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  • IT Sales Levels Pass Pre-Recession Highs, Report Finds

    IT sales through distribution are currently exceeding the peak levels achieved prior to the economic crisis that began in Sept. 2008, according to the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC), comprised of the computer industry’s wholesale distributors dedicated to serving the channel. The organization, whose member sales are tracked by independent databases available to subscribers of…

  • VMware Fills Certification Gap for Virtualization

    Holding a VMware virtualization certification has been one of the more lucrative differentiators lately, paying a premium over many over vendors’ skills offerings, according to David Foote, co-founder, CEO and Chief Research Officer of  Foote Partners LLC (www.footepartners.com). His firm tracks the pay and bonuses for more than 200 IT certifications, collected from nearly 100,000…

  • Google Scores Coup by Hiring Palm’s Duarte

    Google scored a coup by hiring away Duarte from Palm to improve the user experience for smartphones, tablets and other devices based on Google’s Android operating system. Google hires WebOS user interface director Matias Duarte from Palm to improve the user experience for the Android operating system. Google confirmed the hire, telling eWEEK Duarte is…

  • Professor Claims Substantial Conflict in Visa Workers Research

    A University of California professor refutes claims made in a recent University of Maryland study that H-1B visa holders make more money than U.S. technology workers. Professor Norman Matloff dissects the wage numbers used, finds what he claims are critical omissions and discusses his own studies and others which found the majority of H-1B visa…

  • New Printer Solutions Aimed at Educators, Lawyers

    Computer and printing solutions giant Dell announced a series of printer solutions aimed at helping lawyers, teachers and health care staff, as well as a single function printer, the 5350dn. Designed for larger businesses, the 5350dn can print up to 50 single-sided pages per minute. The Dell 5350dn is currently available in the United States…

  • Steve Ballmer Insists Microsoft Still Top in Tech

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested during a trip to New Delhi that the surpassing of Microsoft’s market capitalization by Apple, while trumpeted as a major shake-up by the media, was not a cause for concern at Redmond. In addition to insisting on Microsoft’s competitive value, Ballmer also reportedly said that Windows Phone 7, the company’s…

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