Year: 2006
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IT Worker Confidence Grows Amid Weakening Economic Outlook
Categories: News and TrendsAmid widespread reports of slowed job growth and the looming possibility of an unemployment rate about to swell, IT worker confidence rebounded in September, according to the New York-based Hudson Employment Index’s report, released Oct. 4. Worker confidence among IT professionals nearly recovered in September, according to the release, as Hudson’s IT index increased 6.2… Read more
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WAN Optimization Hits the Beach
Categories: News and TrendsDuration: 11:46 Click here to download this podcast. Read more
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IBM’s Channel Chief Retires
Categories: News and TrendsDonn Atkins, IBM’s channel chief, announced his retirement on Oct. 5 after two years in the post and nearly 30 years with Big Blue. Atkins was succeeded as general manager for IBM Global Business Partners by Ravindra “Ravi” Marwaha, who is returning to IBM from Lenovo Group, where he had been senior vice president of… Read more
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Dunn, 4 Others Charged in HP Scandal
Categories: News and TrendsThe next stop for Patricia Dunn and four others involved in the controversy surrounding Hewlett-Packard’s hunt for a news leak may be a California courtroom. A week after appearing before a Congressional subcommittee in Washington, Dunn, the former chairwoman of HP’s board of directors, was indicted by the California State Attorney General’s office Oct. 4… Read more
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Seven Linux Distros Battle for an Old ThinkPad
Categories: News and TrendsLike most companies, my employer has a stash of old, “obsolete” PCs and laptops that won’t run the latest versions of Windows worth a darn. Naturally, this represents a great source of systems for testing the latest Linux distributions. I thought it would be interesting to find out which modern Linux distro made the best… Read more
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AMD Starts New Partner Program
Categories: News and TrendsAdvanced Micro Devices, the world’s second-largest producer of microprocessors, announced that it has started a new partner program that will test and validate products made with the company’s AMD64 technology. The AMD Validated Solutions program was formally launched on Oct. 2 and company officers talked about the program extensively at the IT Channel Vision conference… Read more