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Article | 16/11/2011 Official: USAjobs.gov woes are being resolved
Severe performance issues with the USAjobs.gov careers portal have been alleviated and an array of internal moves are afoot to ensure its long-term su...
Article | 15/11/2011 10 ways to beat SAP at the bargaining table
It's crunch time for SAP customers and salespeople around the world, as many new software deals and contract renewals get hammered out in the fourth q...
Article | 12/11/2011 Oracle to settle employee overtime pay lawsuit for $35 million
Oracle is set to pay $US35 million to roughly 1,725 workers in order to settle a class-action suit brought against it over overtime pay and meal-break...
Article | 4/11/2011 Study: IT's future lies with cloud computing, security and mobile
Cloud computing, security and the mobile space hold the most growth potential in the coming years, according to IT professionals surveyed by tech staf...
Article | 1/11/2011 Juniper brings security software to Samsung devices
Juniper Networks' suite of mobile security and device management tools is coming to three Samsung Electronics devices, marking the first time the comp...
Article | 12/10/2011 The grill: Ken Murdoch
Ken Murdoch's colleagues at the Save the Children Federation venture where few corporate workers go: war-torn countries, poverty-stricken regions and ...
Article | 8/10/2011 Steve Jobs' death creates Twitter surge
Traffic hit near-record levels on Twitter on Wednesday after news spread of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' death.
Article | 6/10/2011 Microsoft .Net skills in demand, job site reports
Many IT pros in the past have shied away from specializing in .Net application development, out of fear of choosing too narrow a specialty and limitin...
Article | 5/10/2011 Oracle's Exadata means changes for DBAs
Oracle's Exadata database machine can deliver the performance improvements the vendor claims, but also demands that IT shops and database administrato...
Article | 28/09/2011 Salaries rise for engineers despite higher unemployment
Salaries for engineers have been increasing, despite a weak economy and a higher than normal rate of unemployment for this group, according to the IEE...
Article | 24/09/2011 Five outsiders who could lead Hewlett-Packard
Having gone through a <a href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/company-information/executive-team/formerceos.html">rash of CEOs</a> in the past 10 to 15 year...
Article | 22/09/2011 Data-breach insurance caters to small businesses
With the proliferation of data breaches, The Harford insurance company is selling a new data loss insurance aimed at small businesses that might be pu...
Article | 21/09/2011 Business paper use remains high
Businesses aren't rushing to create paperless offices; in fact, some are relying on paper documents more than ever, according to a new study by CompTI...
Article | 16/09/2011 IT ratchets up social-media involvement
When a late arrival thought he'd catch up on the buzz at a recent conference of CIOs, he logged into Twitter. What he found -- or rather didn't find -...
Article | 15/09/2011 Survey: CFOs to add finance jobs despite US unemployment
Despite a U.S. unemployment average that has hovered around 9 percent in recent months, a survey of CFOs indicates improved fourth-quarter hiring for ...