IT spending forecasts plummet sharply for hardware, declines further for software, IT services and telecom
* Embotics, Veeam and VKernel get the word out about their virtual monitoring tools with free versions
Business decision spurs negative sentiment toward Big Blue
Big Blue is expected to reduce headcount by 5,000 in North America, and unconfirmed rumors suggest the jobs could be sent to India.
* Network Instruments provides visibility into network and application performance data in virtual server environments
Legal experts, IT professionals weigh in on the current state of the U.S. H-1B visa program.
* Symantec poll shows IT executives faced with shrinking budgets, less staff and delayed projects consider endpoint virtualization a potential problem-solver
Economic conditions drive enterprise IT to approach outsourcing more strategically.
* Cisco news expands relations with BMC and EMC, increases competition with HP and gives CA a new opportunity
Industry watchers comment on rumors that IBM is in talks to acquire Sun.
