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  2. Metaswitch - Wikipedia

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    Metaswitch (formerly Data Connection Ltd) was founded in 1981 by seven former IBM employees led by Ian Ferguson, who remained on the board of directors until the company's acquisition by Microsoft. [2] [3] [5] [6] The company's earliest business areas included IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and retail point of sale systems.

  3. Merit system - Wikipedia

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    The merit system determines the fitness of the candidate by the ability to pass a written competitive examination, given by a commission of examiners. The answers submitted by candidates must be unsigned, so as to obviate the possibility of favoritism on the part of the examiners. A list is made of the successful candidates, arranged in the ...

  4. Employment Development Department - Wikipedia

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    In California, the Employment Development Department ( EDD) is a department of the state government that administers Unemployment Insurance (UI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Paid Family Leave (PFL) programs. The department also provides employment service programs and collects the state's labor market information and employment data.

  5. Intranet - Wikipedia

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    Schematic depicting an intranet. An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, easier communication, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders. [1] The term is used in contrast to public networks, such as the Internet, but uses the ...

  6. Social business model - Wikipedia

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    The social business model is use of social media tools and social networking behavioral standards by businesses for communication with customers, suppliers, and others. Combining social networking etiquette [1] (being helpful, transparent and authentic) with business engagement on LinkedIn (for one-to-one interaction), Twitter (for immediacy ...

  7. Full-time equivalent - Wikipedia

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    Full-time equivalent ( FTE ), or whole time equivalent ( WTE ), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. [1] FTE is often used to measure a worker's or student's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in ...

  8. Goedeker's - Wikipedia

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    Polished.com Inc., formerly Goedeker's, was a large independent business that sold appliances, furniture, and home goods in the U.S., with a showroom in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, Goedeker’s has also sold their products through their website. It halted operations and intends to file for bankruptcy after efforts to refinance fell through.

  9. Teradyne - Wikipedia

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    Teradyne. Teradyne, Inc., is an American automatic test equipment (ATE) designer and manufacturer based in North Reading, Massachusetts. Teradyne's high-profile customers include Samsung, Qualcomm, Intel, Analog Devices, Texas Instruments and IBM.