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Job Listings Board Launched by Techmeme
Technology news aggregation site Techmeme has expanded to offer its audience job listings as the tech industry ramps back up, adding a “Who’s Hiring in Tech?” column on the right hand side of the front page of the site. The company’s founder, Gabe Rivera, also wrote a cheeky blog post explaining Techmeme’s decision to launch…
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CompTIA A+ Inducted into IT Hall of Fame
The team behind the far-reaching, widely-adopted CompTIA A+ certification program received industry recognition earlier this month when members of the A+ Originators team were inducted into the IT Channel Wing of the IT Hall of Fame. Aaron Woods of Intelligent Electronics accepted the award on behalf of the IT organization, acknowledging the contributions of Jean…
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Selling Your Business: Preparing a Post-Acquisition Landing Strategy
When IT solution provider mergers and acquisitions go down, most business owners undergoing a buyout have thought through the valuation details, they’ve planned for how their customers will continue to be satisfied under a new regime and they’ve made sure their employees will be taken care of. But often they forget to plan for one…
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H-1B Jobs: IT Solution Providers at a Disadvantage
IT hosting and on-demand infrastructure provider SingleHop is growing fast. In the last five years the small company in Chicago has increased revenue 4,000 percent. SingleHop’s core business of hosted applications and on-demand infrastructure services are in hot demand as businesses of all kinds embrace managed services and hosted applications in the cloud. SingleHop’s employees…
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Technology Talent Poaching to Get More Aggressive in 2011
A recent study by IT job search specialist Dice found more than half (54 percent) of hiring managers and recruiters anticipate that tech talent poaching will get more aggressive this year, while just three percent of respondents expect a let-up. That expectation is amplified when looking at hiring managers working in the technology or consulting…
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Skill Up on Voice and Data: CompTIA Offers Converged IT Certification
With a growing need for IT professionals with experience and skills related to converged voice and data solutions, CompTIA is launching a new convergence technology professional certification in collaboration with Certification Partners. The adoption of converged communications technology is creating a skills gap that makes it difficult to find skilled converged technology specialists, and the…