Tag Archives: Information Technology

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Corporate Resource Services Announces Rebranding of Operating Units

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

Corporate Resource Services Announces Rebranding of Operating Units

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it will be consolidating and re-branding its operating units under the Corporate Resource Services name.

CRS has operated under separate brands as the larger companies it has acquired over the past four years have been established as wholly-owned subsidiaries and have retained their legacy names. Over the course of the next several months, CRS‘ subsidiaries – TS Staffing Services, Diamond Staffing Services, AccountAbilities, Corporate Resource Development and Integrated Consulting Group – will be re-branded as Corporate Resource Services. In addition, the Insurance Overload Staffing subsidiary will begin providing insurance staffing services under Corporate Resource Services Insurance Overload Staffing.

“This allows us to brand our organization as one entity and consolidates our service offerings under one brand,” said Mark Levine, Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Resource Services. “In addition, this initiative makes it clear to our customers the scale and breadth of the company they are utilizing for their staffing solutions. By consolidating to the Corporate Resource Services brand, we are able to continue to build our organization and realize greater operational efficiencies that will enhance our market presence and increase our overall profitability.”

“As CRS continues to be acquisitive and build our business, we will utilize the Corporate Resource Services platform to integrate new companies into our organization,” said John Messina, President and CEO of CRS. “This is an exciting time for Corporate Resource Services and positioning our organization as one entity will enhance our presence as a premier staffing provider in the marketplace.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size and complexity of an

From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/18/corporate-resource-services-announces-rebranding-o/

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Tom Clarke Joins Corporate Resource Services' Board

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

Tom Clarke Joins Corporate Resource Services’ Board

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that Thomas J. Clarke, Jr. has been appointed to its Board of Directors.

Tom Clarke has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Weiss Group, LLC, a leading provider of independent research, since July 2010. From 1999 through 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer of TheStreet.com, Inc., (NAS: TST) a financial media company. From 2002 through 2008, Mr. Clarke also served as Chairman of TheStreet.com. From 1998 through 1999, he served as President of Thomson Financial Investor Relations, following the acquisition of Technimetrics, Inc. by Thomson Financial. From 1984 through 1998, Mr. Clarke served in executive positions of increasing responsibility at Technimetrics, a global information company, rising to Chief Executive Officer from 1992 through the company’s sale in 1998. From 1980 through 1984, he served as Operations Manager for McAuto Systems Group, Incorporated, a Medicaid billing processor.

Mr. Clarke currently serves on the boards of Reis, Inc. (NAS: REIS) , a provider of commercial real estate information and analysis, and LiveDeal, Inc. (NAS: LIVE) , a provider of local customer acquisition services for small businesses. He is also a mentor to students at Columbia University involved in the Executive Masters Program focusing on technology. Mr. Clarke received a bachelor of science degree in marketing from St. John’s University and a master’s degree in business administration from Hofstra University.

“We are thrilled to welcome Tom to our Board,” said John Messina, CEO of Corporate Resource Services, Inc. “His extensive experience with public companies, both as a board member and as an executive, will be an asset to our team as we continue grow our business and improve our profitability.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

…read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Innovation or Stagnation in the Chinese Mobile Market?

Leave a comment

By Dan Newman, The Motley Fool

Filed under:

Chinese cellular service providers are not happy with competition, and they’ve enlisted the help of a government ministry to help find a solution. However, this kind of state intervention against new technologies could set a tone for the future of Chinese innovation, and could base investing in China much more on government policy than a company’s merits.

The disruption
With the rise in popularity of Tencent‘s WeChat application, which subverts the mobile companies’ usual text and multimedia message plans, China Mobile , China Unicom , and China Telecom have been talking with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to look into ways to charge for the free application. Because of WeChat and similar services, the telecom companies not only get stung by a drop in traditional messaging, but typically provide location services used by the app for no charge. Because of the potential hit to revenue, China Unicom CEO Chang Xiaobing hopes that services like WeChat will be “free today, for-pay tomorrow.”

