Technology drives just about everything we do, and not just at our jobs. From banks to hospitals to the systems that keep the juice flowing to our homes, we are almost entirely dependent on tech. More and more of these systems are interconnected, and many of them are vulnerable
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Tech apocalypse: Five doomsday scenarios for IT 15 March 2010 at 7:00 am by admin
+ IBM stops disclosing U.S. headcount data By admin 12 March 2010 at 7:38 am and have No Comments
+ Modular data centers: A fast, secretive option that’s spreading By admin 09 March 2010 at 2:53 pm and have No Comments
When Australian firm WesTrac needed to expand its data center capacity quickly, the company bought the equivalent of a Band-Aid for its server needs: A containerized data center.
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Modular data centers: A fast, secretive option that’s spreading
+ Google Docs to allow online storage of any type of file By admin 12 January 2010 at 12:13 pm and have No Comments
Google is opening up its Docs hosted office productivity suite so that users can store any type of file in it, giving the popular software-as-a-service product an important online storage component.
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Google Docs to allow online storage of any type of file
+ Half of all datacenters understaffed, Symantec finds By admin 11 January 2010 at 8:01 am and have No Comments
Fifty percent of IT executives say their datacenters are understaffed, and companies are still looking for more ways to cut costs, according to Symantec’s latest “State of the datacenter” report.
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Half of all datacenters understaffed, Symantec finds
+ Google applies to become electricity marketer By admin 08 January 2010 at 1:11 pm and have No Comments
Google continues to broaden it business focus, now seeking permission to buy and resell electricity. The search company has created a subsidiary called Google Energy and has applied for a recently created subsidiary to become an electricity marketer from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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Google applies to become electricity marketer
+ H-1B demand spike may signal improving outlook for skilled pros By admin 02 December 2009 at 6:42 am and have No Comments
WASHINGTON — Demand for H-1B visas has accelerated over the last six to eight weeks after being flat for months. This comes as the number of companies planning to increase college hiring is also on the rise. Together, the trends may be early indicators of an improving economy for skilled professionals.
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H-1B demand spike may signal improving outlook for skilled pros
+ HP-3Com deal faces shareholder lawsuit By admin 16 November 2009 at 6:04 pm and have No Comments
A shareholder lawsuit seeks to block HP’s $2.7 billion bid for 3Com. According to blog TechCrunch , a lawsuit filed last Thursday in a Delaware court claims 3Com is undervaluing itself.
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HP-3Com deal faces shareholder lawsuit
+ Net neutrality foe McCain biggest beneficiary of telco/ISP money By admin 26 October 2009 at 6:33 am and have No Comments
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the top recipient of campaign contributions from large Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast over the past two years, according to a new report from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics . McCain has taken in a total of $894,379 (much of that money going to support his failed 2008 bid for the presidency), more than twice the amount taken by the next-largest beneficiary, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev
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+ Microsoft sees slow but real take-off for Windows 7 in business By admin 23 October 2009 at 5:27 pm and have No Comments
Despite Thursday’s Windows 7 launch and hoopla, Microsoft remains cautious about corporate uptake of the operating system and believes 2010 will be the real start to the upgrade cycle that could run into 2012.
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Microsoft sees slow but real take-off for Windows 7 in business
