Patrick Thibodeau

Articles by Patrick Thibodeau

IT increasingly bypassed on cloud adoption

Though most companies have policies that forbid working around the IT department, many say that's not a deterrent in a recent survey by Kelton Research

New H-1B visa rules may encourage

U.S. says proposed new H-1B visa process could lead to significant savings for businesses. But some fear this cap limit could lead to 'stuffing' of the electronic registration system

U.S. IT employment passes four million again

Magic mark reached for first time since 2008, regaining what was lost in the recession; do Cisco, HP woes indicate trouble ahead? rn

Data centre double duty

Studies show that IT workloads are rising as technology is added but staffing levels plateau. Catch up on the latest research rn

Open source foiled Microsoft antitrust case: expert

Microsoft, seen as a threat to innovation, prompted U.S. oversight a decade ago. That ends this week. Google and Citrix discuss how open source played a role in industry innovation despite Microsoft

U.S. updates IT plan after Obama’s ‘horrible’ comment

The federal government will consolidate some of its 20,000 Web sites and improve self-help Web services. The U.S. also plans to close 137 data centres this year

Amazon outage sparks frustration, doubts about cloud

Amazon is suffering a partial outage, now in its second day, that is affecting what may be a large number of sites, as well as some prominent ones. Why on-going problems could scare businesses away from cloud adoption

Obama unvarnished: U.S. government IT is ‘horrible’

The president, in an unguarded moment, shares his criticisms of government IT operations rn

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