Articles by Dice Staff
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Google Play for Education Opens New Dev Market
Developing apps for children is decidedly tough, but not impossible. Increasingly, schools are bringing technology into every classroom. BYOD programs allow children to bring devices into school… -
HP's Layoffs More Dramatic Than Thought
The axe has been falling at HP faster than anticipated. In May 2012, the company said it would cut 27,000 positions globally, 9,000 of them in the U.S. By that September, it revised that number u… -
Cisco Buys Flash Array Maker to Turbocharge Datacenter Apps
Cisco announced plans to acquire solid-state-memory specialist Whiptail as part of an effort to expand its position as a top vendor of datacenter servers and storage systems as well as networks.… -
AMD Roadmap Features Embedded-System SoC Aimed at Datacenters
[caption id="attachment_12200" align="aligncenter" width="600"] AMD lays out roadmap for datacenter, smart-device Systems-on-a-Chip[/caption] Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced three new… -
The Key to Business APIs
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become critical to the online and overall business strategies of today’s enterprise. Although on a technical level, many architects would argue that… -
Will Back Office IT Jobs Disappear?
Back office IT jobs in North America and Europe may be in danger of disappearing over the next four years, according to a report by the Hackett Group. The research firm forecasts that nearly half… -
IBM to Eliminate Retiree Health Plan
IBM plans to eliminate its company-sponsored health plan for retirees eligible for Medicare, according to The Wall Street Journal. In its place, Big Blue will provide annual contributions to a he… -
Keeping Data Secret, Even From Apps That Use It
[caption id="attachment_12174" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Private-key encryption could be more secure if no one had to admit knowing it.[/caption] Corporate datacenters wanting to emulate G… -
Slow-Selling 802.11ac WLAN May Drive Move to Faster Wired Nets
Corporate network directors may get a break from wireless migrations during the last months of this year, during the gap between their completion of migrations to 802.11n wireless LANs this year… -
Amazon Workers Sue Over Unpaid Time
Seven warehouse workers at Amazon distribution centers have filed a lawsuit seeking back pay for the time they spend in line to go through security checks during lunch breaks and after their shif…