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Tech Data’s Lamneck Resigns to Head Up Insight Enterprises
IT and electronics distribution veteran Ken Lamneck is leaving his post as president of the Americas at IT distributor Tech Data to join large account reseller Insight Enterprises, where he will serve as president and CEO and also sit on the board of directors, starting Jan. 1. “We are very pleased that Ken will join…
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IT Jobs Trends 2010: Predictions for the New Year
While the recent Department of Labor report showed that IT employment may have turned the corner recently, that doesn’t mean there will be a big job recovery in IT in 2010. Expect IT hiring to remain sluggish through most of 2010, only picking up at the end of the year and maybe not even until…
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IT Jobs Gaining Ground Again
Even though the overall economy is still shedding jobs instead of adding them, IT job creation seems to have turned a corner. U.S. employment numbers released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor showed a third straight month of improvement in IT-related employment. Categories that grew included those in professional and technical services businesses…
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A Leaner IT to Get More Strategic in 2010
Business leaders may be looking to IT as more of a strategic tool rather than just a cost center as we enter into 2010, a year that many believe could bring an economic recovery. That’s because so many businesses put the clamp down on IT spending in 2009 during the deep global economic recession. And…
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Job Declines Slow in November, Says Payroll Firm ADP
When is bad news really good news? These days it’s when the news is less bad than it’s been. For example, in recent months public technology companies announcing their quarterly revenues have celebrated smaller declines, saying they hint at a slowing down of the free fall of this 2009 recession. And now ADP, the payroll…
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IBM’s Commitment to Employee Leadership a Lesson for All
If you’ve been in this industry long enough, you know the running joke that every executive you meet — whether he or she hails from a vendor or solution provider — once worked at IBM. It’s not that far from the truth. IBM has in fact nurtured and launched legions of successful technology executives; many…