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March 18, 2010

Siemens to Cut 4,200 Jobs

As Siemens AG prepares to create a separate entity from its SIS computer-services division, the company has announced that it will cut an additional 4,200 jobs , reports Bloomberg . This is signifi... More >

March 17, 2010

Siemens Expected to Cut More Than 1,000 IT Jobs

Siemens plans to cut more than 1,000 jobs in its SIS information technology unit as it considers listing it on th stock market, reports Agence France-Presse .   Unions in Germany, where the co... More >

March 16, 2010

Indian Outsourcer Patni Opens Office in Texas

Following in the footsteps of other Indian outsourcers that are expanding operations in North America , India's Patni Computer Systems has opened an office in El Paso, Texas, reports The Wall Str... More >

IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management Solutions for use with SAP NetWeaver

This white paper outlines how the right performance management software and solutions can capture the hidden value from investments in SAP NetWeaver® Business Warehouse.

Lower Total Cost of Ownership for Mission-Critical Applications

This white paper discusses a middleware platform that enables companies to lower their total cost of ownership, adopt more standards-oriented platforms, and leverage existing IT assets while not compromising on the mission critical nature of their business applications.

Economic Uptick to Benefit IT Services Vendors, Gartner Says

In a recent Gartner survey, 85 percent of organizations expect their spending on external service providers to increase or stay the same as the economy improves. And 76 percent were optimistic abou... More >

March 15, 2010

Apple Give Jobs' Stand-In a $21 Million Bonus

Apple has awarded chief operating officer Tim Cook a bonus of $5 million and stock worth nearly $17 million at today's prices for filling in during Steve Jobs' medical leave last year, reports CNN... More >

March 12, 2010

Wipro Looks to Expand Hiring of Americans

Indian outsourcer Wipro wants at least half of the workers at its U.S. facilities to be Americans , reports InformationWeek. IT Business Edge's Ann All has written about the plans of Indian compa... More >

IBM Goes Secretive on U.S. Headcount

IT Business Edge blogger Ann All's call last year for more transparency from IBM about layoffs has fallen on deaf ears. The company has not been willing to comment on layoffs for some time, but now... More >

March 11, 2010

How Much Should Your Job Pay?

Robert Half Technology offers online salary calulators for employers and workers in accounting and finance, information technology, legal, administrative, and creative and marketing. And they're by ... More >

March 10, 2010

IT 'Nobel Prize' Awarded

The Association of Computing Machinery's Turing Award, considered the Nobel Prize of the tech industry, has been awarded this year to Charles Thacker , who was involved in in developing Ethernet and... More >

March 9, 2010

IT Hiring up Nearly 27,000 in 2010

Nearly 27,000 tech workers have been hired in 2010 , according to TechServe Alliance, an industry group that analyzes U.S. Labor Department unemployment data. It put IT hiring at 14,000 in February a... More >

March 8, 2010

Forrester Warns Against Satyam

More than a year after the Satyam fraud scandal broke, research firm Forrester still sees the outsourcer as risky , reports Network World .   There have been criminal charges and the Secur... More >

March 5, 2010

Union Says IBM Layoffs at 2,400

Alliance@IBM, a union representing some IBM workers, puts the number of North American layoffs at Big Blue at 2,400 , according to a Bloomberg story in The Boston Globe.   Notices were issued... More >

March 4, 2010

Raises to Resume at Infosys

While Oracle said its message was, "We're hiring,"   Indian outsourcer Infosys says its message is, "We're planning to give raises," reports Economic Times . India's No. 2 outsourcer said it plan... More >

March 3, 2010

Oracle Raises Prices of Certification Exams

Oracle has significantly raised the price to take certification exams on its own and Sun technologies, according to a Computerworld story that doesn't really spell out how much they've gone up.  O... More >

March 2, 2010

IBM Wields the Layoff Ax in North America

IBM issued layoff notices Monday , but the exact number isn't clear, since Big Blue doesn't comment on such things. InfoWorld reports the number as "more than 400." Phone+ reports it as "more tha... More >