For an example of the slowing text use, take China Mobile. Even though its users still sent 8 billion more text messages in 2012 compared to 2011, that growth amounted to a little over 1%. However, the newer messaging services like WeChat require data usage, and China Mobile‘s wireless data traffic increased over 280% from 2011 to 2012. While WeChat’s 300 million users use fewer conventional texts, they continue to gobble up data.

Globally, the volume of texts is expected to increase nearly 60% by 2016, but during the same time, instant messaging will more than quadruple and double its share of the messaging market to about 35%.

Users of WeChat have expressed their rage over any plans to charge for the service, but if the MIIT obliges the phone companies and implements new fees, it’s likely another free service will take WeChat’s place. Investors in Tencent also lost some faith when the MIIT hinted at such a charging scheme for the application, sending the stock down over 1.5%. In the meantime, the dispute raises many questions for business in China. Will the government hamper new business at the expense of innovation to enrich established corporations? How much control can the government wield over new services, and is it possible to regulate every new threat? How can investors protect themselves from such unforeseen regulatory action?

On the other hand
The MIIT is also opening up competition in China‘s mobile industry, allowing mobile virtual network operators to begin leasing network access from current network operators and reselling it to consumers. This could allow Tencent to run its own wireless service, although it would still have to come to an agreement with current network providers. The mobile Chinese market remains a dynamic and quickly changing story.

It’s incredible to think just how much of our digital and technological lives are almost entirely shaped and molded by just a handful of companies. Find out “Who Will Win the War Between the 5 Biggest …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Corporate Resource Services Wins Staffing Contract for County of San Bernardino

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

Corporate Resource Services Wins Staffing Contract for County of San Bernardino

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it has been awarded the contract to staff positions for the County of San Bernardino, California effective immediately.

“The County of San Bernardino is another government contract that CRS has just signed and we will continue to expand our focus in the government sector,” said John Messina, CEO of Corporate Resource Services. “Susan Kennedy, our VP of Government Services and her team are capturing new contracts on a regular basis. This is a great way for CRS to expand its higher level service offerings and generate improved profit margins for the corporation.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size and complexity of an assignment, Corporate Resource Services can create an on-site facility for recruiting, training and administration at the customers’ location. Company recruiters have the latest state of the art recruiting resources available to help customers secure the best candidates in today’s ever-changing marketplace. CRS‘s national network of recruiters has staffing experts that get excellent results by focusing within their areas of expertise.

The Company operates 207 staffing and on-site facilities in 37 states and the District of Columbia and it offers its services to a wide variety of clients in many industries, ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 1000 companies. To learn more, visit http://www.crsco.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations which may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

American Bank and Trust Signs Third Consecutive Contract with Zix Corporation

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

American Bank and Trust Signs Third Consecutive Contract with Zix Corporation


Reliable service and easy, secure communication with regulators influences renewal with ZixCorp

DAVENPORT, Iowa & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Zix Corporation (ZixCorp) (NAS: ZIXI) , the leader in email encryption services, announces that American Bank and Trust Company, N.A.has signed a three-year renewal contract for ZixCorp® Email Encryption Services. American Bank and Trust first deployed ZixGateway®, a policy-based email encryption service, in 2007 to automatically protect customer data in email.

“Email communication with our customers and regulators is constant, and email encryption is an essential component to the protection of our customers’ privacy and our company’s reputation,” said Randy Behrens, Director of Information Technology for American Bank and Trust. “We initially selected ZixCorp because of its leadership in the financial industry and its capability to provide secure, transparent email. We continue to find value in ZixCorp’s solutions, especially in its reliability and its assistance with easy communication with regulators.”

ZixCorp Email Encryption is offered through Software-as-a-Service architecture and has a proven history of reliability. Its reliable services are the solution of choice for all federal financial regulators, including members of the FFIEC, making the exchange of encrypted email easy between American Bank and Trust and its regulators.

