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Creating Jobs How IT Influences the Economy Global spending on IT will create 5.8 million new jobs between the end of 2009 and the end of 2013. The

In talking to Cisco partners about the networking giant's plan to acquire video conferencing big-leaguer Tandberg, one thing becomes very clear. Most of

On the heels of announcing plans to acquire video conferencing stalwart Tandberg for $3 billion, Cisco's CEO John Chambers along with Tandberg CEO Fredrik

In an memo to customers and partners posted on Microsoft’s Website this week, company CEO Steve Ballmer says that the economic recession has resulted in

Looking to expand its reach and capabilities in serving the managed services market, IT trade association CompTIA announced plans Wednesday to acquire a

What’s up with Red Hat? Despite a recession that has bitten pretty much everyone in the industry with the same ruthless precision, Red Hat has managed to

If we've learned one thing about Twitter, it's to watch what you say out loud, in any forum, or your words might become fodder for tweeters everywhere.

Is this scenario familiar to you? You are on a sales call and it’s going well. After a nice long conversation and a WebEx presentation, the customer says

Things might just be looking up for the economy. At least that’s the word from IT industry association CompTIA, whose recent survey of technology company

iland is a perfect example of a company that is evolving during these cloudy times. The Houston-based company’s roots are that of a traditional hosting

For Microsoft and Oracle, the word of the week is Accelerate. That’s the term the software rivals put front and center in separate announcements

In a telling move that indicates the momentum of cloud computing, Microsoft this week placed into technical preview its forthcoming Web versions of its