Tag: IT

  • Ingram Marries Consumer Electronics with IT

    Carolyn April

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    Question: Where can you source a Cisco switch, a digitized wine cooler, a Cuisenhart food processor and Sonicwall security appliances? Answer: Ingram Micro In response to the rapid convergence of traditional IT and consumer electronics markets, the mega-distributor this week announced that its DBL Distributing arm – which carries its consumer electronics portfolio – will… Read more

  • Job Satisfaction Plummets, but Some IT Jobs Remain in High Demand

    Jessica Davis

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    After more than a year in the toughest recession in memory, when so many companies implemented work force reductions, hiring freezes, pay cuts and unpaid furloughs, is it any surprise that job satisfaction levels may have plummeted to their lowest levels on record? The Conference Board the week of Jan. 4 released a survey showing… Read more

  • IT Decision Maker Sentiment a Mixed Bag for 2010

    Jessica Davis

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    On the eve of a new decade, Tom Richards, CDW’s new president and chief operating officer, spoke to Channel Insider briefly about the tough year behind us, what lies ahead and the meaning of the data in the most recent CDW IT Monitor Index survey of IT decision makers. Here are excerpts of that conversation.… Read more

  • IT Decision-Maker Optimism Returns to Pre-crisis Levels

    Jessica Davis

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    A semblance of IT budgets past may soon return to IT managers who have been very good at reining in their 2009 expenses. That’s according to the most recent CDW IT Monitor that shows IT decision-maker confidence has experienced its greatest increase in the last 18 months, returning to the levels last seen before the… Read more

  • IT Operations Spend to Increase by 2% in 2010

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Channel partners selling the meat-and-potato solutions necessary to keep IT operations  up and running will find that they have a little more budget wiggle room in 2010, according to new findings released by Computer Economics last week. The analyst firm questioned 139 North American IT organizations about their spending outlooks and attitudes for the coming… Read more

  • IT Jobs Trends 2010: Predictions for the New Year

    Jessica Davis

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    While the recent Department of Labor report showed that IT employment may have turned the corner recently, that doesn’t mean there will be a big job recovery in IT in 2010. Expect IT hiring to remain sluggish through most of 2010, only picking up at the end of the year and maybe not even until… Read more