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As the Obama administration works to shore up cyber-security, a new report found the government needs to new ways to attract the right talent for the job. The report, prepared by Partnership for Public service and a consulting firm, urged for Congress to be pushed to expand programs for training fresh talent. - The U.S.government needs to do more than buy technology to improve cyber-security ? it needs to hire more experts, according to a new report. The report was prepared by the non-profit Partnership for Public Service and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and paints a picture of the governments...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless would be willing to make a compromise on roaming service agreements with smaller mobile operators, according to a letter it sent on Wednesday after pressure from U.S. lawmakers.

...and IP-PBXs. The service will be delivered via landline and mobile phones, as well as through email, fax, pagers, PDAs and short message service-enabled devices. The service will use text-to-speech, speech recognition, pre-recorded messages, on-the ...

...voice mail, unified messaging, and real-time communications services, including multi-modal message access by phone, desktop, Web browser or PDA device, presence management, find-me/follow-me functions, auto-attendant, conferencing and faxing. Communite integrates with traditional PBX and IP ...

Most companies are not adequately managing mobile users or wireless services, resulting in overspending, research firm Gartner Inc. said.

The storage virtualization software king reported profits of $33 million [8 cents a share], compared with $52 million [13 cents a share] a year ago. Overall revenue was flat at $456 million, but CEO and CFO are optimistic that good numbers lie ahead. - Enterprise storage virtualization software kingpin VMware reported a 36.5 percent falloff in its second-quarter profit from the same period a year ago, but CEO Paul Maritz and some of his fellow executives remained optimistic about the company's prospects for the next six months. VMware reported ...

Storage virtualization software maker VMware reports profits of $33 million or 8 cents per share, compared with $52 million or 13 cents per share a year ago. Overall revenue was flat at $456 million, but VMware's CEO and CFO are optimistic that good numbers lie ahead. - Enterprise virtualization software kingpin VMware on July 22 reported a 36.5 percent falloff in its second-quarter profit from the same period a year ago, but CEO Paul Maritz and his fellow executives remained optimistic about the company's prospects for the next six months. VMware, which is ...

Storage virtualization software maker VMware reports profits of $33 million or 8 cents per share, compared with $52 million or 13 cents per share a year ago. Overall revenue was flat at $456 million, but VMware's CEO and CFO are optimistic that good numbers lie ahead. - Enterprise virtualization software kingpin VMware on July 22 reported a 36.5 percent falloff in its second-quarter profit from the same period a year ago, but CEO Paul Maritz and his fellow executives remained optimistic about the company's prospects for the next six months. VMware, which is ...

Skype 2.8 for Mac adds per-minute hotspot access: Skype calls this feature 'still in beta,' and it's been available for months in pre-release versions. The Skype Access feature ties into 100,000 hotspots worldwide, and requires a per minute fee of €0.16 or US 22¢ (including tax/VAT). While that's high, it's cheaper than an international call from a cell phone in most markets, and cheaper than paying $4 to $12 for a daypass when you need a few minutes. At $13.20/hr, it's egregiously high for routine use, even in expensive Wi-Fi markets, so I'm not confident this will catch on. It seems more of a nifty demo. Boingo's mobile price is just US$7.95/mo with no contract, although it works only with mobile phones; the global plan (with 2,000 minutes per month) is $59. The Skype Access feature is Mac only at present. Google asks public about its Mountain View service: The Los Altos, Calif., paper says that Google will have a public forum tonight at 7 pm to discuss what it's learned f

The host profiles feature is one of the most significant additions to the VMware vSphere 4 platform. A host profile can automatically configure network, storage, security and other features on a physical host system running ESX 4.0 or ESXi 4.0. The host profiles feature also enables IT staff to check host systems for configuration compliance, and to easily remedy systems that have drifted out of compliance. This feature should significantly reduce operations costs associated with large vSphere 4 installations, although it does not lessen the need for VMware expertise; crafting a host profile requires expert virtualization knowledge to ensure that hosts created using a host profile will operate as expected. - ...