IT Management

On Tuesday Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States, during a scary economic meltdown and at a time when America questions its role in the world and its self-perception as a champion for good and progress. Among his many agenda items as president is one for technology. His incoming administration has signaled it sees technology both as an enabler of the change it seeks for the U.S. and as a worthwhile investment in its own right.  read more »

Today's rough economy hasn't put the breaks on vendor ambition.  read more »

IT professionals who find themselves out of work amid the global economic recession could wind up working as stock equity analysts, insurance underwriters or health-care administrators, according to the author of a recent book on alternative technology career paths.  read more »

An independent Web site for IBM employees has been buzzing with rumors that the company will make significant layoffs this month.  read more »

The worldwide electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry is expected to grow by just 7.8 percent in 2009, according to research firm IDC.  read more »

Gartner has lowered its worldwide enterprise software spending forecast, citing "a combination of economic, technical and regional forces."  read more »

The Africa Network Information Center's 9th Open Policy Meeting (AfriNIC-9), held last week in Mauritius, saw the launch of international collaboration and IT training initiatives to benefit African techies.  read more »

Cisco is reportedly shutting down during the year-end holiday season to save money, the first time it has done so in its history.  read more »

East Africa ICT stakeholders have launched an Internet governance course targeting policy makers to address gaps exposed at this week's regional meeting.  read more »

Brazil has renewed its commitment to training Africa's TLD (top-level domain) managers after successful training in Angola, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.  read more »