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For IT Managers, Best to Be a Small Fish in Big Pond
The career path of IT managers often sputters and stalls in small enterprises, according to research released Oct. 10 by the Info-Tech Research Group’s Indaba division, a London, Ontario-based provider of IT research and advice. IT managers who focus their occupation on companies with 200 or more employees are more likely to find a career…
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Toshiba Offers Updates to Its Satellite Notebook Line
Toshiba announced Oct. 10 that it is introducing several updates to its mid-range Satellite notebook line, and the company said it plans to market the new computers to both enterprises and the consumer. The computer section of Toshiba American Information Systems, which is based in Irvine, Calif., announced that the Satellite P105, M115 and the…
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Boob Tube
Google’s acquisition of YouTube gives me new respect for the notion of infinity. It proves that no matter how smart you are, you can still have more money than brains. If you were trying to find a way to collect the attention of the world’s least discriminating media consumers—people who demonstrate 100 million times a…
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Ballmer: Windows Live Is Top Microsoft Priority
ORLANDO, Fla.—Windows Live is the most important initiative at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, told the audience at the annual Gartner Symposium and IT Expo here on Oct. 10. “We’re in a transition to software that is live. It will be click to run, like a Web site,” said Ballmer. “We believe in evolving to…
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Symantec Debuts Products, New Vision for Corporate Security
Symantec took the wraps off a series of new products and services on Oct. 10, as the security software market leader outlined its latest approach to helping enterprises juggle the litany of technologies necessary to protect themselves from IT-based attacks. At a meeting with customers and analysts in New York, Symantec Chief Executive John Thompson…
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Radware Extends App Accelerator to XML
Application delivery controller vendor Radware on Oct. 9 will announce that it is teaming up with Forum Systems to integrate XML acceleration and security functions into Radware’s AppXcel appliances. The result of their joint development effort will be an optional software module for the AppXcel appliances that combines Forum Systems’ XML acceleration, policy-based XML message…
