Monday February 6, 2012

Social Enterprise Company Jive Files For $100M IPO; 2010 Revenue Was $46M

Social enterprise giant Jive has just filed its S-1, and will raise as much as $100 million in the offering. Modeled to offer Facebook-like features to enterprises, Jive’s software combines computing with social collaboration to offer fully-featured social networks for businesses. Its suite of applications help businesses collaborate on a variety of tasks, including holding [...]

IDC Projects 19.8% PC Market Growth In 2010

IDC reports impressive year-over-year growth for global PC shipments of 27.1% in the first quarter of 2010, which has prompted the company to revise its projection for the entire year. In light of slow but certain economic recovery, IDC now foresees 19.8% growth in 2010, according to its Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Unlike most of [...]

Office 2010 Professional pre-RTM leaked

A new version of MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 PROFESSIONAL was leaked a few days ago, including a working activation patch. Top 10 benefits of Office Professional Plus 2010 (as stated by the MS site)   Save travel costs by enabling your people with better communication tools. Office 2010 helps save time and money by providing one-click [...]

LG aims to sell 5 million LED TVs in 2010

SEOUL (Reuters) – LG Electronics Inc on Thursday launched liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions that use light-emitting diodes (LED) as a light source, and said it was aiming to sell as many as 5 million units in 2010. The South Korean flat-screen TV maker also reiterated its previously stated goal of selling 18 million LCD [...]

Windows 7 RTM & Office 2010 Beta Leaked

Wzor has placed the download links to the Windows 7 RTM on their home page, and it definitely the real deal. The build string is:6.1.7600.16384.win7_rtm.090710-1945 This build string is a huge jump from the build before the RTM, and it also has a valid digital signature (cannot be faked). This is straight out of Microsoft, [...]

Memory chip shortage seen in H2 2010

LONDON (Reuters) – Memory chips for computers are likely to be in short supply by the second half of next year as consumers demand more capacity and companies embark on a delayed drive to replace PCs, industry tracker DRAMeXchange believes. Prices for DRAM chips, the most common type of computer memory, have stabilized over the [...]

IT Job Descriptions HandiGuide 2010 Version Released by Janco

The IT job descriptions contained within the Internet and Information Technology Position Descriptions HandiGuide® was updated in 2010 and contains over 650 pages; which includes sample organization charts, a job progression matrix, over 231 job descriptions, best practices for resume screening and best practices for phone screening.  The author of this book has extensive experience [...]

European IT Excellence Awards 2010 announced

IT Europa announced today that it will stage the European IT Excellence Awards 2010 in London on 25 February 2010. The IT Excellence Awards have been designed to recognise and reward excellence in solutions provided by European IT and Telecoms Channels. The awards will bring together leading ISVs, Solution Providers and Systems Integrators from across [...]

Watson Wyatt: Employers likely to continue improvements to HR technology in 2010

As companies prepare for the economic recovery, many are poised to enter 2010 with renewed interest in improving their HR technology systems, processes and organizational structures, according to experts at Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm. “In the current economy, organizations will keep a watchful eye on their spending as they analyze their investments [...]