Vacation: All we ever wanted

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	Vacation: All we ever wanted Our esteemed editor-in-chief, John Dix, was on vacation this week, and that's a good thing. Not just because I get to take his place on this page, but because taking a vacation -- whether you're a regular employee or president of the company -- is a good idea. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Improving Business Value of WAN Optimization Want to achieve faster ROI with WAN optimization? Read the latest IDC report and discover how you can cut IT costs without compromising performance, gain greater efficiency, and improve productivity and overall satisfaction. Read now! In this Issue Outsourcing slumps in the second quarter The Agile Business: Is nearshoring the new IT outsourcing? Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs in cost-cutting blitz State Street cuts IT staffers, shifts work to IBM, Wipro RIM COO retires as company lays off one-tenth of staff WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Address VDI Performance Issues If you are evaluating desktop virtualization, you are right to be concerned about the increased bandwidth requirements placed on your WAN. This paper examines how WAN optimization makes room for desktop virtualization by freeing up bandwidth 60%-90% through data reduction of TCP applications and directly reducing the load generated by VDI itself. Read More Outsourcing slumps in the second quarter Outsourcing declined worldwide by 18% to $16.4 billion in the second quarter because of weak demand in the Americas and an overall drop in the number of large contracts awarded, sourcing data and advisory firm TPI said on Wednesday. Read More The Agile Business: Is nearshoring the new IT outsourcing? Off-shoring IT may not be all it's cracked up to be. CIOs are considering alternatives that keep IT closer to home. Insider (registration required) Read More VIDEO: Cisco Good Enough is Not Enough With video dominating internet traffic, the proliferation of mobile devices, & hackers on the rise, your network needs to be ready to avoid downtime. Now is the time for leadership through innovation. Cisco can help you shape your ideas into tools that will help your customers improve their businesses, & achieve major network-related cost savings. Learn More> Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs in cost-cutting blitz Cisco Systems will cut about 6,500 jobs as part of an effort to focus its business and reduce operating expenses by about $1 billion per year. Read More State Street cuts IT staffers, shifts work to IBM, Wipro Although State Street Corp. is laying off 530 IT workers and transferring another 320 jobs elsewhere, tech hiring nationally remains on the upswing so far this year. Read More RIM COO retires as company lays off one-tenth of staff Research in Motion will lay off 2,000 staff, or a little more than 10% of its workforce. Read More
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