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Vendors Find Efficiencies in Outsourced Contract Management
Twenty-three agencies of the U.S. Executive Branch. Hundreds of subagencies. Thousands of order points. Hundreds of systems integrators who implement and maintain the IT needs of the federal government. For vendors, doing business with the feds means keeping tabs on all of the above, meeting separate standards for each and maintaining dozens of contracts. For…
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AJAX Toolkit Lets Web Apps Work Offline
A team of AJAX experts is working on a new capability to enable Web applications to work offline. Brad Neuberg, a San Francisco-based software architect and programmer, said that he, along with the support of some developers at SitePen, of Palo Alto, Calif., is working on the Dojo Offline Toolkit, a small, cross-platform, generic download…
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VeriSign, Adobe to Enhance Online Video Delivery
LAS VEGAS—VeriSign and Adobe Systems will collaborate on integrating Adobe Flash technologies with VeriSign’s recently introduced peer-assisted content distribution technology, setting a new standard in the delivery of high-quality video content, officials of both companies said. At the Consumer Electronics Show here, the companies shared plans to integrate existing products and services and jointly develop…
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Second Life Open-Sources Its Viewer Application
Linden Lab, creator of the “Second Life” online virtual world, is open-sourcing the code of the site’s viewer application, enabling developers to make modifications, enhancements or add new features to the Second Life Viewer. The third-party support libraries and open-source code are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The Second Life Viewer is…
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Gates at CES: Worth the Wait?
LAS VEGAS—The Consumer Electronics Show here is a zoo, a madhouse, an absolute mob scene; it’s also the place to go to see the latest in electronics and computer gadgetry available now and in the future. I had to leave a very good NFL football wild-card playoff game to go see Microsoft’s Bill Gates kick…
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Midsize Companies Show IT Pros the Money
The IT hiring recession is over, according to a 2007 IT Salary Survey to be released in mid-January by Janco Associates. IT executive salaries were up 1.92 percent in large enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2006, but down 0.80 in midsize companies over the same period. This same trend had a more pronounced effect…