“ZixCorp’s email encryption is a great benefit when exchanging information in the course of conducting routine business with our primary federal regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,” said Behrens. “We seamlessly and easily share many confidential documents. More importantly, we have high confidence in the information security features protecting our clients’ privacy through our use of ZixCorp.”

Through its ZixGateway service, ZixCorp is the only vendor to offer transparent email encryption. ZixGateway automatically scans outbound email and encrypts sensitive content based on corporate policies. Any recipients who use ZixGateway automatically receive encrypted email transparently, without any extra steps or passwords. Any recipients who do not use ZixCorp Email Encryption Services can access their secure email using ZixPort®. Recipients using ZixPort experience convenient encrypted email through a secure Web portal and can easily access secure email on their laptop or anytime, anywhere on any mobile device with ZixMobilityTM.

“Our reliable service and unique advantages, such as transparent email encryption, enable us to maintain the loyalty of valuable …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Science & Technology

Harnessing robot research a searching task

Leave a comment

A new laboratory dedicated to technologies at the cutting edge of an emerging field of robotics could radically improve the way search and rescue operations are conducted. The Monash Swarm Robotics Laboratory – to be administered by the Faculty of Information Technology – will collaborate with the Wireless Sensors and Robot Networks (WSRN) Laboratory to produce swarm robotics technologies. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org

News, Politics, Government

Was Apple 'MySpaced'? Is Google Next?

Leave a comment

By Darcy Travlos, Contributor

Listening to the bear case for Apple suggests that Apple has been passed by, a Technology Titan Has Been.    The biggest challenge to Apple’s future is not the competition, but the evolution of the consumer.  Apple created its fortune by innovating a delightful user experience for consumers in a closed system back when technology was “complicated” to install, manage and use.  Enterprises had Information Technology departments to fix, customize and interface between technology and their users, but consumers had to rely on tedious manuals, long “on hold” waits with the limited-hour support desks and their friends to help them use their technology purchase.  And, then, consumers really only upgraded when they had to because dealing with technology was a pain in the neck. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Science & Technology

Was Apple 'MySpaced'? Is Google Next?

Leave a comment

By Darcy Travlos

Listening to the bear case for Apple suggests that Apple has been passed by, a Technology Titan Has Been. The biggest challenge to Apple?s future is not the competition, but the evolution of the consumer. Apple created its fortune by innovating a delightful user experience for consumers in a closed system back when technology was ?complicated? to install, manage and use. Enterprises had Information Technology departments to fix, customize and interface between technology and their users, but consumers had to rely on tedious manuals, long ?on hold? waits with the limited-hour support desks and their friends to help them use their technology purchase. And, then, consumers really only upgraded when they had to because dealing with technology was a pain in the neck. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes IT

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Corporate Resource Services Selects Bond International Software for Front Office Technology

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

Corporate Resource Services Selects Bond International Software for Front Office Technology

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it has begun implementing Bond International Software‘s eEmpact solution throughout its organization.

“By implementing eEmpact we will bridge the gap between the field operations and headquarters as well as increase the speed of service delivery to our customers,” said Mercedes Essmann, Vice President of Corporate Services at Corporate Resource Services, Inc. “Our clients rely on our level of service to staff their every need but our technology provides us the advantage of filling orders accurately, quickly and within compliance guidelines.”

“This is a major company-wide initiative and will unify all of our staffing locations throughout the United States,” said Mark Levine, Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Resource Services. “The implementation of eEmpact will be a great resource for CRS associates and will assist us in providing tools to streamline our operations, resulting in greater efficiencies and value for our customers and shareholders.”

About Bond International Software:

Bond International Software Group is a pioneer in the development and provision of software, support and consultancy services in the field of Human Capital Management. It is a world leader in staffing and talent management software for staffing consultancies and corporations of all sizes, and provides HR, e-staffing and payroll solutions to the public, education and publishing sectors.

