Is it renewed optimism?
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 12:00:00 AM
IT employment grew by 0.37 percent, or 14,000 jobs, in February, one of the strongest month-to-month gains since 2008, according to the TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group that analyzes U.S. Labor Department unemployment data. In January, IT employment increased by 12,900 jobs, TechServe Alliance reported.
While IT employment still remains some 200,000 jobs below its 2008 peak of 4 million jobs, this statistical climb out of the hiring abyss is backed anecdotally. "I am seeing a lot more demand out there," said Scott Archibald, managing director of Bender Consulting, a Houston-based management consulting firm. "As a general trend, I would believe what the numbers are saying at this point."
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Mass. health IT attracts $26M in federal funds
Monday, February 15, 2010 at 12:00:00 AM
 Massachusetts has pulled in $25.6 million in federal funding for work in health information technology, according to an announcement by Gov. Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation.
The funding will be divided so that $15 million supports electronic health records implementation and $10.6 million will be used for a secure health information network to be built in Massachusetts.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 12:00:00 AM
Albert Gonzalez, the man accused of hacking into major retailers such as TJX Cos., Hannaford Brothers Co. Inc. and 7-Eleven plead guilty today in Boston district court. It's been a long-road for him to come to justice, and it makes us think about how things would be different had that "major" hack into TJX's servers not happened. How long would it have taken for something like PCI compliance to happen?
That singular event was the major catalyst behind PCI compliance and the need to secure data relating to credit cards. In many ways, it was an after-thought before.
From Mass High Tech:
Accused of conspiracy in the hacking attacks on payment systems supporting companies such as retailers TJX Cos., Hannaford Brothers Co. Inc. and 7-Eleven, Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, today pleaded guilty to the final charges against him in U.S. District Court in Boston.
Federal prosecutors said that Gonzalez, who allegedly controlled servers that gained access to the corporate servers and then gave information to hackers that would use malware to launch attacks on the victims, pleaded guilty to two cou...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:00:00 AM
I saw this incredible story about an innovative way to recover lost data. If your hard drive fails, put it in a freezer for an hour.
WHAT???!!!
Seems it works...
See the entire story at Infoworld.com.
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Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:00:00 AM
Lawrence General Hospital's Dr. Neil Meehan credits an electronic system, ED PulseCheck, sold by Wakefield-based Picis Inc., with reducing ER wait times by more than 30 minutes. The technology has saved $600,000 this past year in transcription services for dictated ER medical records and brought in $5 million in additional revenue.
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