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.
Virginia displaced Massachusetts in 2003, becoming the fifth
largest state by technology employment. And, while Colorado remained the
nation's leading cyberstate by concentration of high-tech workers,
Virginia also moved up by this metric to second place.
Gold's Gym hires DP Solutions
Gold's Gym hired
Columbia, Md.-based technology integrator and consultant DP Solutions to
host the network infrastructure for all its 38 gym locations across the
United States. Gold's Gym has a total of 200 users within its facilities
throughout the nation.
DP Solutions will provide a solution to
host the Gold's Gym facilities IT environment, including relocating the
Gold's Gym-owned ADP system.
DP also said it has teamed with
Foresight Corp., using Foresight's transaction processing automation
applications in combination with DP's business consulting and IT
services for use in healthcare environments.
Goda Software
updates lifecycle tool
Arlington, Va.-based Goda Software Inc.,
released the latest version of its requirements tracking, analysis and
lifecycle tool, Analyst Pro 5.0. This latest version builds on the
successes of its predecessors and adds a host of powerful features to
enhance the product in exciting new ways. It boasts the combined power
of a word processor and a spreadsheet for requirements tracking,
analysis and management.
Analyst Pro 5.0 features a traceability
matrix that illustrates the relationships among requirements, systems
and software components. With this information at their fingertips,
project managers, software architects and developers can clearly see how
changing requirements affect software and systems development processes.
Cornet adds frame capture feature
Springfield,
Va.-based Video Convergence, the video surveillance products and
integration services division of Cornet Technology Inc., said frame
capture is now available for its iVDO Streamer 2/4 Encoders. Now, the
iVDO Streamer 2/4 Encoders can create onsite snapshots from a video
stream and send the images directly to any Web site that is authorized
to access the traffic management system.
With the added
capability built into the encoders, the iVDO Streamer 2/4 Encoders
create D1 resolution JPEG snapshots of video streams.
PeerConnect, Hyperspace to team
Rochester,
N.Y.-based PeerConnect Inc. and Easton, Md.-based Hyperspace
Communications Inc. will collaborate to bring Hyperspace patented
technologies and products to selected commercial markets in North
America, focusing on healthcare, education, and financial services.
These technologies incorporate an Electronic Postmark from the
U.S. Postal Service or other postal authorities into a digital receipt
to authenticate any type of electronic transaction, bringing the full
protection of postal law to e-mail, peer-to-peer, and Web-based data
transfers.
Hyperspace develops technology and products focused on
trusted information sharing and electronic transaction
authentication.
Telkonet teams with Science
Applications
Germantown, Md.-based Telkonet Inc. entered into a
co-marketing agreement with Science Applications International
Corporation to jointly pursue business opportunities for the deployment
of Telkonet powerline communications, the company's suite of secure,
high-speed powerline networking products, with the Air Force, Department
of Defense, and federal agencies.
Telkonet makes secure powerline
networking solutions using existing electrical wiring.
Telkonet
will install its powerline networking solution set at SAIC's Public
Safety Integration Center in McLean, Va.
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