Hotspot services to reach $3.46 billion in
2009
Worldwide wireless data hotspot revenue will rise from
$969 million in 2005 to $3.46 billion in 2009, according to
Arizona-based In-Stat. The growth will occur as the number of hotspot
locations nearly doubles in size from 100,000 in 2005 to almost 200,000
by the end of 2009.
The largest sector of the hotspot market will
continue to be the cafe market (including coffee shops, fast food, and
full service restaurants), which will grow from just over 40,000 venues
worldwide in 2004 to just under 100,000 venues by 2009.
Much of
the growth in the cafe/restaurant market will be characterized by
branded deployments such as the Starbucks, McDonald's, and Panera Bread
hotspot networks.
CBL opens Houston
branch
Armonk-based CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc., a
provider of computer data recovery services, recently opened a data
recovery laboratory in Houston.
The Houston location was selected
to provide enhanced customer service in the area and will help feed data
recovery jobs to the CBL lab recently opened in
Atlanta.
Docudesk moves to Frisco
Docudesk
Corporation, which makes PDF document creation software, announced the
relocation of its corporate headquarters to Frisco, Texas. The company
has relocated to Hall Office Park on the northwest corner of the Dallas
Parkway and Highway 121.
Docudesk's premier product, deskPDF,
integrates with Microsoft Windows to create compliant PDFs from any
application.
IT worker confidence rebounds
According
to the Hudson Employment Index survey, IT workers regained confidence in
September, as the sector's index increased over seven points from 97.5
to 104.8. Increased job satisfaction, reduced layoff worries and
optimism about personal finances spurred the increase. The percent happy
with their current job jumped 12 points to 82 percent, the highest yet
recorded.
Additionally, only 21 percent of sector employees were
worried about losing their jobs, down from 29 percent in August and the
lowest level all year.
In contrast, national worker confidence
declined to yet another historic low, 96.8, as concerns around personal
finances rose significantly.
Hiring expectations also suffered
another slight setback as only 29 percent of employees reported their
firms expected to hire in the coming months. After holding steady at
about 31 percent for nine successive months, this was the second month
in a row where hiring outlook dropped by one point. The percent of
workers anticipating layoffs remained at 17 percent.
Tyler
Technologies gains contract
Dallas-based Tyler Technologies
has won a new $1.7 million contract with the city of Warwick, R.I.,
Tyler will do a full revaluation of the city's 43,000 real and personal
property parcels. The company also will provide the city with upgraded
assessment administration software.
Tyler has been working with
the city since 1997, when Warwick bought integrated assessment system
software. The software has functions for data maintenance, field
operations, customer service and other features.
Tyler's
Assessment & Tax Division is the nation's largest provider of mass
appraisal and property tax software and reassessment outsourcing
services.
Tyler Technologies provides software and services to
government offices.
Pintail buys Austin software
firm
Plano-based Pintail Technologies Inc., a provider of
semiconductor testing technology, bought Austin's The Boxer Group L.L.P.
for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock.
The Boxer Group
President Keith Arnold has been named chief technology officer of
Pintail, which is based in Plano.
The Boxer Group develops
software for test productivity and factory automation technology. The
deal included The Boxer Group's intellectual property as well as its
customers.
Before joining The Boxer Group, Arnold was vice
president of information technology at Austin-based chip company Cirrus
Logic Inc.
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