Stories by Patrick Thibodeau

Obama's H-1B answer in forum may haunt him

WASHINGTON -- Until President Barack Obama responded to a question about H-1B visas during an online forum last week, the administration had said little about the controversial program.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 09 February, 2012 09:06

Tags: Regulation, it management, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, Gov't Legislation, Government/Industries, government, careers

U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems

In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 February, 2012 23:10

Tags: Mainframes and Supercomputers, hardware systems, hardware, green IT, Green data center, environment, dell, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

India builds a mega data center

IBM has designed and helped to build a 900,000-square-foot data center in India that it says is the largest in that country in terms of size and power. It's also among the largest in the world.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 07 February, 2012 23:39

Tags: services, outsourcing, networking, management, internet, infrastructure management, IBM, hardware systems, hardware, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud computing

Engineer's wife 'ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs

The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas. The offer was made during a live online town hall after the engineer's wife questioned the government's policy concerning H-1B visa workers.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 04 February, 2012 09:09

Tags: training, services, outsourcing, it management, industry verticals, Google, Education/Training, education, careers

H-1B workers are better paid, more educated, study finds

H-1B workers are better educated than U.S. born workers and earn more, according to a new study by an independent research group.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 03 February, 2012 23:14

Tags: services, Regulation, outsourcing, IT industry, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, government

U.S. firms should disclose offshore hiring, says lawmaker

WASHINGTON -- A newly filed U.S. House bill would require that U.S. public companies disclose the number of workers they employ in the U.S., and the number that work overseas.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 02 February, 2012 08:58

Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, services, Regulation, outsourcing, it management, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, government, careers

Obama confronted on H-1B use during Google+ hangout

President Barack Obama faced perhaps his toughest and most direct question ever on the H-1B program by a Texas woman during an online town hall Monday.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 01 February, 2012 05:47

Tags: personnel, government, business issues

John Deere plows into agile

John Deere & Co., has moved about 800 software developers into an agile development process, and did so in just over a year.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 26 January, 2012 22:14

Tags: John Deere, it management, IT Leadership, Intel, hardware systems, Forrester Research, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, CIO role, App Development

Obama attacks offshoring, seeks visa reform

In his State of the Union Speech, President Barack Obama Tuesday night attacked offshoring, urged businesses to bring jobs back to the U.S., and renewed his appeal for visa reforms to keep foreign students from returning home after earning advanced degrees.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 25 January, 2012 23:09

Tags: services, Regulation, outsourcing, Industries, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, Government/Industries, government

U.S. tech firms add jobs despite automation

U.S. technology companies are investing more in machines than in people, but tech hiring is nonetheless rising, according to a new report by Forrester and a just-released National Science Foundation study.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 23 January, 2012 22:21

Tags: training, National Science Foundation, it management, IT industry, industry verticals, Education/Training, education, careers

Obama wants less offshoring, as vendors see U.S. shift

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is trying to encourage U.S. companies not to send work overseas . This might not be as hard a job as it seems for some types of IT work.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 January, 2012 23:43

Tags: services, Regulation, outsourcing, Management and Careers, IT industry, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, government

The top 10 tech priorities of CIOs

Analytics and business intelligence will be the top technology priorities for CIOs this year, according to Gartner Inc.'s annual survey of IT executives.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 18 January, 2012 21:49

Tags: Mobile and Wireless, it management, IT Leadership, IT industry, Gartner, CIO role, BI and Analytics

CES: Coming soon, drones for home and office

Samsung had a robotic floor sweeper at CES that's equipped with a camera and speaker. The electronics maker wants you to think about its potential.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 13 January, 2012 10:01

Tags: Mobile and Wireless, hardware systems, hardware, Emerging Technologies, Apple

SOPA fight in 'last rounds,' says senator at CES

LAS VEGAS -- With the odds perhaps still against them, two lawmakers who are fighting the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills took their case to the world's largest consumer electronics gathering.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 12 January, 2012 12:57

Tags: Regulation, IT industry, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, Gov't Legislation, government, DRM and Legal Issues, Consumer Electronics Association

Quad core-chips boost tablet price vs. performance battle

Leader marketing manager Yanbo Wu displays the company's 7-in. tablet that uses an ARM Cortex-A8 single-core processor. The tablet sells for $179. (Photo by Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld) LAS VEGAS -- Attendees at Consumer Electronics Show here are seeing the tablet market splitting in multiple directions as the price versus performance battle intensifies.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 11 January, 2012 08:06

Tags: processors, nvidia, Mobile and Wireless, Lenovo, hardware systems, hardware, Components

 
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