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In April 2002, the American IT outsourcing firm InternationalStaff.net sought to enter into a standard non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Hero as a prelude to providing outsourcing work to Hero from that American firm's U.S. clients. The head of Hero's IT outsourcing division at the time, Sunil Sawhney, had his staff propose several revisions to InternationalStaff.net's NDA. First, Hero wanted this clause removed:...

Red Hat today announced the appointment of Karen Tegan-Padir as Vice President of Desktop Infrastructure Technologies. Tegan-Padir was previously an executive with Sun Microsystems where she most recently held the position of Vice President of Engineering for J2EE platforms and Application Server products ...

U.S. stocks posted gains today, with tech stocks especially strong, after a sharp drop in oil prices helped offset concern about the relative weakness of some key earnings announcements ...

Metrowerks Corporation has introduced automotive grade Linux technology that is specifically tailored for telematics deployments ...

The Stamford, Connecticut-based Meta Group said in its annual IT Staffing and Compensation Guide that salaries are set to rise between 10 and 15 percent through 2007 and by then will make up more than half of many IT departmental budgets The report suggests that as salaries ri...

Intel did not give specific reasons for the decision to redirect engineering staff away from pushing the clock speed of the Pentium 4 higher, but speculation among analysts was that the chip demanded too much power and created too much heat to be feasible in current PCs The le...

Canadian call centers were recently estimated by U.S. law enforcement authorities to be doing US$100 million in illegal business annually in the U.S. In comparison, InternationalStaff.net estimates that South Asian call centers operating illegally are currently generating four to five times that amount in total revenues...

No single network links the entire array of instruments. Most connections are by VHF or UHF radio, linked to scientists at the Vancouver headquarters of the Cascades Volcano Observatory, where staff treats the volcano like a laboratory. A battery of PCs running custom and off-the-shelf software directs the instruments. "Some of the programs we've written, and others are canned," said U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Ed Brown. Even cell phones are linked to the data reports, and the rare visual observation is entered by keyboard...

Gadre said protection is available around the clock and no large IT staff is required for maintenance. The technology can provide significant savings, as Gadre said it can cost companies from US$200 to $500 per desktop computer to clean out each virus infection, not including lost productivity...

FTC spokeswoman Claudia Bourne Farrell said that although the case marks the first attempt to shut down a spyware ring, the FTC has been focusing on the problem for some time, with staffers telling Congress earlier this year that it "poses a risk of serious harm to consumers." The agency also hosted an industry workshop on ways to combat spyware...

"We're very happy with the court's decision," CDT Staff Counsel Lara Flinttold TechNewsWorld. "It's an unusual thing for a court to hear a case enbanc, but this is an unusual case." Dire Implications...

Nokia and Land Rover have created a Personal Telephone Integration (PTI) System for Land Rover vehicles, the companies said today. The new system offers features such as connection either via Bluetooth wireless technology or via wired connection using a compatible mobile phone holder ...

Computer Associates International today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Netegrity, a leading provider of security software solutions, in an all cash merger valued at approximately US$430 million, or $10.75 per common share ...

One of the problems with running a large conventional call center is finding people to staff it. Most importantly, those people have to live within a reasonable commuting distance. If you need to hire 500 or a thousand people, you might exhaust the human resources of a small area or pay through the nose to hire those people in a more urban setting, where there is job competition and thus higher wages...

"We are providing midmarket customers something they have never had before -- power and flexibility at their fingertips that allow them to grow their businesses without significantly taxing their smaller IT staffs and budgets," said IBM Vice President Karl Freund. He said the new servers highlight the "performance and affordability possible with Power5 technology."

Oil prices hit yet another record high today and once again helped send most U.S. stocks lower ...

4. Fairness: The new circular creates an unfair playing field between U.S. firms with permanent entities in India and U.S. firms like mine that merely manage outsourcing projects conducted at facilities that are owned by Indian investors. Neither my InternationalStaff.net nor its customers are subject to taxes under this new circular, but that doesn't make the new tax regime a fair or equitable one...

What happened to all those H1-B visa holders at Oracle when their U.S. visas expired and they had to return home? Look for them in Calcutta behind tiny black and white monitors, huddled together in old horse stables and run down office buildings, nursing their unfulfilled dreams. They will be your most loyal staff and your best developers...

This type of budget is really quite easy to put together. The first thing to do is examine your past year's weekly cash-flow. Figure out how much an average payroll is and how much your other weekly cash expenditures amount to. Be sure to take into account holidays that might substantially increase your weekly payroll expenditure, especially if you must have staff on during the holiday and pay time and a half for those workers...

Formulate a messaging policy that is communicated regularly to all staff members and enforced throughout your company. The policy should clearly state proper uses of e-mail within your organization, as well as privacy and security requirements. Include the policy in employee handbooks and on a human resources intranet. Newly hired employees should read and sign the policy upon joining the company. Review the policy at least quarterly and closely monitor new compliance regulations...