October 16, 2006 10:55 AM

Mass. software, hardware firms growing, hiring
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 10:55 AM

Welcome news from today's Globe about the rebounding local tech sector:

Employment in professional and business services, comprising a variety of tech firms, has grown a healthy 2 percent in the last year, twice the rate of overall employment growth in Massachusetts, according to the state Department of Workforce Development. Makers of technology products are bucking the trend of job losses in manufacturing and adding jobs -- more than 3,000 in the last year. Massachusetts tech exports are surging; foreign sales of semiconductor manufacturing and testing equipment nearly doubled in the past year.

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