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How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment That being said, the significant gap is that only 27 per cent [of respondents] consider that to be true in their companies. So providing those ideas, making sure that the other business leaders gain exposure to the fact... [18 Nov 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile She has been vocal about a national IT skills gap - flagging up how there are 140,000 IT vacancies each year yet only 12,000 computer science grads: numbers that don't... [29 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News Let's address this gap I see between the silver surfers and the Facebook generation," she said. But it warned the UK's potential around technology - and thus the potential of IT to drive... [23 Sep 2009]
Naked CIO: Top 10 reasons to be a CIO
Comment Despite what some say about the skills gap, Britain still has some of the best and most refreshing young IT minds in the world - and we get to work alongside them. Do the pros of being... [17 Aug 2009]
Pay gap: UK female execs better off in IT
News Writing in the report, Baroness Prosser of Battersea, chair of the Commission, said: "Not only do we need to see more action being taken to kick start the slow movement of the gender pay gap but also to ensure that we do... [30 Jul 2009]
Microsoft IT Academy Program Helps Malaysia Narrow ICT Skills Gap
White Paper To help address an acute and growing shortage of workers with strong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) skills, Microsoft is partnering with 20 institutions of higher learning across Malaysia to expand... [25 Jul 2009]
Take the silicon.com 2009 Skills Survey
News Highlights of last year's survey include the revelation that the gender pay gap is still alive and kicking in IT, with a third of women in the lowest wage bracket. silicon.com's annual... [25 Jun 2009]
Naked CIO: Don't make a business guy a techie
Comment This gap leads to getting the wrong skills in key positions. Part of the failing of technology within business organisations today is the gap between what organisations need to... [20 Apr 2009]
PC makers warming to OLPC's 'copy us' offer?
News According to Tan, vendors will be most interested in copying its price and optimised operating system - a gap that has not been properly addressed in the mini-notebook market yet. While the OLPC's endeavour would likely... [02 Mar 2009]
Editor's Blog: The footballing CIO
Comment Increasingly, organisations are looking outside of the IT department for their CIO, for someone who can bridge the gap between IT and the rest of the business - but this fusion of tech... [18 Feb 2009]
VoiceXML Application Development Life Cycle: Building Usable Voice User Interfaces
White Paper VoiceXML bridges the gap; it leverages the existing Web infrastructure and enables Web developers to build voice-enabled Web applications accessible from any telephone, by anyone, anywhere, anytime. This... [31 Jan 2009]
Is there a UK IT skills gap or not?
News Is there a UK IT skills gap or not? A large majority (72 per cent) of the survey respondents also reckon the skills gap is growing year-on-year. Asked... [23 Dec 2008]
Skills Survey 2008 in pictures
Photo See the full story on the IT gender pay gap. Has the IT skills crisis turned a corner? Results from the 10th annual silicon.com Skills Survey show a... [16 Dec 2008]
Inbox: Women still getting a rough deal on pay
Comment For those under 24 the gap was under five per cent, for those under 40 the gap was 10 per cent or less, for those over 50 the gap was 30 per cent or more. I agree with the previous... [07 Nov 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News The aim of the government is to plug the numbers gap between the 140k vacancies and the 12k IT graduates per annum. Rob Neil, head of ICT services, Ashford Borough Council said: "It's a... [13 Oct 2008]
