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The article offers suggestions on how information technology (IT) companies can manage operating systems (OS). It states that companies should see whether OS supports their existing applications and thus have right selection criteria. It mentions that rather than having a separate team to select it, there should be more collaboration and all the teams need to create a common vision for what OS will provide. It highlights that they should be committed to desktop management.

The article reports on the increasing shortage of information technology (IT) professionals in the U.S. One main reason for this shortage of IT professionals is the trend that students, parents and counselors do not recognize IT potential. In addition, this shortage is also the result of the growth in IT-related positions which is driven by new opportunities to leverage technology in an organization.

The article presents a brief history of web software. In October 1969, multicomputer Arpanet, a predecessor of the Internet, had started. November 1983 marks the launching of routes Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) addresses by Domain Name Systems. The release of the 1.0 version of Google Inc.'s search engine happened in September 1999.

The article discusses the future of information technology professionals in the U.S. It has been viewed that the U.S. businesses should stop taking the technology talent pipeline for granted. Students are uncertain about making a career in the information technology sector despite the current boom in the industry. They believe that the jobs aren't really out there, and they are going to be pressed down the corporate ladder. After bottoming out following the dot-com bust, IT employment is back to 2001 levels, about 3.4 million people. Yet ask a group of IT professionals whether they'd recommend the career to their kids, and many won't seem positive.

The article presents information on open-source business models for startup software companies. Many open-source startups aren't even creating their own software. They get off the ground by selling services to help businesses implement popular open-source projects. That was the approach of Gluecode Software Inc., which was founded with $5 million in venture capital around an open-source software stack that includes the free Geronimo application server. Open-source applications often represent the only opportunity for midmarket companies like construction-management firm Rudolph and Sletten Inc. to get packaged software to meet their sophisticated information technology needs.

Reports on developments at the U.S.-based computer company, Hewlett-Packard Co. compiled as of September 2002. Partnership with Compaq Computer Corp.; Developments in information technology; Investments in hardware and software for clustering, systems management, grid computing and networked printing. INSETS: Hewlett-Packard Shifts Its Software Focus;Do The Advantages Of Intel's EPIC Outweigh The RISC?.

Provides information on the use of nanotechnology in information technology in the U.S. Revenue generated by the nanotechnology industry per year is ales worldwide; Increase in the budget for the National Nanotechnology Initiative; Amount invested by venture capital firms in the technology; Importance of nanotechnology to the computer industry.

Focuses on the business-to-business integration initiatives of managers in the information technology (IT) industry. Discussions on the impact of economic slowdown; Data sharing of companies with trading partners; Steps taken by Osram Sylvania, an enterprise resource planning system. INSET: B-To-B-Integration Vendors: Who's Taking It On The Chin?.

Deals with the increasing demand for information technology (IT) professionals by companies which influenced vendor certification in the United States. Forecast of analysts and vendors on IT certification; Statement from Susie Spencer, certification program manager of Novell company.

Presents news briefs on computer-related issues in the United States. Predicted growth on the number of information technology (IT) professionals; Decline in the number of companies refusing to purchase their needs online; Growth in the annual sales of online commerce.

Presents news in information technology (IT) industry as of October 11, 1999. Silknet Software Inc.'s expansion of Web and e-mail customer-management portfolio; IT trends that have emerged from year 2000 compliance efforts; Percentage of a survey respondents that think they will never recover their investment in application service provider-hosted applications. INSET: Behind the Scenes.

Presents an update concerning the information technology. Issue on computer software quality; Information on IT executive's technology and business priorities for 1999; Forecast on the revenues of IT companies for 1999. INSET: Behind the Scenes.

Presents news and information on information technology (IT) and IT equipment providers. IT budget change in 1999, according to a survey; Best-performing high-technology initial public offering (IPO) of 1998; Intel Corp.'s acquisition of electronic commerce vendor iCat Corp. INSET: Behind the scenes.

Focuses on the small computer analyst and consulting firms in United States. Characteristics of the firms compared to larger and older firms; Internet-intranet-Web as the engine driving the success of analyst and consulting firms; Information on how the firms used information technology (IT).

Provides information about piecemeal outsourcing deals signed by information technology (IT) managers at DirectTV, Elf Atochem, SmithKline Beecham, and other computer companies in United States. Factors that result to outsourcing of companies; Advantage of piecemeal outsourcing; Effects of outsourcing deals to companies; Comments on the importance and effect of outsourcing.

The article provides information about virtualization technology. For most companies, virtualization has turned to be a key strategic move. In fact, survey found out that 37 percent cite virtualization as key business priority in 2007. Most companies' virtualization efforts are in the data center, but many see potential for expansion. Presently , four out of five companies using server virtualization software for Intel and AMD x86 servers are using Microsoft VMware's software.

Probes into the success of Opteron chip that placed Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc. in line with its leading competitor Intel SA. Inspiration of the company in its creation of Opteron chip; Emergence of AMD as a microchip maker; Challenges encountered by the company; Expectations of AMD on its performance in the business market for the year 2004.

Reports on the growing number of computer vendors making pay-per-use a part of their product-service portfolios. Vendors offering utility pricing for their products and services; Disadvantages of the pay-per-use program; Problem with charging a one-time flat rate for information technology hardware.

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Presents the results of `Informationweek' magazine's assessment on the use of information technology in the computer industry in the United States for the year 1994. Budget estimates; Percentage of a company's information system budget spent on reengineering and client-server technology; Use of groupware products for collaborative computing; Employing of desktop videoconferencing.

