Tag: IT
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IT Security Vendor SonicWall Gets Higher Offer on Company Takeover
BANGALORE June 22 (Reuters) – IT security company SonicWall Inc (NASDAQ:SNWL) said in a filing it had been approached by a privately held company to be acquired for $12 a share, trumping an earlier offer from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Earlier this month, the New York-based private equity firm had offered to acquire the… Read more
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VARs Poised to Profit as Healthcare IT Spending Continues to Grow
Categories: News and TrendsDuring the economic downturn, previously forecasted gains in market growth crashed across a variety of industries. However, healthcare IT remained a growth industry, fueled by a variety of factors, including new legislation outlining deadlines for the move to electronic medical records (EMR). This year alone, market research firm Competitive Intelligence predicts the healthcare IT market… Read more
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Gartner Says Bad IT Habits Move to the Cloud
SAAS applications are becoming a more substantial part of many companies’ IT infrastructure, according to a new research note by Gartner, but a number of companies are taking their “bad practices” from on-premises software into the cloud with them. However, along with that adoption, a number of companies have started engaging in the same “bad… Read more
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IT Hiring Upswing May Point to Tech Spend Surge
Some speculate one of the main drivers for the IT spending dip came in the form of layoffs. With companies cutting headcount, PCs, laptops, other hardware and software solutions were shelved and upgrades pulled out. Now that IT hiring trends are on the upswing, could it spell a surge in tech spending across the board?… Read more
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Monstercom Survey As Economy Recovers IT Jobs Poised to Spike
Categories: CareersMonstercom Survey As Economy Recovers IT Jobs Poised to Spike Hope on the HorizonThe joint report based on Technisource and Monster.com’s, “2010 IT HIRE Intelligence Survey,” indicates recovery, and, dare we say, growth may be on the horizon for the IT sector and the economy as a whole. A full 83 percent of survey respondents… Read more
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IT Hiring on the Rise, Survey Suggests
Categories: CareersAccording to the 2010 IT Hire Intelligence Survey conducted by Monster.com, an online career and recruitment resource on behalf of technology services provider Technisource, the majority of survey respondents said they are confident that their company’s performance will improve across the same time period. Among the key findings, 76 percent of respondents have confidence that… Read more