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Indian techies snubbing US jobs in favour of home
News Indian tech graduates are increasingly turning their back on western countries in favour of finding work at home. Graduates from the Indian Institutes of Technology so called 'IITians' told Evalueserve that India was fast catching up with the US... [29 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: Bryant University
White Paper Unfortunately, maintaining this service for graduates wasn't economically feasible for the university. Bryant University heard from many alumni that they wanted to keep using the same Microsoft Exchange Server-based messaging solution that they had... [16 Apr 2008]
Help Desk Renaissance: A New Understanding of the Importance of Technical Support Services
White Paper These issues include an increase in technological frustration by American consumers, a back lash of American consumers against companies using foreign call centers, a reduction of experienced workers as the "Baby boomers" retire, and an... [11 Apr 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo The company hired 15,000 engineering graduates in the last year alone and the starting salary for those recruits is around $750 per month. The company is expanding so fast that the company must induct and start to train 300 to 350 new graduates... [02 Apr 2008]
India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs
News Key factors in the choice of location will be local access to science and engineering graduates and government tax breaks. Indian IT giant Wipro is set to create hundreds of new jobs in the UK by taking advantage of government tax breaks and... [20 Mar 2008]
UK 'seriously underestimating' tech skills crisis
News Azim Premji, chairman of Bangalore-based Wipro, said poor maths education from primary school onwards is one of the fundamental causes of the shortage of science and engineering graduates in Western countries. [18 Mar 2008]
Are foreign imports hurting the UK tech industry?
News Swain said there has been a lot of soul searching about the recent decline in the number of computer science graduates from UK universities but added: "Is it any wonder so few students are choosing IT when entry-level jobs are being sent offshore... [12 Mar 2008]
'Generation Facebook' IT skills wasted at work
News According to the research, the majority (85 per cent) of school leavers and university graduates learnt to use PowerPoint software while in education but only slightly more than a third (39 per cent) reported using it at work. [03 Mar 2008]
Italian University Reduces IT Support Costs by More Than One-Tenth
White Paper It has 70 teachers and 450 students, offering specialist graduates to local agribusiness. The Arrigo Serpieri Institute of Higher Education in Agricultural Technology is located in Bologna, Italy. They needed a more efficient solution that didn't... [28 Feb 2008]
IT Consulting Firms Expand Capacity by Recruiting College Graduates
White Paper Faced with a dearth of available, well-trained IT professionals, some partners have extended their organizational growth model by hiring and training new college graduates, in addition to experienced professionals. [08 Feb 2008]
Law firm beefs up search power
Case Study She explained that the recent influx of graduates was influential in bringing in the technology. European law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has improved access to its vast wealth of legal knowledge with an upgraded web-based search system. [18 Jan 2008]
Which cities top the wealth league?
News These areas have low numbers of graduates, relatively low pay and low skill levels, according to The Work Foundation. The rise of high tech 'knowledge' jobs is helping break down England's traditional North/South wealth dynamic. [07 Jan 2008]
NHS trusts outsource financials and procurement IT
News As part of the deal, the two organisations will implement a two-year graduate recruitment programme, where graduates spend the first year at IB Solutions, before going in-house with the NEP. A consortium of NHS trusts and Strategic Health... [21 Dec 2007]
Top 10 skills stories of the year
News The quality of computer science graduates is falling, according to results from this year's silicon.com Skills Survey. Tech skills issues were never far from the headlines in 2007. Age-old debates turning up the volume this year include the IT... [17 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... 'me hearties shun Vista… techies on the move?… bosses out of tune
Comment Most universities have moved away from teaching essential and widely used skills like COBOL, leaving the graduates without skills to replace these retiring experts. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest... [06 Dec 2007]
