Tag: IT

  • Federal IT Spending to Rise

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Professional services, systems integrators, security professionals, health IT software companies and large-scale technology service providers all stand to benefit from information technology  spending in fiscal year 2011 and beyond, according to upcoming annual research on government spending. The latest figures on IT budget requests for the federal government are $79.4 billion for fiscal year 2011,… Read more

  • Technology Contract Gigs Driving IT Jobs Recovery

    Ericka Chickowski

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    A new report shows that even as unemployment held the line at 9.7 percent in March, online contract work is booming, with some pockets of IT showing a 29 percent year-over-year increase in available gigs. Compiled by the online talent marketplace company Elance, the Elance Online Talent Report examined the contract bookings for the first… Read more

  • IT Averse to the Cloud Reactive to Other Risks

    IT Averse to the Cloud Reactive to Other Risks

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    IT Averse to the Cloud Reactive to Other Risks Reactive Cloud The survey, conducted by ISACA, entitled “2010 ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer,” finds that many IT organizations are reluctant to take on the risks of cloud computing. And when IT organizations do address risk in general, it is often done reactive to regulation, rather than… Read more

  • Microsoft Calls it Quits on Intel Itanium Support

    Jeffrey Burt

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    Days after Intel and Advanced Micro Devices launched new high-end x86 chips that drive the architecture higher up the server chain, Microsoft officials announced they are ending support for Intel’s Itanium chip in their server software. In an April 2 post on the Windows Server blog, Dan Reger, a Microsoft senior technical product manager, said… Read more

  • Employers Tread Lightly on New IT Jobs, Hiring

    Jessica Davis

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    Employers are treading lightly when it comes to adding new IT jobs, a trend that will likely mean more volatility—with job numbers rising and falling—in the months ahead. That’s according to David Foote, CEO and chief research officer at IT labor market analyst firm Foote Partners. Foote made the assessment based on the numbers released… Read more

  • Disappearing Desktop

    Disappearing Desktop

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Disappearing Desktop Prankster replaces the mark’s desktop image with a screencap of said desktop, while removing all desktop icons. After repeatedly clicking on the screencap icons to no avail, the mark is convinced his computer is hosed. Mouse Mayhem Prankster surreptitiously plugs a wireless mouse receiver into the back of the mark’s machine. The mark… Read more