It supports more than 100,000 staffing professionals in 42 countries and has over 400 employees worldwide, with offices in the United Kingdom, the USA, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and Canada.

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Wipro Appraised at CMMI-DEV V1.3 Level 5

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

Wipro Appraised at CMMI-DEV V1.3 Level 5

BANGALORE, India & EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Ltd. (NYS: WIT) , today announced that it has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration CMMI-DEV 1.3 Level 5. This assessment validates Wipro’s process capability based on the CMMI standards that measure process improvements.

An assessment at maturity Level 5 indicates that the organization is performing at an “optimizing” level. At this level, an organization continually improves its processes based on a quantitative understanding of its business objectives and performance needs. The organization uses a quantitative approach to understand the variation inherent in the process and the causes of process outcomes. At Wipro, we have leveraged CMMI Level 5 processes to achieve improved customer satisfaction, thereby enabling growth and profitability.

Acknowledging the recognition, Bhanumurthy BM, Chief Business Operations Officer, Wipro, said, “This achievement demonstrates strong alignment of our quality processes with business objectives, leading to enhanced customer experiences. We are sure this CMMI journey will further strengthen our integrated toolsets to improve business outcomes for Wipro and our customers.”

Devender Malhotra, Chief Quality Officer, Wipro Technologies, said, “Through this achievement, Wipro demonstrates the deep rooted quality culture within the organization that makes a difference to our customers. CMMI high maturity processes have enabled us to predict project outcomes that are in sync with our business objectives.”

About Wipro Technologies

Wipro Technologies, the global IT business of Wipro Limited (NYS: WIT) , is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company, that delivers solutions to enable its clients to do business better. Wipro Technologies delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of “Business through Technology” – helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner’s approach to delivering innovation and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro Technologies has over 140,000 employees and clients across 54 countries. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.

About CMMI Institute

CMMI is the result of more than 20 years of ongoing work at Carnegie Mellon University by members of industry, government, and the Software …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

QPharma Launches QStaffing Initiative for Life Sciences

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

QPharma Launches QStaffing Initiative for Life Sciences


Enhanced Staffing Model will Enable

MORRISTOWN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– QPharma has announced the latest addition to its growing list of quality and compliance consulting solutions with the launch of its QStaffing division. While staffing is not a new model for QPharma, QStaffing represents a more focused, targeted approach to providing low-cost, individually based resources for existing QPharma clients.

QStaffing accommodates an increased need for skilled resources at life sciences clients. “QPharma provides traditional, project-based consulting that employs seasoned subject matter experts and principal consultants, but occasionally our pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech clients simply need individual resources to complement an existing project team,” explained Ed Morris, Senior VP of Professional Services at QPharma. “The QStaffing model enables us to address this need swiftly and efficiently.”

QStaffing serves numerous segments and areas within life sciences, including Information Technology, Regulatory Affairs, Distribution, Pharmacovigilance, Manufacturing, Laboratories, and Clinical Research. Available skilled resources include Software Developers, Technical Writers, Subject Matter Experts, Project Managers, Software Testers, and Validation Engineers.

For more information contact Ken Stelle, at 973-656-0408 or Ken.Stelle@qpharmacorp.com.

About QPharma, Inc.

QPharma provides a suite of services and solutions to the life sciences industry. Services offered by the company’s Professional Services division include complete validation services, project management, auditing, and training. The Commercial Services division provides solutions in such areas as aggregate spend reporting, PDMA compliance, online training, warehousing and fulfillment, and brand marketing and sales support. The company’s engineers, regulatory compliance experts, and brand consultants have been proudly serving the life sciences industry since 1994. To learn more, visit www.qpharmacorp.com.

