But the information industry is inherently fascinating beyond its unique legal, regulatory and security challenges.
There will always be a need for an information industry, so to speak.
According to a recent 2010 New America Foundation report , the information industry shed 68, 000 jobs in the past decade.
Within government, the Ministry of Information Industry and the Ministry of Science and Technology argue most vociferously for an early launch.
The China Internet Network Information Center, which answers to China's Ministry of Information Industry, controls the master "directory" of ".cn" Web sites.
According to the official China Daily newspaper, the Minister of Information Industry, Wu Jichuan, suggested that China's hundreds of millions of customers could face the four-way choice within two years.
New York, with some 174, 000 information jobs, and Los Angeles, with over 190, 000, retain the largest clusters of information industry jobs, but they are not growing as quickly as our top 10 metros.
The information industry is unusual, and unusually interesting.
According to the letter from UCITA's Ring, the following software industry organizations are supporting the draft -- industry antipiracy body the Business Software Alliance (14 members, among those Microsoft Corp, Lotus Development Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc.), the Software Information Industry Association, Silicon Valley Software Industry Coalition and the Computer Software Industry Association.
That is, while the SEC through its routine examinations of securities dealers and money managers and special investigations has over the decades accumulated a treasure trove of information regarding industry wrongdoing, the Commission has consistently and vigorously resisted making this damning information available to investors.
Diane Davidson writes with her sister about the information technology industry in which they both worked.
The information technology industry has lagged behind textiles on CSR issues, particularly in regard to supply chain management.
The new report will include information from industry as well as government departments.
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The Information Technology Industry Council, a high-tech lobbying group, recently passed over its top in-house Republican in naming its new president.
In India, the information technology industry is ramping up, posting hiring targets that are simply unfathomable unless you live in Asia.
There is also greater information for industry about our priorities, helping them to invest in the future capabilities our troops need.
When a group of businessmen working in the information technology industry asked the king in 1999 to support their sector, he requested a plan of action.
But Argentines in the information technology industry are still optimistic.
Some of these initiatives, such as Mission 10X, which is focused on making India's engineering students more employable in the information technology industry, clearly dovetail with Wipro's business interests.
San Francisco ranks fourth with 7, 000 mass layoffs, including hits to its information technology industry, where employment was down 5.5% year over year, and local manufacturing, which lost 4% of its jobs.
John Engler, Dean Garfield and Gary Shapiro, the leaders, respectively, of the Business Roundtable, Information Technology Industry Council and Consumer Electronics Association, said to attract more investment, the United States needs a different legal regime.
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In the U.S., technology is one of the fastest growing industries and yet, in this country, where women make up half of the workforce, women only hold 25 percent of jobs available in the information technology industry.
Sun's announcement marks the information technology industry's latest step toward "utility computing, " a grid system in which companies pipe in data processing and storage from faraway server farms, says Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch, a book on utility computing published earlier this week.
Based on information from my industry contacts, this looks to be pretty accurate information.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Council Information Office, which regulate China's Internet industry, didn't respond to requests for comment.
Anyone who claims to be able to provide comprehensive information about this industry should be questioned.
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You could offer an introduction to a contact, or steer them to helpful industry information.
As explained by Brad Case , PhD, Senior Vice President of Research and Industry Information at NAREIT.
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The risks have been compounded by vertical integration, reckons Roger Longman of Windhover Information, an industry consultancy.
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