Thursday, July 12, 2007

IT jobs get hot as baby boomers retire; IT spending slump over

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Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 07/12/07

IT jobs get hot as baby boomers retire, 07/10/07: IT professionals could use the inevitable retirement of millions of baby boomers to get higher salaries, better benefits and long-term job security, according to Forrester Research, but at the same time, IT managers will face a skills shortage that could hinder IT's ability to support a business.

Report: IT spending slump over, 07/11/07: The worst could be over for the U.S. IT vendors as Forrester Research says IT spending is on the rise with companies such as Cisco, CA, EMC, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP reporting increased sales in the first half of the year.

Used network gear: Delivered faster, costs less, survey says, 07/11/07: Survey of UNEDA members suggests the used equipment dealers deliver gear faster and respond to customers more quickly then their original equipment maker counterparts.

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Verizon to merge Cybertrust into managed security services group, 07/09/07: With its acquisition of security vendor Cybertrust officially completed today, Verizon began discussing how it intends to merge Cybertrust with Verizon’s Business Managed Security Services group.

Blogosphere buzzes about 'death of the page view', 07/10/07: The blogosphere is buzzing about what some are calling the death of the page view following Nielsen/NetRating's announcement Tuesday that it would stop using the traditional measurement as its primary metric to compare Web sites.

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Capellas, former MCI, Compaq chief, to take reigns at First Data, 07/11/07: Michael Capellas, the former CEO of MCI and Compaq, will take the helm at First Data later this year.

Former CEO of ATI quits AMD, 07/10/07: The former chief executive of ATI Technologies has resigned from Advanced Micro Devices just nine months after the two companies combined in a US$5.4 billion merger.

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Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management for Network World.



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