Technocrats are still hot favorite for the employers in this academic year, reveals the quarterly survey undertaken by the National Association of Colleges & Employers’ (NACE). Another encouraging fact is that there is an increase in starting-salary offers to college seniors in most majors. At the peak of the chart, are chemical engineers who received [...]
There is a continuing debate for using Web 2.0 technology in the enterprise, whether this technology is practicable outside of early adopters. However, few people are quick to support this issue saying there must growing need of absorption of technology in the enterprises. Jason feels that the business owners should start using technologies for their [...]
Symantec has requested a U.S. court to order Microsoft to stop the development of Windows Vista alleging that Microsoft is illegally integrating Veritas storage technology into its upcoming next generation OS. Symantec has claimed that Microsoft embezzled its technology and it is involved in misleading Patent and Trademark Office to concede Microsoft patents which is [...]
IT professionals are required to incorporate additional skills to scale the corporate ladder. Even IT is not untouched from the fact that the ever-changing times require acquiring new skill to overcome new business barriers and cultural divides. Ambitious IT professionals will have to learn how technology integrates with the core business functions as that of [...]
Increasing use of technology in business has caused surfacing generation gap specially the use of Web 2.0 creating tensions into business sphere. The older generation has always shown apprehensions in accepting new fundamental changes in business functioning but what is shocking is that a mere separation of ten years is creating a difference now. The [...]
Microsoft has been reported to be in talks with eBay over a possible acquisition of eBay since few weeks. New York Post has reported that the software giant is contemplating to take over auction leader eBay and merge it to its flagship MSN brand. Microsoft is somewhat worried with the intensifying competition from Google for [...]
The recent long jail sentences of corporate fraudsters Bernard J Ebbers of WorldCom and Andrew S Fastow of Enron has set the cat amongst the pigeons. With no leniency expected and potential lengthy sentences looming for corporate fraud in the US, the blue-collared criminals are now running helter-skelter away from the clutches of US law. [...]
Motorola Inc. has disclosed that it has concluded a definitive merger agreement to buy all the outstanding common stock of video processing solutions provider Terayon Communication Systems Inc. at a total equity worth of approximately $140 million or $1.80 per share. The takeover, the latest in a series of Motorola acquisitions, would provide it technology [...]
Electronics and testing equipment maker Agilent Technologies Inc. quarterly profit exceeds Wall Street expectations helped by sales in its bioanalytical measurement business. Agilent net earning increased 7 percent to $123 million, or 30 cents a share, compare to $115 million, or 26 cents a share, last year. Revenue mounted to $1.32 billion from $1.24 billion. [...]
Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, and European satellite leader Astrium has signed a deal for to make Alphasat I-XL satellite. This is being seen as the world’s largest telecommunications satellite. Through this satellite Inmarsat expects to start its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service. Over the event of deal signing, Andrew [...]
