Articles by Dice Staff
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Cisco to Lay Off 4,000 Workers
Cisco plans to lay off 4,000 workers beginning this quarter, the networking giant announced Wednesday. The cuts amount to 5 percent of its workforce. The layoffs come as Cisco anticipates a rocky… -
How Gamers Could Save the (Real) World
[caption id="attachment_11566" align="aligncenter" width="618"] A mockup of how the IRL plugin might look.[/caption] Three years ago, game designer and author Jane McGonigal argued that saving th… -
VMware Partner Revs Graphics in VDI
[caption id="attachment_11558" align="aligncenter" width="500"] PC-over-IP (PCoIP) VDI network.[/caption] Just a week after Citrix announced new products to improve one of the least-loved charact… -
People: Microsoft, Oculus VR, Onswipe, and More
A quick look at some of the movement among IT people this week: Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios added four new executives to its team. Lydia Antonini, previously a consultant and producer… -
U.S. Workers Outperform Offshore Solutions, But…
Despite the tech industry’s lament there aren't enough qualified workers to fill available jobs, a new report found onshore workers outperformed offshore workers on a number of key attributes. Bu… -
ONUG to Test Existence of SDN, Not Just Performance
The Open Networking User Group is calling for software-defined networking vendors to pitch in for a test bed that will allow end-user companies to try out esoteric network architectures. ONUG ann… -
Are Telecom Jobs Seeing Real Growth?
For a time, telecommunications jobs have been clawing their way out of year-over-year declines, but now they’re showing signs of actual growth. For the past three consecutive months, jobs in the… -
How to Choose The Right Conferences
Look to your right. See those conference listings? They all sound great -- fun, informative, valuable. They also sound expensive. By the time you add up the conference, tutorials, travel costs, h… -
Michigan Consultant Creative Breakthroughs is Hiring
Michigan-based Creative Breakthroughs plans to nearly double its headcount this year, aiming to add 35 employees by the end of December. In an interview with Dice News, CEO Steve Barone said that… -
Microsoft to Squeeze Datacenters on Price of WinServer 2012 R2
Microsoft Corp. plans to raise the price of the Datacenter edition of the upcoming R2 release of Windows Server 2012 by 28 percent, adding to what analysts call a record number of price increases…