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Dvorak says U.S. presidential candidates won't help tech industry; News.com has different take

Notoriously grumpy tech pundit John Dvorak has projected his grumpiness onto the U.S. presidential election and the effect that he thinks it will have on the tech industry. In a recent MarketWatch column, Blame Washington that tech will remain flat, Dvorak said that he didn't think any of the three...

Tags: Declan McCullagh, Industry, John Dvorak, Hillary Clinton, Candidate, Dvorak, Tech Industry, Corporate Governance, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Networking, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Have environmental concerns hit your data center?

The environment has initiated conversations that deal with information technology, and the government is starting to chime in. In January 2007, Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) introduced a bill that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to analyze and report to Congress about the growth and energy consumption of computer...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Environment, Energy Consumption, Tech Industry, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Andy Moon

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Photos: Legal fights over digital rights

The tech industry has seen several legal dust-ups over the demonstration of how to get around software protections.

Tags: digital-rights, tech industry, photograph, industry, software

Image galleries 2007-05-02

RFID: Security, Privacy, and Good Public Policy - Part 2 of a 2 Part Analysis

Radio Frequency IDentification RFID is an emerging technology that is often misunderstood. Critics often downplay the benefits of RFID while exaggerating its risks to personal privacy and security. The tech industry is as concerned as anyone about securing the integrity of personal information. Without a secure system, RFID technology garners...

Tags: Privacy, Analysis, Tech Industry, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2006-02-01

Electric slide for tech industry?

Industry representatives agree that it's time to tackle the problem of runaway electricity consumption by computing gear. To get a grip on the problems, the tech industry has come up with solutions ranging from more energy-efficient Xeon processors to liquid cooling of high-end systems. What is your organization doing to...

Tags: industry, tech industry, Electric, Electric Slide, news, electricity, energy, xeon processors, liquid cooling systems, Sonja Thompson, hardware

Discussion threads 2006-02-01

Decision Support: Is RTE right for you?

The tech industry is abuzz with real-time enterprise solutions for RFID Radio Frequency Identification, Supply Chain Management, Sales Force Automation, Business Intelligence, and the like. The allure is completely understandable.CIOs look with envy on successful real-time innovators such as FedEx, which, largely because of real-time enterprise solutions, can ship 1.5...

Tags: real-time computing, real-time enterprise solution, computing, David Southgate, Aberdeen Group Inc., enterprise solution, decision support, leader, sales

Technical articles 2004-02-16

Are women cracking IT's glass ceiling?

Women in IT have long dealt with salary inequity, but a new study purports that experienced female techies now earn 7 percent more than their male counterparts. We'll present more of the study's findings and tell you why some experts find them suspect.The IT industry has long been viewed a...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Salary Survey, David Southgate, women, information technology

Technical articles 2002-01-11

When should consultants buy professional liability insurance?

Consultants who don't know about professional liability insurance run the risk of being taken to court if one of their projects goes awry. Here's a look at how such coverage may protect you and your livelihood.As an independent contractor, you’ve probably had to set up your own insurance coverage, including...

Tags: Insurance, Strategy, SECURITY, Meredith Little, tech industry, liability insurance, risk, professional liability insurance

Technical articles 2002-02-19

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New report from AeA shows lukewarm growth in U.S. high-tech

The American Electronics Association AeA has released the findings of its study on job growth in the U.S. high-tech industry for the first six months of 2006. The AeA found that the industry had a net gain of 140,200 jobs, which brought the total number of jobs to 5.8 million....

Tags: Job, American Electronics Association, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2006-09-28

Tech asks departing Republicans for favors

RE: Tech asks departing Republicans for favorsIt is time to finally kill the Tech H1B's and L1's once and for all, along with the 'minimum wage increase' which is way overdue the Democrates need to put an end to the 'Benedict Arnolds of Industry'

Tags: ZenWarp, Tech, H1B

Discussion threads 2006-11-14

Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering Achieves Full Return on Investment of Magic Service Desk Suite

Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering (Hi-Tech) designs and builds production and prototype molds for the plastics industry. To meet its goals of unsurpassed Hi-Tech needed a way to automate the process and track frequent issues. A range of help desk software was surveyed. The Magic Service Desk Suite, a Remedy IT...

Tags: Service Desk, BMC Software Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, Product, ROI, Help Desk, It Management, Call Centers, Databases, It Operations, It service Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

Innovation runs high in tech firms

RE: Innovation runs high in tech firmsI really do not think that Intel is a legitimate corporation.They're that code stuff."Do your thing" concept gaining momentum in software industry?Is this the best time for innovation in the business model of tech-firms?

Tags: Strategy, pr.arun@..., tech firm

Discussion threads 2007-06-26

Making the Best of an ITT Tech Education

I am currently a little more than Halfway through with my ITT Tech Education. I've been reading online and I'm hearing people say that they wouldn't hire someone that graduated from ITT. I'm new to he industry and I didn't know if anyone knew how I can

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Discussion threads 2006-12-25

Changing sectors?

I have been in the IT industry for more than eight years and have climbed up to a Project Lead/Manager position. I have primarily been exposed to Technology sectors (i.e. electronics, telecoms)I recently relocated with my spouse who had a good job offer also in the IT industry. Unfortunately, in...

Tags: IT Industry

Discussion threads 2005-05-12

Tech Data Builds Comprehensive Extranet for Resellers and Internal Sales Team with CNET Channel DataSource

Challenge: Tech Data needed to present a product catalog containing upwards of 23,000 articles, build an efficient and sophisticated search engine, and implement an automated and dynamic e-commerce solution. Solution: DataSource feeds comprehensive product information to the Tech Data extranet used by resellers and the company's 120...

Tags: Data Source, Reseller, Extranet, Sales, Tech Data Corp., CNET Channel, Tech Data Extranet, Networking

Case studies

Girls in Tech: Encouraging, inspiring, and involving more women in the tech industry

Troll baitthis whole article is troll bait. i am offended as a *woman* it pro.get a load of the 'website'. sheesh. waste of my time (again!)I KNOW GIRLS----THEY'LL FORCE YOU TO USE REASON AND LOGICNothing can take me to hair standing faster than to hear those heels clicking down the...

Tags: BALTHOR, women

Discussion threads 2007-06-04

The tech news is good from here

Like many of you, I am a computer technologist. I spend my days managing networks and servers and routers and switches. I enjoy my work, especially when the network is running smoothly. It is often challenging, like when something complex doesn't work as it should. But overall, it is...

Tags: Industry, Tech New, Strategy, Management, Tim Malone

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Tech Image Case Study: FrontRange Solutions

The CEO of FrontRange Solutions discovered the company's flagship products - GoldMine and HEAT - had more licensed users than any other software in their respective categories - Customer Relationship Management CRM and Service Management. But few in the software industry seemed to know this fact, including many of the...

Tags: FrontRange Solutions Inc., CEO, Tools & Techniques, It Services, Leadership, Management

Case studies

Tech Q&A related

I am very active I hope at Tech Q&A. My problem is when I see in My Tech Q&A that 1 of my answers was accepted. So I want to see what question was, and no success. Why? Because in My Tech Q&A page I can see just the...

Tags: Tech Q&a, Tech

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

Is it OK to look for programmer help on Tech Republic ???

I'm the IT Manager for a small company in Atlanta,GA and I'm looking for an experienced SQL programmer. Preferrably one with mortgage industry experience. I don't want to get hammered with thousands of e-mails so I am reluctant to use the traditional websites like Monster. I would much rather use...

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Discussion threads 2007-04-15