Tag: experience

  • Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    Probably the first thing anyone wants to know about Lenovo’s Linux portable system is, “Does it actually work”? The short answer is yes, everything important works. Lenovo sent us a ThinkPad T61 for evaluation, which by the way is an excellent system in its own right, and it came with Novell’s SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop… Read more

  • Cisco`s New N. American Channel Chief Takes Web 2.0 to Cisco`s Partner Ranks

    Jessica Davis

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    After joining Cisco just before the dot-com bust, Wendy Bahr, the company’s new channel chief for North America, is ready to take on new challenges. At the top of the agenda is a Web 2.0 system for partners, as those same partners look at new business models and the technologies they require. Bahr sat down… Read more

  • Indicative Takes On Big 4 in IT Service Management

    Indicative Takes On Big 4 in IT Service Management

    Paula Musich

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    Indicative Software on April 10 continued to nip at the heels of the Big Four enterprise management providers when it launched the latest release of its Indicative performance monitoring and troubleshooting tool for distributed applications and infrastructure. Boasting a 100 percent renewal rate with existing customers and a 75 percent win rate once it reaches… Read more

  • Demand for IT Temp Workers Expected to Outpace Permanent

    Demand for IT Temp Workers Expected to Outpace Permanent

    Deborah Perelman

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    With computer, management and legal positions in highest demand, temporary employment is expected to grow three times as fast as total employment over the next decade, according to the 2007 Temporary Jobs Guidebook report released Feb. 5 by Staffing Industry Analysts, a Los Altos provider of workforce market intelligence. Demand for IT workers remains strong… Read more

  • Report: Specialized Skill Shortages to Swell IT Salaries

    Report: Specialized Skill Shortages to Swell IT Salaries

    Deborah Rothberg

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    Driving up salaries for workers with the right mix of specialized skills, technology-based industries are expect to continue to face shortages of talent this year, and VARs could be hardest hit, according to market analysis released Jan. 3 by Philadelphia-based Yoh, a provider of outsourcing services. Yoh predicts that the tightest candidate markets will be… Read more

  • Switchvox SMB Has Goods—and Gaps

    Switchvox SMB Has Goods—and Gaps

    Andrew Garcia

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    One of several asterisk-based appliances now available, Four Loop Technologies’ Switchvox SMB provides a good overall IP telephony experience. However, potential customers should evaluate the long-term potential of the appliance, which is lacking in redundancy and the latest Linux components. The Switchvox SMB, which is priced starting at $2,495, is delivered on a desktop PC… Read more