QPharma, Inc.
Brendan Middleton
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
973-656-0011, Ex. 2112
brendan.middleton@qpharmacorp.com

KEYWORDS:   United States  North America  New Jersey

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:

The article QPharma Launches QStaffing Initiative for Life Sciences originally appeared on Fool.com.

Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Articles of Interest

Budget Crisis Hurts University Research Programs

Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

By Gabriel Debenedetti and Peter Rudegeair
March 9 (Reuters) – Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Carol Greider used to have eight to 10 young researchers working in her university laboratory, but with U.S. government funds for scientific research shrinking in recent years, she’s gone down to four.
Sequestration, Washington’s name for $85 billion in federal spending cuts this year, promises to cut even deeper into Greider’s team at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She’s decided she cannot afford to hire “a promising young researcher” she wanted to add to her staff for the next academic year.
“I’m not sure in the current climate we have for research funding that I would have received funding to be able to do the work that led to the Nobel Prize,” Greider said at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) event last month, adding that her early work on enzymes and cell biology was well outside the mainstream. The NIH has been funding her research for the past 23 years.
Federally funded, university research has long been a major engine of scientific advancement, spurring innovations from cancer treatments to the seeds of technology companies like Google.
But now some of the largest U.S. research universities fear that spending cuts under sequestration could lead to layoffs, curtail scientific discovery and leave a generation with less access to careers in science, school officials said.
The across-the-board budget cuts, to be carried out by September 30, come on top of years of reductions in federal spending on research that have already had an impact on universities’ scientific exploration, officials from eight top research universities told Reuters.
“These cuts threaten to undermine our ability to carry on the basic research that leads us to new frontiers of knowledge and boosts American competitiveness,” Harvard University President Drew Faust told Reuters in a statement.
A report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a lobbying group, said sequestration would leave the United States $511 billion behind in research and development investment, compared with expected growth in spending on research in China. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post

News, Politics, Government

Mexico is Implementing Reforms, But Still Faces a Challenging Security Dynamic

Leave a comment

By Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Contributor

A few weeks after Enrique Peña Nieto was elected as Mexico’s new president, I walked through the gate in the heavy metal security fence and into the modern, high-tech campus of Mexico’s Public Security Ministry in Mexico City. I watched Francisco Niembro González, who then served as former president Felipe Calderon‘s vice-secretary of Information Technology at the security ministry, or SSP for its initials in Spanish, enter into the federal government’s crisis-planning center inside a hermetically sealed bunker. He pulled up a map showing the flight trajectories of cocaine-carrying planes leaving Colombia.  Curved red lines marked the flight paths of the smuggling routes between Colombia, one of the world’s top cocaine producers, and Guatemala and Honduras, two countries to the south of Mexico, the gateway country to the United States, the world’s number one cocaine consumer.  “Planes with drugs no longer enter Mexico,” Niembro explained, aiming a laser pointer at one of the conference room’s massive display screens. Another room shows graphics of cartel hierarchies. “Evolution of the Michoacán Cartel,” said one poster. “La Familia Michoacána,” said another. The faces in the photos were marked with labels explaining which leaders had been killed or captured. “We’ve invested in technology and the results are there,” Niembro said. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Is the Sino-Google Cold War Heating Up?

Leave a comment

By Dan Radovsky, The Motley Fool

Filed under:

A white paper produced by China‘s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology implicated Google  as a roadblock in the development of homegrown mobile operating systems, Reuters reported.

The white paper, which was posted on the Internet last Friday and released to the Chinese media today, said: “Our country’s mobile operating system research and development is too dependent on Android … While the Android system is open source, the core technology and technology road map is strictly controlled by Google.”

The paper goes further, saying that Google has put off the sharing of software code with some Chinese companies that are working on their own operating systems.

The Ministry may have been inspired by the incident last fall when Google allegedly threatened Taiwanese company Acer with the cancelling of its Android license if it continued to develop its A800 smartphone for use with the Aliyun OS. Aliyun is an Android derivative developed by the mainland Chinese company Alibaba.

