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• Groups launch gigabit-per-second broadband project

  By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 15:48

  An Ohio startup company has raised US$200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the company announced Wednesday.

• Up-and-Coming Tech Jobs

  By Mary K. Pratt | 21 May, 2012 23:44

  Any study of the IT labor market is likely to find that project managers and business analysts are in demand, but what about cloud transformation officers?

• The Grill: Arthur Langer turns the IT education model on its head

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 08 May, 2012 00:09

  Arthur M. Langer is chairman and founder of Workforce Opportunity Services, a nonprofit that uses an outsourcing model to train economically disadvantaged youth and match them with hard-to-fill IT positions. Langer's "skills first" approach stresses getting vocational training and a job upfront, and then gradually fulfilling general education requirements part time to finish a degree in five to six years -- leaving students with no debt. And since many families today can't afford the cost of college tuition, Langer's model is one that could have much broader appeal.

• HCL CEO Vineet Nayar: Outsourcing is dead, and there's nothing innovative in cloud technology

  By John Gallant | 01 May, 2012 02:29

  The customer always comes first. Except when it comes to HCL, the $6 billion Indian outsourcing -- make that co-sourcing -- giant led by CEO Vineet Nayar, who literally wrote the book on a philosophy known as 'employees first, customer second.' In this latest installment of our CEO Interview Series, Nayar spoke with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how that philosophy is fueling HCL's rapid growth and why more CIOs ought to consider adopting it. Nayar also discussed how HCL has set its sights beyond competing with other Indian outsourcers like Infosys and Wipro and is squarely targeting what he believes are the many unhappy customers of services giants like IBM, Accenture and CSC. The outspoken Nayar took shots at the 'fear psychosis' created by services firms in trying to peddle their offerings and used a barnyard epithet to describe public cloud computing, which he claims isn't ready for prime time. He also outlined HCL's aggressive plans for hiring locally in the U.S. and Europe, and defended the company's use of the controversial H-1B visa program. In addition, Nayar talked about the new goals for IT departments in 2012 and beyond, and explained why treating mobile as a technology 'misses the point.'

• Fla. university writing new computer science plan, cites 'overwhelming' backlash

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 28 April, 2012 05:53

  University of Florida computer science students remain fearful about their department's future, despite the school's decision this week to "set aside" an earlier plan to reorganize the department and cut its budget.

• Florida university plan to 'decimate' computer science draws protest

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 24 April, 2012 20:21

  The University of Florida in Gainesville is on the verge of dismantling its computer science department through budget cuts and restructuring, a move that has shocked students in the program.

• Help for the Help Desk

  By John Brandon | 24 April, 2012 00:24

  A help desk can be a real lifesaver for employees, not to mention a productivity boost. If a keyboard stops working or Outlook keeps crashing, a technician is just a phone call away. Even complex problems can usually be resolved internally, and relatively quickly, without the need for an outside vendor.

• CS Enrollments on the Rise, Up 10% in 2011-12

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 24 April, 2012 00:14

  Interest in computer science continues to grow among undergraduates, according to a survey conducted by the Computing Research Association (CRA). The number of students pursuing computer science majors rose nearly 10% in the 2011-2012 academic year, marking the fourth straight year of increases.

• Panasonic unveils projector range, including 20,000 lumen product

  By Nermin Bajric | 20 April, 2012 13:12

  Panasonic Australia Business Systems Group has launched a new projector division which comprises a variety of products built for the education, professional and mobile markets.

• MIT and others launch a tech education revolution

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 April, 2012 20:00

  MIT's free online course, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics, is a hit. The course, which began in March and ends on June 8, prompted 120,000 registrations.

• What tech managers can do to hold on to their best talent

  By Kathy Harris | 17 April, 2012 00:44

  It's not an employer's market anymore, and organizations need to make retention of their tech talent a priority.

• ASI Solutions becomes authorised Apple reseller

  By Hafizah Osman | 13 April, 2012 15:13

  ASI Solutions becomes authorised Apple reseller

• Microsoft gets large India order for its Cloud suite for education

  By John Ribeiro | 12 April, 2012 22:43

  Microsoft said it has gained in India its largest cloud customer ever, where the company is providing Live@edu, its free cloud services for student communication and collaboration, to 7.5 million users.

• Our future cyberdefenders set to face off

  By Bob Brown | 10 April, 2012 02:49

  The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) later this month will host the three-day National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for the seventh consecutive year.

• Employees rate satisfaction, security and stress

  By Computerworld Staff | 09 April, 2012 20:04

  Some 60% of the IT workers surveyed reported being asked to take on new tasks and boost their productivity, and slightly more than half (51%) said that they feel underpaid based on their role and responsibility. Still, the vast majority (81%) are satisfied or very satisfied that they chose a career in IT. (Base: 4,337 IT professionals)