Fewer IT jobs were lost last year
A study released
recently by the American Electronics Association (AeA) showed that in
2004 the U.S. high-tech industry lost 25,000 jobs, dropping to 5.6
million. This decline in 2004 represents a considerable slowdown in
technology jobs lost, compared to the 333,000 jobs lost in 2003 and the
612,000 jobs lost in 2002.
Cyberstates 2005 found that all but
four states lost high-tech jobs in 2003, the most recent year for which
state data are available. California and Texas lost the greatest number
of tech jobs, shedding some 67,800 and 32,900 jobs, respectively.
Interlink releases free wireless security
software
LucidLink Home Office Edition, an award-winning wireless
security program for home office and small office environments, is now
available free from Detroit-based Interlink Networks at
www.lucidlink.com. The application supports up to three Wi-Fi users and
offers high-level protection for wireless networks by blocking
unauthorized users and hackers.
Interlink said it is making the
LucidLink Home Office Edition available for free to raise awareness of
the need for wireless security among home users who work for small
businesses.
New World gets deal with American Indian
group
New World Systems Corp. won a $6.5 million contract to
provide software to 24 American Indian tribes in the south and eastern
United States.
Troy-based New World is to provide numerous parts
of its Aegis public-safety suite--which includes computer-aided
dispatching, records management, mobile commuting and corrections
management.
The organization, called the United South and Eastern
Tribes, is based in Nashville, Tenn., and provides services to help
manage tribal members stretching from Maine to Florida.
Privately
owned New World provides software to the public sector, offering a line
of products to help manage finances and a line to manage public-safety
departments.
Technosoft names Rajiv Tandon
CEO
Southfield-based Technosoft Corp. named Rajiv Tandon
CEO.
Tandon joins Technosoft from Troy-based Syntel Inc., where he
had been senior vice president since 1992.
Privately owned
Technosoft is an information-technology services company with about 450
employees.
JCS offers Peachtree classes for small
business
Detroit-based JCS Computer Resource Corp. began working
with The Small Business & Technology Development Center to provide a
variety of Peachtree accounting software training classes for small
businesses.
The Small Business & Technology Development Centers
are a nationwide network of centers providing services to a variety of
small businesses that are emerging and growing throughout the nation,
including new venture companies, existing small businesses, expanding
businesses, new technology companies, and innovators.
Arbortext licenses software for Army technical
manuals
Ann Arbor-based Arbortext has licensed its publishing
software to Maryland-based AAI Corp. to produce the maintenance and
repair manuals for the U.S. Army's Tactical Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle.
Arbortext's software allows organizations to publish
large amounts of information, such as technical manuals, pharmaceutical
product information and legal information.
Legend Credit
offers gift-card Web site
Ann Arbor-based Legend Credit Inc. said
last week that it has started developing a Web site devoted to buying,
trading and selling gift cards.
The Web site will be called
Giftcardstoday.com.
The site will be open to all brands of gift
cards, ranging from retailers to bank-branded cash cards. Legend will
charge a transaction fee to those who sell cards.
Legend Credit
has developed numerous products including celebrity gift cards and
reloadable debit cards.
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