http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:49:01 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-19T16:49:01Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/tech-workers-taking-h-1b-visa-issue-to-supreme-court/?cs=37615 Trying to reverse two lower court rulings, tech workers plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a federal decision to extend foreign student visas from one year to 29 months, reports InfoWorld .   The lawsuit, brought by the Programmers Guild h-1b_visas litigation business_technology staff_recruiting_and_retention government_agencies Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:49:01 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/tech-workers-taking-h-1b-visa-issue-to-supreme-court/?cs=37615 2009-11-19T16:49:01Z 1 day, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/tech-workers-taking-h-1b-visa-issue-to-supreme-court http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37615 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/aol-looks-for-up-to-2500-layoff-volunteers/?cs=37606 As expected, the big layoff is coming to AOL. CEO Tim Armstrong has asked for  “up to 2,500 volunteers” to leave the payroll, reports All Things Digital . That's about a third of its staff.   The voluntary layoffs begin Dec. 4; the official web_platform_vendors business_technology aol reduction_in_force Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:56:41 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/aol-looks-for-up-to-2500-layoff-volunteers/?cs=37606 2009-11-19T14:56:41Z 1 day, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/aol-looks-for-up-to-2500-layoff-volunteers http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37606 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/expect-big-jump-in-h-1b-visa-inspections/?cs=37582 In the coming fiscal year, federal officials plan a near five-fold increase in field inspections of companies hiring H-1B visa holders , reports Computerworld .   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services plans to make 25,000 field inspections, business_technology u.s._citizenship_and_immigration_services h-1b_visas government_agencies Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:40:12 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/expect-big-jump-in-h-1b-visa-inspections/?cs=37582 2009-11-18T16:40:12Z 2 days, 17 hours ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/expect-big-jump-in-h-1b-visa-inspections http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37582 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/cisco-shareholders-approve-say-on-pay/?cs=37482 Cisco shareholders on Friday approved a "say-on-pay" proposal , giving them input into executive compensation, reports The Wall Street Journal .   Like similar accommodations at Microsoft, Apple and Intel , the resolution is non-binding. microsoft apple cisco_systems intel business_technology executive_suite compensation Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:55:16 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/cisco-shareholders-approve-say-on-pay/?cs=37482 2009-11-13T16:55:16Z 1 week, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/cisco-shareholders-approve-say-on-pay http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37482 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/aol-cuts-100-jobs-big-layoff-expected-later/?cs=37402 AOL is cutting 100 jobs as it prepares to spin off from parent Time Warner, but a much bigger layoff is expected later on, according to an Associated Press story in The Washington Post. It says that will leave the company with 6,900 employees.   web_platform_vendors business_technology aol reduction_in_force cost_containment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:37:47 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/aol-cuts-100-jobs-big-layoff-expected-later/?cs=37402 2009-11-11T15:37:47Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/aol-cuts-100-jobs-big-layoff-expected-later http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37402 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/adobe-eliminates-680-jobs/?cs=37398 Adobe is cutting 680 jobs , or 9 percent of its work force, as it continues to cut costs as it prepares a new version of its mainstay design software, Creative Suite 5, according to a Bloomberg story in the Los Angeles Times. The new Creative Suite is reduction_in_force cost_containment business_technology web_site_design adobe_systems Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:21:46 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/adobe-eliminates-680-jobs/?cs=37398 2009-11-11T14:21:46Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/adobe-eliminates-680-jobs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37398 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/sprint-to-cut-up-to-2500-more-jobs/?cs=37372 In an attempt to cut costs in line with the rate of defecting customers, Sprint has announced it will cut up to 2,500 jobs by the end of the year, reports The Kansas City Star .   The move to eliminate about 6 percent of its work force is sprint_nextel 4g clearwire reduction_in_force business_technology cost_containment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:40:25 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/sprint-to-cut-up-to-2500-more-jobs/?cs=37372 2009-11-10T15:40:25Z 1 week, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/sprint-to-cut-up-to-2500-more-jobs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37372 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/infosys-adds-second-it-services-center-in-mexico/?cs=37348 Indian outsourcer Infosys has opened a second IT services facility in Mexico , locating it at the same site as its first, Monterrey, reports The Economic Times.   