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• Huawei plans billions in dividends for staff despite row with US - sources

  The cash dividend can be as much as annual salary or even more, the sources said.

• Ex-network engineer faces prison after admitting he sabotaged employer's system

  A former network engineer at a West Virginia oil and gas company could face up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this week to sabotaging the company's systems so badly that its operations were affected for a month.

• Will software-defined networking kill network engineers' beloved CLI?

  SDN (software-defined networking) promises some real benefits for people who use networks, but to the engineers who manage them, it may represent the end of an era.

• COBOL-based system for $160 billion pension fund is a political football

  A COBOL (common business oriented language)-based system used to support New York's US$160 billion state pension fund has become the subject of controversy, with some officials claiming it poses a potential security risk and others defending it as "battle-tested," albeit set to be replaced.

• PageUp People app goes up into Azure cloud

  PageUp People said hosting its CareerPath application in the cloud is saving the company $130,000 per annum.

• Career Watch: The rise of people architecture

  In managing human resources, people architecture is gaining popularity, says IT workforce analyst David Foote. He explains what it is and why it's on the rise.

• So Long IT Specialist, Hello Full-Stack Engineer

  GE Capital is rethinking the way it does IT and looking to well-rounded technology professionals to keep pace in a fast-changing business environment.

• How to keep your new IT hires from jumping ship

  With IT talent hard to find and expensive to replace, smart companies are developing IT-specific onboarding programs to attract and retain top tech employees.

• Immigration reform may spur software robotics

  The Senate immigration bill's H-1B restrictions have clearly upset Indian firms. But sometimes being in a tough spot can prompt new ways of approaching problems. One firm is implementing software robots.

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