Citizen

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

H-1B reform bill may push more work offshore

H-1B reform bill may push more work offshoreWhich means more money goes out than it seemsCoz these foreign workers, a lot of theme nd up settling down here or at least living here for a long time. Which means they spend their hard earned money in this country - most...

Tags: Outsourcing, H-1B worker, U.S. Department of Labor, H-1B, worker, U.S. Citizen

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

Rush for H-1B visas under way

Rush for H-1B visas under wayEnough job loss alreadyThis country has been gutted of any manufacturing, off-shoring of IT jobs the ones to replace Manufacturing has been going on for quite sometime.The service economy will implode on itself there is no way this country can stay afloat in debt producing...

Tags: H-1B worker, U.S. Department of Labor, Global Economy, H-1B, H-1B visa, tax

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

DataHouse Case Study: State of Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

In Hawaii, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations DLIR handles tens of thousands of claims and status reports are made each year for disability compensation. With the intake process being manually based, submittals were time-consuming and exhaustive. Paper documents forced linear workflow review, statistics and data coding entry. Moreover,...

Tags: Hawaii, U.S. Department Of Labor, WANs, Outsourcing, Process Improvement, Databases, Networking, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Quality, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

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National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Literacy Skills

Job Corps is a major part of federal efforts to provide education and job training to disadvantaged youths. It provides comprehensive services: basic education, vocational skills training, health care and education, counseling, and residential support. More than 60,000 new students between the ages of 16 and 24 enroll in Job...

Tags: Education, Job, U.S. Department Of Labor, Job Corps, National Job Corps Study, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

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Job Corps - Successful Career Preparation

Job Corps is a program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that provides no-cost educational and vocational training to young people with a goal to prepare students for a successful career. One of the instructors of Collbron Job Corps was assigned to research programs that were more progressive than...

Tags: Job, U.S. Department Of Labor, Cisco Systems Inc., Job Corps, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management

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Dell 1525-122B

Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As middle-of-the-road as a laptop gets, Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent go-to choice for basic computing, especially if you take the time to configure a...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-07-03

Dell 1420-123B

Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We were very fond of Dell's 14-inch Inspiron 1420 laptop when Dell launched it in the spring of 2007, as we find that 14-inch models offer...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-07-03

Computer 'mystery outages' plague Australian Emergency Services

A series of four "mystery outages" have forced the Department of Emergency Services in Queensland, Australia to suspend rolling out a new, $6 million computer-aided dispatch system based on TriTech Software Systems' VisiCAD product. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: TriTech Software Systems, Outage, Computer, Manufacturing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-07-03

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'

Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Laser-aided software for tunnel construction

If you ever have cruised on California's Highway 1, you know it offers spectacular views of the Pacific ocean. But several areas of this road are potentially dangerous because they can be affected by landslides. This is why the U.S. National Science Foundation NSF is helping the California Department of...

Tags: Software, National Science Foundation, Tunnel, Laser, gVT, Tools & Techniques, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Can your insurance force you out of the country?

Can your insurance force you out of the country?Will they include airfare and a guarantee?Most people have found good doctors they have a rapport with. If computer systems can't be dealt with by words printed on a cue card, human medicine is going to be a thousandfold more complex...

Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, insurance, Socialized Medicine

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failuresI get slammed for pronouncing the name wrong, but McAfee is the bestMcAfee is the only true voice on security. I have never once seen a computer with their AV software installed that has be overrun with viruses. If this is...

Tags: SECURITY, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance

Microsoft still has the hots for Yahoo and now wants to enlist partners to win the target's search business. Yes, folks the Microhoo saga continues and boy are these two crazy kids awkward. According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is still trying to airlift the search...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain

Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-01

New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'

New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'NowIf we can just get rid of WGA and activation process for stand-alone users, we'll be in business.Microsoft volume licenses 'evergreen'"However as always with Microsoft licensing, the devil is in the details."Never were truer words spoken - you can bet the farm...

Tags: volume-license, New Microsoft program, New Microsoft, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-01