IT workers cautious, managers optimistic
The Hudson
Employment Index for IT workers fell 21 points in May from 114.2 to
93.2, the lowest reading ever recorded for the IT Index. This decline
in confidence was due to a significant decrease in optimism about
personal finances and hiring intentions, as well as increased concerns
about job loss.
The study found that 19 percent of the workforce
expects their organizations to lay off staff in the coming months, up
from 17 percent in March and April.
Despite workers' concerns,
optimism continues to climb among managers. The percent anticipating
their companies will hire in the coming months rose two points to 35
percent, while the percent expecting layoffs dropped a point to 18
percent.
WiFi sales rise to record rates
Worldwide
sales of wireless LAN equipment revenue rose 20 percent to $767.6
million between the fourth quarter of 2004 and the first quarter of
2005, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly market share service.
The study also said that 12.2 million units were shipped, the
highest quarterly volume to date. Revenue is expected to rise another 2
percent to $779.6 million by first-quarter 2006, and will hit $3.6
billion by 2008, as wireless LAN products continue to gain traction
across most all product categories and across all geographic
regions.
The number of wireless LAN switch ports in use rose 44
percent to 112,000; revenue grew 13 percent to $52.2 million and is
expected to jump to $699.2 million by 2008.
The global broadband
boom continues to generate more and more demand for wireless broadband
routers, which saw a 34 percent increase in revenue between 4Q04 and
1Q05.
Lillis to lead ITSPA board
The Dallas-based
Information Technology Solution Providers Alliance announced the
appointment of Norm Lillis, vice president of Small Business and
Emerging Markets at CDW Corp., as chair of the ITSPA Advisory
Board.
ITSPA is a national, non-profit alliance that helps small
and medium-sized businesses understand how technology and local
technology providers can help their business succeed.
Texas
Memory debuts chip technology
Houston-based Texas Memory Systems
said it recently released redundant RAM ("RAID-ed" memory) technology
for its RamSan-325 solid state disk systems.
The IBM
Chipkill-based technology, helps Texas Memory Systems protect database
and other business critical applications from serious multi-bit errors
that can cause data corruption and unscheduled system downtime.
TecSys upgrades Snort IEM
Plano-based TecSys
Development Inc. announced that its Snort 2.3.2 Intelligent Event Module
(IEM) is available for ConsoleWorks users.
The open-source IEM
enables users to automate real-time monitoring of the Snort Network
Intrusion Detection System to stop serious damage to IT infrastructures.
NIDS monitors traffic and packet logging on IP networks and triggers
alerts against potential attempts to enter a system.
TecSys
makes device and application event monitoring and management
products.
Uniden teams with Vonage
Fort Worth-based
Uniden America Corp. is teaming with broadband phone company Vonage to
develop a broadband cordless phone system configured with Vonage's
service. Vonage will enable the Uniden UIP1869V, which offers a corded
base unit and is expandable up to 10 cordless handsets, to deliver VoIP
service.
Uniden's product will be based on Texas Instruments'
TNETV1060 VoIP gateway chipset, enabling consumers to benefit from high
quality voice applications compatible with Vonage's service. a
standalone adapter and telephone.
Uniden makes wireless consumer
electronics.
DTM, Neverfail partner
Vancouver-based
DTM Systems Corp. and Austin-based Neverfail announced a partnership to
jointly market and sell Neverfail's products, which it says enable
companies of all sizes to keep their users continuously connected to
working applications, regardless of the cause of the failure.
The partnership will employ Neverfail's cluster-class data
protection and disaster recovery technology for Microsoft Exchange, SQL
and File Server, IIS, and SharePoint.
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