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NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology professionals enjoyed their largest annual salary growth since 2008, according to the 2012-2011 Salary Survey from Dice, the leading career site for technology and engineering professionals.  After two straight years of wages remaining nearly flat, tech professionals on average garnered salary increases of more than two percent, boosting their average annual wage to $81,327 from $79,384 in 2010.  A more considerable jump was noted in both size of average bonuses, up eight percent to $8,769, and the number of technology professionals receiving bonuses: 32 percent in 2011, compared with 29 percent in 2010 and 24 percent in 2009.  The industries most likely to pay out bonuses:  Telecom, Hardware, Banking, Utilities/Energy and Software.  "Finally!  Compensation has mustered some momentum, as more and more top t... (more)

What Motivates Open Standards in the Cloud?

Open standards are a nice idea. And democracy is a great idea too, all citizens can vote, yet we only have two real parties representing us. Similarly, I think that standards start out as a good idea, yet over time may start to become ineffective. For the most part standards committees never actually complete a standard, and the industry starts working from a "draft." In the Cloud I think standards should be less important to the subscriber than the actual capabilities. I recognize that nobody choosing a Cloud platform "wants" lock-in, or a proprietary system, yet at the same time... (more)

BeachMint Closes $35 Million Round From Accel Partners, Goldman Sachs, New World Ventures, Millenium Technology Value Partners and Existing Investors

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BeachMint announced today that it has raised $35 million in financing from leading venture capital firm, Accel Partners, Goldman Sachs, New World Ventures, Millenium Technology Value Partners, and NALA. Existing investors participating in the round include NEA, Trinity Ventures and Scale Ventures. (Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120125/LA41977) This new funding round, which brings BeachMint's total financing to over $75 million, will be used to further BeachMint's global expansion, to bolster its existing brands... (more)

Build a Private PaaS with Red Hat CloudForms & JBoss Enterprise Middleware

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Red Hat Executives Live from Red Hat Summit on September 2

Red Hat announced that members of Red Hat’s executive team will host a press conference that will be broadcast live via webcast from the Red Hat Summit in Chicago on September 2, 2009 at 12pm EST. To view the webcast, please visit here. Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 65 offices spanning the globe. CIOs ranked Red Hat as one of the top vendors delivering value in Enterprise Software for five consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value survey. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable technology... (more)