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Senate Bill Gives U.S. Workers First Dibs on Tech Jobs
One of the longest-running defenses of the hotly debated H-1B temporary worker visa program is that there are simply not enough U.S. workers to fill out many corporations’ programming, engineering and back-office positions, leaving them no choice but to hire workers from overseas. A new Senate bill—introduced in the final moments before Congress departed for…
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Cisco’s Chambers Ruminates on the Future
LAS VEGAS—Cisco CEO John Chambers spent some time with reporters at Cisco’s Partner Summit here to answer questions and learn from their questions. There were several interesting nuggets that came out of the sessions. Among them was an acknowledgement that Cisco and Microsoft, despite their partner status on various technologies, are in a battle for…
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iSuppli: Acer Gains on HP, Dell in Laptop Shipments
Acer is proving that its notebooks can hold their own against the likes of Hewlett-Packard and Dell. The Taiwan-based PC maker outpaced all other vendors in the fourth quarter of 2006, as its worldwide shipment of notebooks increased by more than 45 percent compared to the third quarter, according to a new report by iSuppli,…
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Cisco Offers VAR-Branded Entry-Level Remote Monitoring
LAS VEGAS—Cisco Systems is planning a low-end monitoring service that lets VARs offer customers an inexpensive, VAR-branded, managed-services type of offering that provides recurring revenue opportunities. Cisco announced the Smart Care program April 4 during a keynote address at its annual Cisco Partner Summit here. The service is designed to monitor Cisco products on customer…
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Cisco Partners Welcome SMB-Sized VOIP System
LAS VEGAS—While his small business customers may not have been clamoring to try IP telephony—if they even know what it is—Stuart Raburn, president of VAR Teklinks, said that he has been at a loss for what phone system to suggest if their current system needs replacing. The Cisco VAR, based in Homewood, Ala., has wanted…
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Intel Offers vPro for Laptops
Intel’s vPro technology is about to go mobile. The Santa Clare, Calif., chip maker is announcing April 4 that it will start offering the management and security features found in its vPro platform with the company’s new Centrino Pro microprocessor technology. In a statement, Intel said the vPro platform will be part of its next-generation…
