Recession and the IT economy
Trying to figure out where the IT economy is going? Your guess is as good as anyone's. The one trend emerging from a bevy of financial reports is that companies have no visibility into demand. Just how bad is it?
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Images: MIT predicts tech to jump-start economy
Researchers from the institute talk about future technologies they believe will deliver the United States from its economic slump.
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Ballmer on Windows 7, economy, Google
In an interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells CNET News' Ina Fried that the downturn is going to have ripple effects throughout the tech ...
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Can IT strengthen the economy?
At the Garner IT Expo in Orlando, Fla., Cisco CEO John Chambers predicts that as the economy turns, many company heads will be looking ...
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Apple's Q209 earnings. Recession? What recession? (Updated)
Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is holding its Q209 earnings conference call with analysts today, 22 April 2009 at 5pm ET, 2PM PT. The call is being streamed via QuickTime from Apple's investor Web...
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Recession, what recession? Apple sells 1 million iPhones over the weekend
Despite being in the middle of a pretty deep recession, people are still more than willing to fling open their wallets and throw money at Apple for an iPhone that's slightly faster than the old one.
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Recession, what recession? Apple sells 1 million iPhones over the weekend
One step to ending the recession. There is allot of phycology with the current recession. A HUGE positive note is the savings rate is the highest it has been in almost 20 years. Figuring that...
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Recession Survival - How to Profit from an Economic Recession 1.0 (Mobile)
Discover the Secret to Weathering a Recession and Walking Away with Your Bank Account, Your Retirement Fund, Your Investments and Your Pride! Business magnates understand that economic recession,...
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Is Enterprise Software Recession-Proof?
Amidst the PR blitz and the blizzard of 1:1 meetings that constitute the foreground experience of SAP's Sapphire user conference this week (see Larry's coverage here, and Dennis' coverage here),...
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Now I know we're in a recession
OK, this has nothing to do with Ed Tech. Not a thing. There's no tie-in, no hidden message for us Ed Techers, just a feeling of impending doom. Fortune is reporting that Starbucks is closing...
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Apple: Is it really recession proof? Wall Street says no
Updated below: Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty thinks that Apple can't outrun a slowing economy. And she's betting her estimates on it. In a research note Monday, Huberty downgraded Apple...
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Open source in a time of recession
We face what my late friend Russell Shaw called "a shrinking water hole." Not every company will survive the drought. But open source as a business model will survive, because it's an adaptation...
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Changing open source terms bad move in a recession
A lot of open source companies will merge or combine or sink in the next several months, and this was no time to stick a fork in the liferaft.
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How to job hunt during a recession
A recession doesn't mean that you'll never, ever get a new job, say hiring experts, only that it may take longer and require you to sell yourself differently. Here are some of their tips.
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