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Computing, Computing, Thursday 6 August 2009 at 07:00:00 The debate over IT professionalism is in many ways less about qualifications than about attitude Three of the leading membership bodies in technology this week published a report that aims to encourage greater importance for achieving Chartered IT Professional (CITP)... 

A report criticizes Microsoft’s handling of sponsored search results in its Bing search engine, some of which lead to illegal pharmacies, according to KnujOn and LegitScript. Nearly 90 percent of the sponsored pharmacy results lead to sites that engage in illegal activity, such as selling counterfeit medicine, the report... 

A report by Saugatuck Technology finds that while 57 percent of enterprises plan on integrating some form of SAAS within the next two years, SMBs are being more aggressive about their rates of SAAS adoption, as the economy forces companies of all sizes to cut IT infrastructure costs by any means necessary. While SAAS has found... 

A report from research firm ABI predicts strong continued growth for managed wireless security solutions– and said there are opportunities in the space for midmarket companies. – A report from global connectivity analysis firm ABI Research released a report predicting the market for managed wireless security... 

Dave Bailey, Computing, Wednesday 5 August 2009 at 07:30:00 What should IT leaders consider when looking at optical network security? Many countries are looking to roll out optical-fibre connectivity to support next-generation broadband access, giving download speeds of 100Mbit/s with low latency and greater upload capacity... 

After having reportedly scuttled thousands of jobs already this year, IBM is in the midst of another round of layoffs that is expected to affect hundreds of its employees, according to an IBM employee group. – After having reportedly scuttled thousands of jobs already this year, IBM is in the midst of another round... 

Computers with embedded 3G and 4G modems will encourage billions of gigabytes of mobile data traffic use. By 2014, says ABI Research, the monthly average of data traffic will exceed the total for all of 2008. – A report from ABI Research describes the growth of data traffic transferred over mobile networks information it... 

SurePayroll’s monthly hiring index shows a bump up in new hires last month, but salaries continue to decline and business optimism took a big dip in July. – A report from online payroll service SurePayroll found that while hiring rose 1.7 percent among small businesses in the month of July, salaries, on the other...