The two centers focus on clients in the United States, Latin America and Europe outsourcing infosys business_technology strategic_planning latin_america Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:12:50 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/infosys-adds-second-it-services-center-in-mexico/?cs=37348 2009-11-09T18:12:50Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/infosys-adds-second-it-services-center-in-mexico http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37348 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/many-drawbacks-to-single-source-rfp/?cs=37347 In a piece on CIO.com , consultancy Pace Harmon's Steve Martin advises against submitting a single RFP for multiple outsourcing services.   Though going with a big all-in-one vendor has its benefits, such as offering a "single throat to choke," request_for_proposals outsourcing vendor_management business_technology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:38 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/many-drawbacks-to-single-source-rfp/?cs=37347 2009-11-09T18:01:38Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/many-drawbacks-to-single-source-rfp http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37347 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/fortune-names-jobs-ceo-of-decade/?cs=37316 Fortune magazine has named Apple's Steve Jobs "CEO of the decade," with probably way more copy than you'd ever care to read about him.   Fortune editor-at-large Adam Lashinsky writes in his intro: How's this for a gripping corporate story line: apple executive_suite business_technology steve_jobs Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:02 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/fortune-names-jobs-ceo-of-decade/?cs=37316 2009-11-06T20:29:02Z 2 weeks, 13 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/fortune-names-jobs-ceo-of-decade http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37316 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/survey-finds-it-pros-favor-security-certifications/?cs=37277 Security certifications were the most in-demand specialty among IT pros in a survey by Computing Technology Industry Association, reports CIO.com .   In CompTIA's poll of 1,500 IT workers, 37 percent said they plan to seek a security comptia business_technology security_certifications network_security staff_training Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:57:51 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/survey-finds-it-pros-favor-security-certifications/?cs=37277 2009-11-05T17:57:51Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/survey-finds-it-pros-favor-security-certifications http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37277 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/microsoft-cuts-800-more-jobs/?cs=37248 Microsoft is laying off 800 more people , completing the staff reduction initially announced in January . But the final total reached 5,800 rather than 5,000, according to The Seattle Times ' Brier Dudley.   He says 200 jobs were cut in the reduction_in_force cost_containment microsoft business_technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:13:00 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/microsoft-cuts-800-more-jobs/?cs=37248 2009-11-04T21:13:00Z 2 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/microsoft-cuts-800-more-jobs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37248 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/survey-shows-lack-of-confidence-in-outsourcing-providers-it-security/?cs=37094 A survey commissioned by IT assurance company NCC Group found that 20 percent of IT managers for large enterprises fear that their outsourced IT systems are provided with less IT security than their in-house systems, says Sourcing Mag .   The data_security business_technology outsourcing Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:09:44 GMT kim@emays.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/survey-shows-lack-of-confidence-in-outsourcing-providers-it-security/?cs=37094 2009-10-29T15:09:44Z 3 weeks, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/survey-shows-lack-of-confidence-in-outsourcing-providers-it-security http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37094 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/outsourcing-fulfillment-for-your-e-commerce-site/?cs=37033 If you're considering outsourcing warehousing, shipping, and returns processing for your fulfillment center, this piece on practical ecommerce spells out how to go about it.   It offers good advice, such as choosing a vendor close to your outsourcing business_technology e-commerce vendor_management Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:58 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/outsourcing-fulfillment-for-your-e-commerce-site/?cs=37033 2009-10-27T18:20:58Z 3 weeks, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/outsourcing-fulfillment-for-your-e-commerce-site http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37033 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/social-networks-cost-uk-firms-billions-in-wasted-time/?cs=36974 A survey commissioned by consulting and IT services provider Morse found that 57 percent of 1,460 workers surveyed spend an average of 40 minutes a week on social-networking sites during the day for personal reasons. According to Morse, the "wasted" business_technology social_networks productivity twitter morse uk user_policies Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:33:47 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/social-networks-cost-uk-firms-billions-in-wasted-time/?cs=36974 2009-10-26T13:33:47Z 3 weeks, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/comment/social-networks-cost-uk-firms-billions-in-wasted-time http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sou/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36974