Recent Articles
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Help Wanted: IT Talent Agencies See Growth in Demand for Contractors
Although the economy isn’t quite the disaster it was two years ago, many businesses still aren’t ready to staff up in the IT department. Instead they are relying on IT talent agencies to fill the gap with contract workers for both short- and long-term projects. And that’s not all. Vendors and solution providers looking to…
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Paging Doctor Google: Online Health Searches Highly Popular
Searching for online health information was the third most popular Web activity for Internet users behind e-mail and using a search engine, according to a new study by the nonprofit research firm Pew Internet & American Life Project. Eight in 10 Internet users researched health information online, Pew reported in its Health Topics survey, conducted…
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Eric Schmidt Hands Reigns Back to Page
Eric Schmidt Hands Reigns Back to Page When the VCs really started pouring money into Google, the strings attached were that Sergey Brin and Larry Page step aside for a more mature CEO to lead corporate development. Since 2001, Eric Schmidt helped grow Google into a powerhouse. A decade later, he is giving the leadership…
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Cisco Quarter Pressured by HP Competition, Other Rivals
NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) – No longer Wall Street’s top over-achiever, network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) must persuade wary investors it can fight off rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) and soothe concerns about public sector spending cuts. Although most investors forecast modest year-over-year revenue growth, some said they were approaching Cisco’s…
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Oracle Introduces Cloud File System for Private Clouds
To help organizations deploy their applications, databases and storage in the cloud, Oracle has introduced the Cloud File System, giving businesses a platform that extends cloud characteristics to their storage by enabling more effective storage pooling through a network-accessible elastic storage cloud. The Cloud File System is available now and is priced at $5,000 per…
