| Editor's note: We will no longer be publishing the IBM Alert, this is the last installment. Starting April 6 look for our new alert titled: IT Best Practices in your mailbox. We hope you will enjoy this new alert and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters. If you wish to update your newsletter subscriptions, please click here. Patent filing describes IBM's new offshoring math IBM last week filed a patent application for an offshore outsourcing methodology that's intended to help companies minimize the financial risks associated with sending work overseas. IBM layoffs incite backlash IBM's news that it will shed some 5,000 North American jobs and potentially send more positions overseas has stirred up some bad sentiment toward Big Blue as the economy continues to languish. Will IBM layoffs mean more jobs sent overseas? Criticism is mounting as reports surface that IBM is cutting 5,000 North American employees even as it increases its hiring overseas. IBM confirms North America layoffs Amid reports that it is moving thousands of jobs from the U.S. to India, IBM said Thursday it is notifying employees that some jobs are being eliminated. IBM layoffs raise ire in N.Y. State Assembly Social network Twitter and message boards brought the fallout of IBM's layoffs on Thursday to life, as employees posted the news about their job losses in real time. IBM Steps On American Workers - Future IT Managers Replace IBM Mitchell Ashley, author of the Converging on Microsoft blog, says IBM's recent layoff says much more about IBM's declining commitment to the American market and its workers. IP issues could be slowing IBM-Sun talks, experts say If IBM is in the due diligence phase of acquisition talks with Sun, as news reports suggest, then it has an awful lot to be diligent about. Does a computer science degree matter anymore? The number of college students pursuing computer science degrees at U.S. universities rose in 2008 for the first time in six years, according to a just released study. Academia and policymakers are hailing the news, but ... April giveaways galore
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