At least one segment of the IT workforce is experiencing an increase in employment. In March, employers reported 4,900 new computer-systems design and related services jobs, bringing employment in this […]

It seems a little like old times--the IT industry leading the general economy, this time in industrial production. The production of computer and office equipment rose a seasonally adjusted 2.1% […]

Carly Fiorina, chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, put her career on the line two years ago when she spearheaded one of the largest corporate acquisitions in the history of the […]

IBM said Wednesday it's in exclusive talks with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. for a deal that would see the white-shoe investment and retail-banking firm outsource to IBM the vast […]

The article features Sun Microsystems, one of the six companies in the InformationWeek 500 which stand out as top innovators in their application of particular technologies. In Sun's One Touch Supply Chain initiative, products are delivered directly from contract manufacturers to clients, reducing in half the amount of time for delivery.

The article focuses on the overlap of the jobs of chief information officers (CIOs) and chief operating officers (COOs) in the IT industry. It is viewed that a ClO must be a strategic thinker and should have a broad understanding of the business and its competitive environment. The CIO-COO relationship can change in ways that make it difficult to distinguish and delineate the two roles, as companies seek greater competitive advantage from IT.

Reports that IBM Corp. has met with thousands of personal computer (PC) customers trying to ease worries about its sale of the business to Lenovo Group Ltd. (LGT) of China. Assurance given by Bob Galush, vice president of product marketing for IBM Corp.'s PC division, to their customers; Plan of LGT to combine its 10,000 workers with the 9,500-employee IBM Corp. PC division; Amount lost in IBM Corp.'s PC operation.

This article discusses the role of chief information officers (CIOs). CIOs who fail to understand the new reality may find themselves both over-promising and under-delivering. They may well be setting themselves up for high-profile failure. The business and technology contexts surrounding the CIO are substantially different than ever before. The job has become far more complex at the same time that the critical nature of information systems has gone up. IT organizations are facing enormous pressure to accelerate the delivery of services. Every other functional area in business has become more dependent on IT.

This article discusses the future of information technology. The next 25 years of information technology will blur boundaries between previously well-formed and discrete concepts, entities, or states of being. Some people believe the next step is for some of those bits to have value. That is to say, consider a string of bits to be like a virtual cow or shell. All of these requirements are easily achieved in both traceable and anonymous systems of E-cash. In these cases, the money does move. The point can be generalized beyond money. Peer-to-peer is a much deeper concept than people understand today.

This article focuses on innovations in the field of information technology. Looking back at the last 25 years of innovation, it is tempting to think that people are close to the limits of what they can do with computers. Computers have moved out of the IT department into almost every part of our lives. More than 600 million PCs are in use today, a number that will rise to more than a billion in the next five years. But it is the magic of software that will connect these devices into a seamless whole, making them an indispensable part of our everyday lives. In the back office, software standards are driving a more model-based approach to developing applications.

Highlights trends in software programming in the U.S. Push toward simplified development and the desire to get software developers working more closely with employees from business units; Extensive use of Unified Modeling Language by business and systems analysts; Growing acceptance of agile development and extreme programming.

Presents news and developments in information technology and the computer industry compiled as of March 2004. Antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.; Business process outsourcing; Product-life-cycle-management software from EDS; Web-services application platform from SAP.

Reports on news and developments concerning the information technology (IT) and computer industries. United Nations' first global summit on information and communications technologies in Geneva, Switzerland; IBM's contract to manage European and North American IT operations for tire-manufacturing company, Michelin; Google Inc.'s expansion of its engineering efforts to India.

Presents news items related to computer and information technology industry as of November 11, 2003. Migration of Oracle customers to the vendor's next-generation ten gigabit database; Appointment of Michael Boustridge as vice president of global sales of EDS.

Reports on the use of Linux operating system by technology companies in the U.S. Factors affecting the operating system; Benefits for technology professionals; Satisfaction shown by the users.

Presents news and developments relevant to information technology and the computer industry in the U.S. compiled as of September 2002. Free wireless services; Growth of the search-engine market; Launch of a Web Services Development Kit by Microsoft Corp.

Reports on developments relevant to the computer and information technology industry in the U.S. compiled as of September 2002. Manufacture of computer software; Emergence of software vendors; Effectiveness of instant messaging; Importance of knowledge management.

Presents news briefs on computer-related issues in the United States. Factors that contributed to the growth of information technology (IT) employees demand in 2000; Theme developed by the Agricultural Forum for 2000; Internet stocks that are predicted to be hot in 2000; Prediction for the industry in 2000.

The article offers various updates related to information technology in the U.S. It presents a brief information of International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM) Cognos TM1 in-memory analysis software tool used by financial planners as well as the introduction of the Itanium server processor from Intel Corp. which rivals IBM's Power7 processor. Also mentioned is the management software AmberPoint from Oracle Corp.

The article explains the concept of "Malicious Compliance." It mentions that "Malicious Compliance" refers to IT groups that comply with one or more standards while knowing that limiting their efforts in this way may have a negative impact on the business. An outline of questions that must be considered for a risk assessment is provided.

The article profiles Rob Shostak, founder of the Vocera Communications. Rob Shostak is a recipient of the Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributing Computing 2005. He aimed at integrating clinical systems inside hospitals with Information Technology. He believes that the best indicator of his success in the Information Technology industry is the customers satisfaction.

The article reports on several developments relevant to information technology and the computer industry as of June 30, 2008. Key issues discussed include the source code for Hewlett-Packard's Tru64 Unix file system that was contributed by the company to the open-source community, as well as the opening by IBM of cloud computing centers in South Africa and China.

The article offers some insights into globalization trends related to information technology and the computer industry in the U.S. The Internet and related communications, logistics and collaboration technologies are considered the backbone of an economic that will increasingly transcend borders. Insights into globalization in the book "The New Age of Innovation," by C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan are cited.