IBM WebSphere Portal Software Helps Consolidate and Manage Multibillion
Dollar Pension Fund
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| Working with Mainsoft, an independent software vendor/solution provider
| and IBM business partner, Opal Future Technologies Inc. saved time and
| money by quickly consolidating eight software pension systems into a
| single portal or web site while extending and preserving existing
| software applications built on .NET, a programming language from
| Microsoft.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070504/0248445.html
Lean and Mean: 150,000 U.S. layoffs for IBM?
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| This is according to my many friends at Big Blue, who believe
| they are about to undergo the biggest restructuring of IBM
| since the Gerstner days, only this time for all the wrong reasons.
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http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070504_002027.html
Make no mistake. Microsoft is not better off here.
Related:
Bill Gates: The next great success will come from Asia
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| According to him, Microsoft established its first research center
| in Asia about 10 years ago and currently is spending 60 percent
| of its research and development budget in Asia.
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http://english1.people.com.cn/200704/22/eng20070422_368644.html
Bill Gates says West not supplying enough IT talent
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| A shortage of information technology graduates from Western universities is
| leading companies to call on developing countries to meet research demand,
| Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-07T174625Z_01_L07799513_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-TALENT.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-technologyNews-2
http://tinyurl.com/u9bux
Study: There Is No Shortage of U.S. Engineers
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| ...a new study from Duke University calls this argument bunk, stating
| that there is no shortage of engineers in the United States, and
| that offshoring is all about cost savings.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2111347,00.asp
Is There a Shortage of U.S. Tech Workers?
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| Speaking before a Senate committee earlier this month, Gates said
| that America is facing a critical shortage of tech workers. He
| recommended boosting the number of H-1B visas to allow more foreign
| tech workers into the U.S.
|
| [...]
|
| "I think that has created an environment where the population of advanced
| skill workers has shrunk a lot in the U.S., because we just haven't created
| a fair system," he says. "Where if you go to other countries, you'll find
| national policy around broadband deployment, which creates a much more even
| playing field for people of all income levels to learn by and work by."
|
| "We did it to ourselves," he says.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3667376
Microsoft Sending All XP and Vista Tech Support Calls To India?
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| Microsoft is sending ALL of its XP and Vista tech support calls to India
| starting March 29th, according to a call center insider
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http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/microsoft/microsoft-sending-all-xp-and-vista-tech-support-calls-to-india-245048.php
"Dear Microsoft": An open letter to Microsoft regarding the outsourcing of
jobs.
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| Don't get it twisted: I don't have a problem with you outsourcing
| jobs to people that will work for next-to-nothing. It's just
| getting a bit out of hand, don't you think? I mean, there's no
| point trying to fool me.
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http://www.lastnameball.com/RantsandTirades/Pages/DearMicrosoft.html
Bill Gates to address Senate panel
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to descend on Capitol Hill
| next week to pepper a U.S. Senate committee with his suggestions for
| boosting American competitiveness.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6163930.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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