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Social networks in the quest for jobs
News Although job seekers now using social networks to look for work, they would do better through traditional means, according to a recruiter.
Tags: Networking, Web services, Business development/management, IT Professional, Survey, Singapore, social networking, Facebook, Human Resources, job
Cisco unveils global blueprint for cities
News Its "Intelligent Urbanization" pilot aims to help Indian city, Bengaluru, use the network to integrate city management to bring economic growth and better quality of life.
Tags: Networking, Government, City, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., IP network, globalization, Bengaluru, Indian City, network
Stock exchange unveils fast hosting service
News The London Stock Exchange has launched a hosting service that will help high frequency algorithmic trading firms complete their trades even faster.
Tags: Data centers, Networking, Exchange, London Stock Exchange Plc., Stock, Server, Support Services, London, stock exchange, Silicon.com
Sun adds enterprise features to OpenSolaris
News A new support contract, processor support, and networking and storage technology are designed to put the open source OS on an even footing alongside Solaris.
Tags: Acquisitions, Open source, Operating systems, Server platforms, Networking, Data Management, Database management, Virtualization, File System, Storage
EC approves Ericsson, STMicro joint venture
News The European Commission gives nod for deal that sets up a business to provide wireless platforms for handsets and semiconductors for mobile communications.
Tags: Networking, Mobile platforms/communications, Hardware, Software, Mobile, Wireless Platform, Semiconductor, Wireless, Dutch company, wireless semiconductor
Intel toots its research horn for chips--and more
News Chipmaker struts its stuff for next-generation networking, processors, energy efficiency and wireless power transmission at its research day.
Tags: Components, Networking, Technology, Intel Corp., Data, Photonics, Chip, Wireless, Wireless Network, computer
Cisco buys into corporate IM
News Cisco Systems is buying Jabber, an open source corporate instant-messaging platform, to compete more aggressively in unified communications.
Tags: Networking, Instant messaging, Jabber, Google Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., IM, EarthLink Inc., networking company, Google Talk, WebEx Communications Inc.
Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates
News RFID tags will be embedded into badges at the annual conference in Sydney as part of a tracking experiment. Those who opt out will have less access to conference info.
Tags: RFID, Networking, Microsoft Corp., Delegate, Conference, RFID Tag, Australia, software company, Sydney, social networking
Siemens to sell 51 percent of enterprise comms business
News The company will sell a majority share of its enterprise communications business to private equity firm Gores Group, with whom it plans to start a new joint venture.
Tags: Investments, Networking, Network standards/protocols, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Business broadband, Security, Siemens AG, software, analytics
Disabling the firewall in Server 2008 Core Edition
Techguide For Windows Server 2008’s Core Edition, the default firewall configuration is one of the things most administrators want to turn off after installation.
Tags: Networking, Operating systems, Hardware, Microsoft Windows Firewall, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, question mark, Netsh, Server, Use Case, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Short stay for 3D Networks CEO Avakian
News 3D Networks has lost its chief executive Nick Avakian less than a year after he came on board.
Tags: Networking, Data Management, Mobile platforms/communications, Hitachi Ltd., Nortel Networks Corp., EMC Corp., 3D, CEO, LinkedIn, communications company
Yahoo confirms acquisition of Xoopit
News Web pioneer purchases the start-up to add new photo features to Yahoo Mail.
Tags: Networking, Google Picasa, Yahoo! Inc., photograph, Yahoo! Mail, online photo, Web Address, Flickr, blog posting, financial terms
LinkedIn looking for a suitor, maybe
News There is speculation that a big name prospective buyer is looking to acquire business social network LinkedIn.
Tags: Networking, Acquisitions, Plaxo Inc., Digg, social networking, Newsday, co-founder, board meeting, network, LinkedIn
Yahoo exec: Peek into your ad profile
News Yahoo's Jeff Weiner talks at a social-media confab about an open system that lets people see why the company targets a specific advertisement to them.
Tags: Internet advertising, Networking, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Social Media, Advertisement, Yahoo! Mail, executive vice president, network, blog
Google brings Friend Connect to the masses
News Google joins the data portability crowd with 'Friend Connect' allowing users to bring their data from social networks. The programming-free network is said to even incorporate Web sites that are not socially-enabled.
Tags: Networking, Data Management, Networking technology, MySpace, Google Inc., Site, Orkut.com, Social Web, Plaxo Inc., Use Case
