Internet Ad Spending Continues To Increase
A new study conducted by MediaPost and Deutsche Bank provides some interesting statistics about online media spending by top advertisers. In addition to total increased ad spending, statistics also...
View ArticleTelecom and Computer Firms Slashing Jobs Again
According to a new report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, technology companies eliminated 60,000 jobs in the first quarter of this year, which is twice the number eliminated...
View ArticleTech Job Market Increased 22% In First Quarter
According to a new report, job postings at tech job site Dice.com rose 22 percent in the first three months of the year. Most of the growth in job openings were in the New York and Washington D.C....
View ArticleReport Blasts Cost Effectiveness of IT Outsourcing
Deloitte and Touche has released the results of a new study that reveals the truth behind IT outsourcing. According to the survey of IT outsourcing client companies, 70% percent had negative...
View ArticleIn-Game Advertising To Hit $1 Billion by 2010
According to a recent survey, in-game advertising revenue is expected to grow to $1 Billion per year by 2010, and to $2.5 Billion per year a few years after that. These projected revenues depict three...
View ArticleNumber of Software Developers in China and India Increasing Fast
According to a new study released by IDC, China and India are experiencing massive growth in the number of professional software developers between 2003 and 2008, with compound annual growth rates of...
View ArticleAd Revenues Climb Above Dot-Com Boom Levels
According to new data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), internet advertising rose by 33% in 2004 to a record $9.6 billion. These numbers surpass levels seen during the dot-com boom....
View ArticleTech Hiring Improving
According to the latest data from the U.S. Labor Department as well as anecdotal evidence from technical recruiters, tech hiring was up significantly in April, and salaries are rising steadily. In...
View ArticleHatred of Software Vendors, Not Price, Driving Businesses to Open Source
According to a recent survey by Computer Economics, business users migrate towards open source primarily to reduce dependence on software vendors, and not because of cost savings. As strange as it...
View ArticleOne Third of Software in Use Still Pirated
According to a new global software piracy study done by Business Software Alliance (BSA), more than one third of all software in use today is still pirated. Estimated software company revenue losses...
View ArticleCritical Shortage of IT Professionals Predicted
According to IBM, there will be a critical shortage of qualified IT people in the U.S. over the next five years. The company says that an additional 2.2 million people will be needed in information...
View ArticleCustomer Satisfaction in IT Outsourcing Plummets
A new report on technology outsourcing has found that the number of customers satisfied with their offshoring providers has dropped from 79% to 62%. In addition, the number of customers prematurely...
View ArticleIT Job Market Looking Up
According to a new study by technology recruiting firm Robert Half, the U.S. information technology job market is improving steadily. The percentage of CIOs planning to add full-time IT staff in the...
View ArticleTech Hiring Up In July
According to the most recent U.S. Department of Labor statistics and other surveys by staffing firms, the job market for technical professionals improved considerably in July...
View ArticleOnline Advertising To Skyrocket
According to a new study by Jupiter Research, advertisers will spend almost $19 billion on online advertising in 2010, up from $9.3 billion last year. The biggest increase will be in search engine...
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