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	House panel approves bill increasing H-1B limits A House committee has approved legislation that would more than double the current skilled immigration H-1B cap with the focus on science and technology workers. Read More WEBCAST: PC Connection Launch into a New World of OS Efficiency Take a deep dive into the new and innovative devices from Lenovo that feature the new Windows 8 pro operating system from Microsoft in this webinar. View now. In this Issue D.C. awards Obamacare IT work to offshore outsourcer Oracle and Salesforce integration may benefit small number Richi Jennings: Fire Steve Ballmer after BUILD FAIL (you know you can do it) IBM layoffs pass 3,000, says labor group WHITE PAPER: Siemens Enterprise Communications Top Ten Reasons to Choose Siemens Enterprise Communications Trusted by over 75% of the Fortune 500, Siemens Enterprise Communications is the only vendor to provide the complete range of Voice, UCC and Contact Center solutions and services on-premise and in private, hybrid and public clouds. Learn More D.C. awards Obamacare IT work to offshore outsourcer Infosys recently announced that it won a $49.5 million contract to develop a health benefit exchange for the District of Columbia. It is one of the larger government contracts won by an offshore outsourcing firm, but it's unclear whether any of the work will be done overseas. Read More Oracle and Salesforce integration may benefit small number Oracle announced a string of partnerships this week that concluded Thursday with a joint call by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. The only thing missing, as one analyst pointed out, was a laser light show for this joining of forces of one tech titan with an emerging one. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kony Solutions Powering Total Connectivity Kony Solutions provides the end-to-end software platforms solutions for multi-channel computing. Kony solves the headaches associated with supporting and managing the myriad of multiple devices, integrating with underlying enterprise applications, and wrestling with continuing changes in multi-channel technologies. Learn more. Richi Jennings: Fire Steve Ballmer after BUILD FAIL (you know you can do it) BUILD 2013 was not BLAMMER's best bash. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is facing growing calls to let Steve Ballmer go. His performance up to and including the BUILD conference keynote came under criticism. And that's despite the free Windows 8.1 download. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if this is the best way to save Microsoft. Read More IBM layoffs pass 3,000, says labor group IBM's latest round of job cuts, a series of layoff actions that began over a week ago, has passed the 3,000 mark. Read More
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