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  • Jobs: Demand for Cloud Skills Nearly Triples

    The job market is rebounding slowly, but if you are out of work or looking for a new opportunity, recent research points to big booms in specific areas of the IT tech sector. If you have the skill set, you’re in luck. If you don’t, then pursuing new certifications might be on your docket for…

  • 1. The Workforce Is More Mobile

    1. The Workforce Is More Mobile If smartphones have done anything for the corporate world, they have made employees more mobile. Gone are the days when employees are able to step away from the office and untethered. Nowadays, workers are expected to be productive no matter where they are. And the enterprise has smartphones to…

  • HP Notebooks Connect to Verizon 4G LTE Network

    Technology giant Hewlett-Packard and network operator Verizon Wireless announced that the HP Pavilion dm1-3010nr and Compaq CQ10-688nr notebook PCs can connect to Verizon’s 4G LTE mobile broadband network. The companies said customers can expect download speeds of 5M to 12M bps and upload speeds of 2M to 5M bps in 4G mobile broadband coverage areas.…

  • HP’s Apotheker Brings Over Communications Chief from SAP

    Jan 7 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) is naming a new executive to head up communications, bringing over a veteran from SAP AG (DE:SAPG). New HP Chief Executive Leo Apotheker, who was previously CEO at SAP, named Bill Wohl to the newly created position of chief communications officer, according to a memo sent to HP…

  • Lenovo Tempers Tablet Ferver, Says PCs Will Remain Strong

    LAS VEGAS, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Lenovo Group Ltd (HK:0992), which is making a concerted push into tablets, said it expects the devices to see good growth but still eventually only make up a fraction of the broader personal computer market. Rory Read, chief operating officer for Lenovo, predicted that tablets will settle in at…

  • Accelerating Software Sales to Spur IT Consulting, Systems Integration Demand

    While global IT purchases will rise 7.1 percent in 2011 to $1.7 trillion, don’t count on heavy hardware sales to fuel that growth, according to Forrester Research. That’s because the computer "restocking and replacement boom" that fueled market growth in 2010 is coming to an end. Hardware sales growth is slowing to 7.4 percent, the…

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