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Gov’t IT: Security Clearance Needed
Needed: One IT professional with excellent technology skills, a willingness to travel 75 percent of the week and top security clearance from the U.S. government. Unfortunately, few people in the U.S. work force fit that profile, as IT consultancy Orizon Inc. discovered when it tried to staff its first project for the FBI in early…
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Channel Shares Tumble
Disappointing earnings results from Ingram Micro Inc. torpedoed distributor shares late last week and promoted concerns that technology spending isn’t as robust as expected. Ingram Micro on April 29 announced 1Q net income of $37.6 million, up sharply from $10.1 million in 1Q 2003. Nevertheless, the results fell short of investor expectations and Ingram Micro…
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Research: Sarbanes-Oxley: Are You Ready to Comply?
88% of CIOs say their IT departments are very involved in compliance 67% say their companies are investing in financial systems to aid in compliance 59% have no IT executive specifically responsible for compliance 44% say their companies will require their CIOs to certify financial results Complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act presents any number of…
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Cisco, IBM Target Data Centers
Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM have teamed up to integrate their respective data center architectures to further advance on-demand computing. The two vendors integrated several of their technologies, created a joint reference architecture, and tested and documented specific combinations of their technologies. In addition, IBM Global Services will offer integration services for both vendors’ offerings.…
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Sun Girds up for Grid
SANTA CLARA, CA — Sun Microsystems Inc. has added 20 new technology companies to its High Performance and Technical Computing (HPTC) Alliance Partner Program in an effort to advance grid performance for Sun customers. Grid is Sun’s architecture for optimizing network computing by managing many computers as one. It encompasses solutions designed and built with…
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Channel News Roundup–Week of April 26
Thursday, April 29 Crossbeam Security Switch Fills Out Product Line CONCORD, MA — Crossbeam Systems, expanded its C-Series line of security switches with the Crossbeam C10, a product designed for remote and branch offices. The 1U-high $9,995 switch is designed to deliver 2Gbps of firewall throughput (large packet size), or 150 Mbps of throughput when…
