The Next Page / Data Driven: Why statistics are 'sexy'
The work of statisticians is neither tabulating nor archiving numerical information. Instead … This is a recurring situation: Technology enables new, richer sources of information, but making sense of these data requires more sophisticated methods of …
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Cerner planning to add, not move thousands of jobs
Cerner will add 12,000 to 15,000 "net new jobs" at the former Bannister Mall site, a company spokesman said Friday. That means the Kansas City-based health care information technology firm isn't planning to fill any of the new positions through …
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Programme to prepare 100 varsity students for real job market
She said there were 10,000 new jobs created at MSC every year and what they were doing in the programme was to equip young graduates for advancement into the IT (Information Technology) sector. UMS School of Engineering and Information Technology …
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How the fry cook found her job
For the literal-minded, it meant the shuttle between service-sector jobs. … Mr. Pieta created Shiftgig with CEO Eddie Lou and Sean Casey, its chief technology officer, using their own money plus funds from friends and family. Messrs. … Mr. Lou is a …
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Attention, shoppers: US needs you to spend
The most interesting piece of information in last week's report of continued slow growth of the U.S. economy in the second quarter was a slowdown in consumer spending. The increase in consumer expenditures was only … Globalization, changes in the …
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Switch in college focus pays off for cybersecurity contest winner
Mation hopes to land a job as an information technology specialist and has applied those skills as a volunteer in the information technology division at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. "I was more or less fixing computers and helping to solve …
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Health Information Technology Conference: Creating Jobs, Reducing Costs and Improving Quality

Image by Office of Governor Patrick
Thursday, April 29, 2010 — Governor Patrick speaks at the Health Information Technology Conference: Creating Jobs, Reducing Costs and Improving Quality.
(Photo credit: Eugena Ossi/Governor’s Office)