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Amsterdam Mulls the Linux Desktop
Amsterdam has decided to give the Linux desktop and OpenOffice a try. In late December, the city—previously a Microsoft-only operation—announced plans to spend 300,000 Euros (roughly $400,000) on testing Linux and other open-source software in its housing department and in the Zeeburg borough office in 2007. According to the Dutch newspaper Trouw, Amsterdam, along with…
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Tandberg Completes Exabyte Acquisition, Joins Tape Storage Alliance
Digital tape storage maker Tandberg Data finalized its $28 million acquisition of Exabyte Jan. 3 and announced that it has integrated its former competitor’s VXA-2, VXA-172 and VXA-320 products into its tape drive and tape automation portfolio. Due to the Aug. 30, 2006, acquisition of essentially all of Exabyte’s intellectual property, Oslo, Norway-based Tandberg also…
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New Year Finds Nervous IT Workforce
IT worker confidence slid in December, with a growing number of tech professionals anticipating layoffs, according to a report released Jan. 3 by Hudson, a staffing firm based in New York. Decrease in job satisfaction and a substantial rise in expected layoffs prompted a six point decrease in Hudson’s IT professional index from the month…
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Source: Intel’s Core 2 Quad to Debut at CES
Looking to capitalize on its first-to-market quad-core processors, Intel plans to announce its Core 2 Quad for commercial PCs at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, an industry source told eWEEK. The latest quad-core offering from the Santa Clara, Calif., company will join five other quad-core chips that Intel has already…
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Survey: Talent Management a Top Concern
Finding, developing and keeping talent are among the top concerns for HR executives for 2007, according to a survey released by ORC Worldwide, a New York-based provider of human resource management consulting and data services. Nearly 62 percent of respondents said that the most pressing strategic issues they will face in 2007 would fall into…
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Linux Group to Simplify Software Installation
Installing a new application on Linux can be challenging, even for experts. Now, the LSB (Linux Standard Base) project and its parent organization, the FSG (Free Standards Group), have a plan for how to make it easier for both users and developers. Last month, key people in the Linux software packaging world and ISVs got…
