Year: 2006

  • Tech Worker Wages See a Bump in Q3

    Tech Worker Wages See a Bump in Q3
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    Hourly wages for skilled tech workers in the third quarter of 2006 improved over the year before, according to the Yoh Index of Technology wages released Oct. 11 by the Philadelphia-based talent management company. Wages increased .1 percent in July, 1.4 percent in August and finally 2.4 percent in September. The Index ended the third… Read more

  • Ballmer: A New Software Era Begins

    Ballmer: A New Software Era Begins
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    Duration: 43:41 Click here to download this podcast. Read more

  • Cisco’s Chambers: Virtualization ‘Inevitable’

    Cisco’s Chambers: Virtualization ‘Inevitable’
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    ORLANDO, Fla.—Virtualization will spur the next wave of networking, Cisco President and CEO John Chambers told a keynote audience at the Gartner Symposium and IT Expo here on Oct. 11. “I’m very proud to be a plumber. Pipes will get bigger, faster and more intelligent. We believe that virtualization is going to happen,” Chambers said,… Read more

  • Portland Points Desktop Linux at $10B Market

    Portland Points Desktop Linux at $10B Market
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    This support may be a small step for GNOME and KDE, but it’s a giant leap for the Linux desktop. These first common interfaces are a set of command line tools, xdg-utils. These first command line tools can be used by ISVs to help install software and provide access to the system while the application… Read more

  • Podcast: Consumer Tech Leading the Enterprise

    Podcast: Consumer Tech Leading the Enterprise
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    Duration: 3:32 Click here to download this podcast. Read more

  • Lenovo Earns a Mixed Report Card from VARs

    Lenovo Earns a Mixed Report Card from VARs
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    Despite some recent strides to engage the channel, Lenovo is still receiving mixed reviews from VARs as the PC vendor prepares to battle titans Dell and Hewlett-Packard. The Raleigh, N.C.- based company has earned some points with the channel, especially on price, but many resellers remain troubled by the vendors lack of name recognition among… Read more