Howard Rubin

Howard Rubin
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There are more college kids in IT-related programs, but universities still are not keeping up with industry demand. About 30,000 to 35,000 students will graduate this year in all computer science-related fields. But that represents a 10-1 spread between the supply of students and the shortage.
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Some of the things that we've also implemented that are important to our customers and our channel base is our Wi-Fi multimedia support, which gives you quality of service over Wi-Fi.
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So really there's no requirement for IT staff to be on site.
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The brokerage industry shutting down for one day seems to buy some time to deal with the year 2000 problem. But in the scheme of things, and how far away it is from us right now, it really doesn't buy them a whole lot. As a matter of fact, it could cause some trading bubbles and other things that could load their systems even more.
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I'm not talking about lowering hiring standards; I'm talking about rethinking those standards.
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No single measure or investment can help an organization support the growth and direction of its business, but organizations that develop ongoing strategic performance management programs that allow them to manage their performance and track their competitive environment will be first in managing business growth, strategy and operations effectively.
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We also introduced, and this is very appealing to our channel partners, the ability to deploy and use 3Com's legacy fat APs,
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While we are seeing all organizations moving away from reactive IT spending and toward improved agility and long-term strategic support at a macro scale, there are a number of different trends that are specific to each industry, geography and organization size.