Supermicro releases server platforms
San
Jose-based Supermicro Computer Inc., which makes servers, chassis and
serverboards, released more than 30 X7 server platforms based on Intel's
newest Dual-Core Xeon 5100 series processors.
A popular model,
the high-density SuperServer 6015B-8+/T+ leverages the X7DBR-8+/i+
serverboard to support up to 64GB of fully buffered (FBD) DDR2 memory
via 16 DIMM slots in a 1U form factor that includes four hot-swap
SCSI/SATA drive bays and a 700-watt high-efficiency power supply. This
platform not only doubles system performance and memory capacity, but
also reduces energy costs while operating at lower temperatures versus
previous generations, the company said.
Gaming to
generate $60 billion by 2011
According to a report by BCC
Research, the value of worldwide shipments of the electronic gaming
industry has reached nearly $36.5 billion in 2006. Shipments are
projected to grow in value at a 10.5 percent average annual growth rate
to reach almost $60 billion by 2011.
Games and software control
the largest share of the total gaming market. Worth more than $20.7
billion in 2006, this industry will grow sharply to $33.6 billion in
2011.
Gaming products command the second largest share of the
market, worth $13.9 billion in 2006, growing to $22.1 billion 2011.
Equipment and services, although the most specialized sector of the
industry, will be the fastest growing sector of the market, reaching
almost $2 billion by the end of 2006. It will reach $4.3 billion in
2011.
Hoffman new 2Wire VP
San Jose-based
2Wire, a provider of broadband service platforms exclusively for the DSL
market, named Wes Hoffman vice president and general manager of its
Media Business Unit.
Hoffman will oversee product management,
marketing, engineering and operations for 2Wire's media product line.
Prior to ICTV, Hoffman served a 17-year tenure at General Instrument
Corporation, where he held the positions of president and COO of AmTote
International and president of American Totalisator Company.
Socket, Odyssey team up
Newark-based Socket
Communications Inc., which makes mobile productivity products, announced
a partnership agreement with Odyssey Software, a provider
of
mobile device management products.
Socket will develop a
business-class solution that enables users to establish centralized
command and remote control to securely monitor, manage, and maintain
mobile devices in the field. Socket will market, sell, and support the
solution to its business customers worldwide.
IT workers
generally happy with salaries
Compared to the general work
force, IT workers are more satisfied with their compensation. In fact,
nearly four out of five (78 percent) of them are very or somewhat
satisfied with their cash and benefits, compared to 72 percent of all
workers.
The findings come from Hudson's Transforming Pay Plans:
2006 Compensation and Benefits Report, which surveyed 10,000 workers
across all sectors, examining employee attitudes about traditional and
non-traditional pay and benefit programs.
IT professionals also
anticipate making more money in 2006 than in 2005--57 percent indicate
they will earn more. Only 41 percent of overall workforce believes that
to be the case.
Also, almost half (46 percent) of the IT work
force received a raise within the last six months, compared to 33
percent of all respondents. When it comes to those raises, 47 percent of
IT workers' raises are based on their performance, while that is the
case for only 35 percent of all workers.
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