Tag: IT

  • Big IT Players Aim to Simplify Data Center with XML

    Big IT Players Aim to Simplify Data Center with XML

    Paula Musich

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    Ten major IT vendors including IBM, Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett-Packard on July 31 launched a standards initiative to create a common method using XML for describing network elements, servers, applications and other IT resources. The group, which also includes BEA Systems, BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Dell, EMC and Sun Microsystems, published a draft specification for… Read more

  • IT Operational Budgets at Highest Levels Since 1997

    IT Operational Budgets at Highest Levels Since 1997

    Scott Ferguson

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    IT operational budgets, as a percentage of company revenues, are at their highest levels since the late 1990s, but that increase comes as large enterprises continue to outsource IT work, according to a recent survey by research firm Computer Economics. The survey, “IT Spending, Staffing and Technology Trends,” found that median operational budgets across the… Read more

  • 5 Dampers on IT Worker Confidence

    5 Dampers on IT Worker Confidence

    Deborah Rothberg

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    For the fourth month in a row, technology professionals have felt more confident in their jobs than the U.S. workforce at large, according to the Hudson Employment Index for IT Workers released July 5. With a base score of 100, the IT index came in at 108.2, compared with the national index of 102.4. The… Read more

  • Is It Really Managed Services?

    Pedro Pereira

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    As tempting as it may be, it’s a bad idea to just slap the “managed services” label on a set of services that don’t quite fit the definition and market them as the real thing. We live in an era of overkill, and I accept that. “American Idol” becomes a big hit show? Replicate it… Read more

  • Simplicity Equals IT Success

    Simplicity Equals IT Success

    T.C. Doyle

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    A friend, Larry, calls now and then. “We should do something, you and me,” he suggests. But we never do. Frankly, I’m not exactly sure what he does or how it applies to me, so that’s probably why. Customers tell me companies call them all the time and say, “We should do something, you and… Read more

  • Despite Decelerating Market, IT Boasts Growth

    Despite Decelerating Market, IT Boasts Growth

    Deborah Rothberg

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    IT employment accelerated in May, according to the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses IT Employment Index, released June 5, just days after the Labor Department’s May 2006 employment numbers failed to meet expectations. In May 2006, according to the NACCB, employment of IT workers increased 24,900 from the previous month to 3,653,200, up 5.6… Read more