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Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News Economic gloom and the rising cost of living in the UK is making IT workers in full time employment take on extra work outside office hours. Freelance services website PeoplePerHour.com says it currently has 3,500 people offering work in at least... [22 Jul 2008]
The McCue Interview: Steven Bandrowczak, CIO, Nortel
Comment Being the CIO for a tech vendor can often be something of a double-edged sword. Sure, you get access to cutting-edge tech and some of the smartest engineers around but the nature of the business means you're often a beta guinea pig for all those... [01 Apr 2008]
Bored and underpaid? You're not alone…
News Take a good look at your IT department because the same old faces may not be around for much longer. The majority of tech workers are on the look out for a new job, according to the latest silicon.com reader poll - and they're likely to be dreaming... [17 Jan 2008]
British Energy hires new CIO
News British Energy has hired a new CIO to help the organisation drive greater efficiencies and cost savings out of its IT infrastructure. Derek Wilde joined British Energy as CIO from drinks-maker Allied Domecq this week and will be based at the... [07 Dec 2007]
Innov8ive Case Study: Allegis Group
White Paper Allegis is a leading international resourcing and IT services company. The company needed to provide Project Managers experienced in implementing complex technologies and working with methodologies such as PRINCE2 and ITIL. [04 Dec 2007]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment Just outside the window of Ian Campbell's desk in the open plan office at British Energy's Gloucester headquarters, a mother duck waddles by with her three chicks. A couple of weeks earlier, one might imagine they would have been floating by but... [13 Aug 2007]
E-auctions slash Whitehall buying costs
News New types of electronic procurement and increased use of project management tools are helping to drive down the cost of government procurement. The public sector spends £125bn per year on goods and services, from pens and paper to major... [25 Jan 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Prince2
Cheat Sheet Prince2? Has the diminutive popstar changed his name again? Funny. But no, it's got nothing to do with him. So what is Prince2 then? It is one of the most widely used project management methodologies around and stands for Projects IN a Controlled... [07 Nov 2006]
Prince 'more popular than Oasis'
News Project management certification Prince2 has become one of the most in-demand IT courses in Europe, with one trainer claiming the UK's first accelerated learning course sold out in less than two hours. [23 Aug 2005]
Sun Java System Platform and Architecture and Java Web Services Infrastructure Enables Easy Access to Government Services
White Paper Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) was created to direct the use of technology toward making government more accessible and accountable. A major initiative of GTA was to create a single point of electronic entry to all government agencies and... [16 Dec 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Programme management, car mobile ban and Office XML
Comment Many people are unclear about the difference between project management and the broader activity of programme management. No one should be confused about the purpose of programme management when we see examples of failed projects in the newspapers... [23 Nov 2003]
IT disasters: Project managers to blame
News Eight out of 10 IT projects fail - and it's all down to an unhealthy focus on project management at the expense of leadership. This claim, made this week in an article by former IT director and silicon.com columnist David Taylor, has sparked a... [23 Aug 2001]
The Director's Cut: Who needs managers anyway?
Comment Ebusiness, internet technology and new sexy acronyms may be dominating our strategy plans and thoughts for the future. However, as IT departments, we are still judged to a huge extent by our success at delivering projects. [22 Aug 2001]