A Great Wall of ambivalence
Google has found China to be a problematic place to do business. In 2010, after facing up to the fact it had been acquiescing to the Chinese government’s Big Brother approach to communications control, it pledged to stop censoring Google.cn.

That decision didn’t sit well with the authorities, and now when Google.cn users type in unacceptable search queries, they are met with error messages, such as “This webpage is not available.”

But Android has been hugely successful in China. The largest Chinese phone makers, Huawei and ZTE, as well as makers of the least expensive white-label smartphones, all use Android as their operating systems.

During the third quarter of 2012, Android powered 90% of all smartphones on the mainland, compared to the iPhone’s 4.2% share, according to Chinese research firm Analysis International.

Though the Ministry did not prescribe what should be done about Google’s Android domination, China watchers see this as a possible harbinger of more hoops that Google will have to jump through to do business on the mainland.

Reuters quotes Duncan Clark, chairman of technology consultants BDA, as saying, “In China, regulators regulate regularly especially where they position the regulations as helping out domestic companies.”

If so, Android’s success may cause Google’s first real challenge to its global smartphone OS dominance.

It’s more important than ever to understand each piece of Google’s sprawling empire. In The Motley Fool’s new premium research report on Google, we break down the risks and potential rewards for Google investors. Simply click here now to unlock your copy of this invaluable resource, and you’ll receive a bonus year’s worth of key updates and expert guidance as news continues to develop.

var FoolAnalyticsData = FoolAnalyticsData || []; …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Corporate Resource Services Is Awarded State of Nevada Contract

Leave a comment

By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

Filed under:

Corporate Resource Services Is Awarded State of Nevada Contract

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it has been awarded the contract to provide staffing services to the State of Nevada under its TS Staffing Services division.

“CRS is very excited to work with the State of Nevada and add another contract to our portfolio of State and Local government clients,” said Frank Vaccaro, President of Sales. “This is the second government contract we’ve added over the past thirty days and CRS is rapidly growing our state and local customer base. We plan on capturing additional government clientele and increasing the customer mix of higher margin business. We look forward to delivering greater value to our customers and shareholders by expanding our presence in the government sector.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size and complexity of an assignment, Corporate Resource Services can create an on-site facility for recruiting, training and administration at the customers’ location. Company recruiters have the latest state of the art recruiting resources available to help customers secure the best candidates in today’s ever-changing marketplace. CRS‘s national network of recruiters has staffing experts that get excellent results by focusing within their areas of expertise.

The Company operates 207 staffing and on-site facilities in 37 states and the District of Columbia and it offers its services to a wide variety of clients in many industries, ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 1000 companies. To learn more, visit http://www.crsco.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on assumptions and …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

News, Politics, Government

Iran taps North Korean-educated man for top post

Leave a comment

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated a North Korean-educated former Iranian military official for a key post in his government.

The official IRNA news agency says Mohammad Hasan Nami has been named as the proposed Minister of Communications and Information Technology to parliament, and will now face a vote of confidence he is likely to pass.

Nami holds a doctorate degree in state management from Kim Il-Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea. He is also a former deputy defense minister and Iran‘s ex-deputy Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Army.

IRNA‘s Monday report says Nami is fluent in English and is the man behind an Iranian national intranet project.

…read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox World News

Science & Technology

Beyond BYOD: The Shift to People-Centric IT

Leave a comment

By Tom Kemp BYOD (?Bring Your Own Device?) is probably the most visible net result of the consumerization of IT trend we are now seeing in Information Technology. But there have been some other significant technology shifts emerging from this consumerization trend that have not been making the same big headlines as BYOD has. Not only are these other trends remaking IT itself but they can also potentially act as a guide to figuring out which enterprise IT vendors have a better shot at emerging as leaders in their markets and disrupting incumbents. In this post I am going to explore a few of these emerging technology shifts caused by the consumerization of IT and their corresponding impact.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Technology