Year: 2006
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This Happy Breed: IT Workers Who Like Their Jobs
When the majority of people talk about work, it’s almost undoubtedly followed up with a complaint. From "Dilbert" comics to the movie "Office Space," the grumblings are remarkably similar: too little pay, too many hours, no respect, bad chairs, mean bosses, stifled creativity, under-funded projects, lousy equipment and an assault of busy work. Hearing enough… Read more
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Sun Labs Looks at Search, Online Games
Categories: News and TrendsBURLINGTON, Mass.—Sun Microsystems spends about $2 billion a year in research and development, touching on everything from its SPARC and x86 server lines to its Solaris operating system to its storage devices and Java development offering. About 10 percent of that R&D money goes to the company’s labs, where researchers pursue different projects with the… Read more
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Seagate to Acquire EVault for $185 Million
Categories: News and TrendsDisk drive sales leader Seagate Technology continued its expansion-by-acquisition strategy Dec. 21 with the announcement that it will acquire privately held EVault, a provider of online backup services, in an all-cash transaction for about $185 million. With the deal, Seagate significantly augments its service business, which includes data recovery, online backup/recovery and archiving for SMBs… Read more
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D&H: Multicore, Mobile to Be Major 2007 Drivers
Categories: News and TrendsWith a handful of blockbuster new products recently making their premiere, plus several other market drivers on their way down from the enterprise into the small and midsize business space, 2007 looks to be a strong year for SMBs. That’s the forecast from D&H Distributing, a Harrisburg, Pa.-based distributor catering to the SMB VAR market.… Read more
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Bah Humbug: Jobless Claims Jump Again
Categories: News and TrendsFor the week ending Dec. 16, first-time jobless claims grew by 9,000 compared to the week before, according to a Labor Department report released on Dec. 21. The number of newly laid off workers signing up for unemployment benefits was 315,000, up from 306,000 the week prior. Despite the high numbers, many feel that the… Read more
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Cisco Plans Channel Program for MSPs
Categories: Tech CompaniesCisco Systems has rolled out a separate pilot channel program designed specifically for managed service providers and outsourcers that it said it hopes to make a standard element of its channel programs some time in the first quarter. The program will offer different payment terms and conditions to managed service providers that have customers with… Read more