"We are pleased to augment our engineering organization with the UK Design Team as they have been providing best of breed system-on-chip designs, software, and firmware since 1992," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "We believe the additional engineers along with the access to increased IP resources will enable us to significantly reduce the costs associated with storage protocol licensing, while simultaneously speeding our time to market."Read more
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Technology Employment Fell 2% in 2010 With 115,800 Jobs Lost
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. high-technology industry lost 115,800 jobs in 2010, a 2 percent decline that marked the industry’s second consecutive year of falling employment.
The job losses were less than half the 249,500 positions eliminated in 2009, according to a report released today by the TechAmerica Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan affiliate of the Washington-based trade group TechAmerica.
Three of the industry’s four sectors -- communications services, technology manufacturing and engineering and technology services -- lost jobs in 2010, according to the report, which was based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Software services, which includes Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc., was the only sector to add jobs, expanding by 22,800 positions for an increase of 1 percent.Read more
Technology Executives Comment on Apple’s Jobs Death: Voices
Bill Gates, chairman and founder of Microsoft Corp.
“I’m truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs’s death. Melinda and I extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to everyone Steve has touched through his work.
“Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives.
The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.Read more
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