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RSS job in factConfusion over Granger's NHS departure
News Granger was still there in December, however, and the NHS said the former Andersen and Deloitte management consultant would leave his £280,000-a-year post at the end of 2007, after five years in the job. [15 Jan 2008]
Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time
News Noting that this is the first time since he was 17 that he doesn't have a full-time job at Microsoft, he asked: "What do you do on your last day? In automotive news, Gates will tout the fact Ford has sold 30,000 cars equipped with the Sync in-car... [07 Jan 2008]
From CIO to consultant: Knowing when to say no
Comment But at the time I was just starting out, trying to get my first clients and probably would have agreed to do pretty much any job to get a foot in the door. Don't get me wrong, it was for a very clued-up company - a simple job that I'm completely... [21 Nov 2007]
Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'
News Information security consultant David Lacey said reliance on university education to give the right balance of computer science skills necessary for a job in IT is inadequate. Young people need to become more enthused about science subjects and the... [22 Oct 2007]
How to build an IT department
Comment Everyone wants to do a good job but maybe it wasn't the job I wanted them to do. In fact when I joined [Unilever] everyone around me had in excess of 20 years and therefore it's a given proposition that for a number of people the conversation would... [17 Oct 2007]
Mobile roaming rates for Europe revealed
News EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement: "The fact that the picture is now complete does not mean that the job is done. At least one mobile operator in 23 out of the 27 EU Member States including the UK, will offer roaming... [24 Aug 2007]
IT's not broken but still needs fixing
Comment This suggests that in the real world, IT shops do an OK job, though their leadership knows things could be better. This belief persists, in spite of the fact that most organisations are doing quite well in the grand scheme of things. [14 Aug 2007]
Techies 'more unhappy than hairdressers'
News High-earning techies appear to be unhappy in their jobs despite the fact the research found earning more than £40,000 a year usually has a strong positive effect on job satisfaction. IT workers came 66th out of 81 professions ranked for job... [06 Aug 2007]
Why do public sector projects fail?
Comment These public sector technology catastrophes also attract a good deal of negative publicity - this can do serious amounts of damage to the organisation's reputation and dent stakeholder and taxpayer confidence in the ability of the organisation to... [24 Jul 2007]
The Power of Currency: Achieving High Performance With Right-Time Information
White Paper Whether it's a trader, investment manager, risk or compliance officer or back-office staff, each job depends on ready access to the relevant data at time of need. In an industry whose stock in trade is information, there is perhaps no greater need... [19 Jul 2007]
How to stop your best tech staff from being poached
News He said: "The key is to make sure that the job is interesting and challenging, and that people can see their careers developing. Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services at Ashford Borough Council, said: "Staff churn is remarkably low, probably... [28 Jun 2007]
In brief: NHS IT chief to leave, Facebook "fogies", Vodafone wireless price cuts
News Granger said in a statement: "My decision should be seen in the context of the changing role of the centre of the NHS and the fact that when I took on this challenge I said I would give this job five years. [18 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.06.07
Round-Up The Round-Up joined the fun about halfway through the run, which ended this week, to see which desperate wannabes were vying for a job at Amstrad, the forgotten name of the UK technology industry. Perhaps Sugar and the Beeb are aware that winning a... [15 Jun 2007]
Women in IT: Welcome or not?
News Taylor said she felt she had to work to convince prospective employers she had the technical know-how to do the job because of her gender and the fact there were so few women in technical roles - although she conceded perceptions of women "have... [13 Jun 2007]
Second Life - outsourcing's next frontier?
News Unusually, perhaps, it turned out that the best man for the job was an enormous rabbit, and one which wanted to be paid in an electronic currency that didn't exist a few years ago. When PA Consulting wanted to build an extra wing for its offices... [12 Jun 2007]
