IT worker confidence down
Confidence among IT workers
plunged over 12 points from 109.9 to 97.5 in August. This is only the
second time in its history that it fell below the base of 100. Sector
employees rating their finances as excellent or good fell dramatically
from 62 percent the previous month to 47 percent in August.
In
addition, only 70 percent stated they were happy in their current jobs,
compared to 75 percent in July. U.S. worker confidence fell 5.5 points,
taking it to the lowest level on record as the national Hudson
Employment Index dropped below the base of 100, also for only the second
time ever, to 98.2.
After holding steady near 31 percent for
nine consecutive months, the number of workers expecting hiring slipped
to 30 percent. At the same time, the percent anticipating job cuts rose
from 16 percent in July to 18 percent, which shows the same pattern from
one year ago. Job security concerns also climbed a point to 21 percent
this month, as the percent reporting job satisfaction slipped from 74
percent to 72 percent.
Intechra gains funding
Carrolton-based Intechra Holding Corp. has received $4 million in
equity funding. Intechra is the parent company of Intechra LLC, a
recycler and remarketer of computers and related information technology
assets. The financing was led by Chrysalis Ventures.
The $4
million Series B preferred equity investment will be used to support
Intechra's national expansion and acquisition strategy, the company
said.
Founded in 1987 as Resource Concepts, Inc., Intechra
provides IT asset disposition services including investment recovery,
fail-safe data destruction, and responsible, environmentally friendly
recycling with liability protection. The company refurbishes, remarkets,
and recycles computers, peripherals, servers, routers, and
telecommunications equipment.
Texas Memory goes with
Kodak
Texas Memory Systems, which manufactures the World's
Fastest Storage and is the market leader in solid state disk storage
technology, has chosen Eastman Kodak Co.'s worldwide service
organization to provide on-site warranty and post-warranty service for
its solid state disk storage systems.
Based in Houston, Texas
Memory Systems provides solid state disk technology, a scalable platform
for data storage. Kodak's worldwide service organization, Kodak Service
& Support, is now recognized by Texas Memory Systems as an authorized
service provider for its SSD devices.
REAL releases Linux
package
Austin-based REAL Software, Inc. released REALbasic
2005 for Linux. REALbasic 2005 for Linux is a rapid application
development (RAD) environment that enables users to quickly create
software for Linux.
REALbasic 2005 for Linux enables both desktop
and server application development for Linux. In addition, REALbasic
2005 includes a Visual Basic Project Converter that helps migrate
existing Visual Basic applications to REALbasic where they can be
compiled for Linux. This is a benefit for companies that are looking to
migrate to Linux but have legacy Windows-based software that was created
with Visual Basic, the company said.
SyChip tops fastest
five-year growth list
Revenue growth of 20,030 percent over
five years has earned SyChip Inc. the top spot in Deloitte & Touche USA
L.L.P.'s list of the fastest-growing technology companies in Texas.
Plano-based SyChip develops and markets radio frequency chip scale
modules for the mobile market.
Second place on the annual Texas
Technology Fast 50 list went to Dallas-based NewMarket Technology Inc.,
which focuses on emerging technologies for business. NewMarket
Technology's revenue increased by 18,082 percent over five years.
Third placed was Houston-based PreCash Inc. with 14,887 percent
growth.
Two Austin companies, NetQoS Inc. and SiteStuff Inc. were
ranked fourth and fifth with 8,919 percent and 6,155 percent growth
respectively.
Other Metroplex companies ranked in the top 10
included HRsmart Inc. of Richardson with 4,687 percent growth; Vertical
Computer Systems Inc. of Fort Worth with 4,580 percent growth; and Zix
Corp. of Dallas with 3,486 percent growth.
To be eligible for the
list, companies must have had operating revenue of at least $50,000 in
2000 and at least $1 million in 2004.
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