Monthly Archives: July 2007

Hewlett-Packard buying Opsware for $1.6 billion

Today’s news of Hewlett-Packard buying Opsware for $1.6 billion cash shows how a lot of companies will look to automation to cut IT people, regardless of where in the world they work. Opsware helps companies automate tasks in large-scale data … Continue reading

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Microsoft plans to open a development center in Vancouver and fill it up with people from India and China

Microsoft for years has sought an end to limits on the number of visas granted to foreign high-tech workers. But the demise of the immigration reform bill appears to have the company taking a different tack: It now wants to … Continue reading

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