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RSS business skillsFull steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Peter Mandelson has reiterated the government's 'three strikes and you're out' plan to cut off illegal file-sharers' internet access. Speaking at a... [29 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Some of the reasons an organisation might want to monitor staff use of email and internet sound obvious - assessing skills or performance or keeping tabs on time spent on non-work activities, for instance, or preventing... [22 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment University programmes are research and theory-based - and thus not practically applicable to modern business and challenges. Know-how also varies greatly depending on the environment and discipline - and the generalist... [12 Oct 2009]
How to grow tech businesses during a recession
Comment IT companies can be very technically oriented and efforts to deliver outstanding products are often at the expense of developing a clear business strategy. Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den judge James Caan explains how to... [06 Oct 2009]
Security Compliance in a Virtual World: Best Practices to Build a Solid Foundation
White Paper As skills are mastered, organizations will be able to virtualize systems, and auditors will assess those systems with increased confidence. The benefits of virtualization are transforming how IT enables... [05 Oct 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile As CEO of e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for business and information technology, it's Karen Price's job to nurture and grow the nation's IT skills. The Agenda... [29 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News But it warned the UK's potential around technology - and thus the potential of IT to drive economic recovery - is being held back by the current crop of business leaders who are failing to 'get IT', and also by the... [23 Sep 2009]
The right skills to boost your pay packet unveiled
News That's on average £1,001 more per year than techies boasting skills in consulting and business services - the next best-paid set of IT management workers with an average annual salary of £57,790. Matt... [22 Sep 2009]
Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News While the CBI report also notes the recession has "undoubtedly" reduced the number of IT jobs available, it adds: "There is a strong demand from the business community for graduates and postgraduates with Stem... [21 Sep 2009]
Hospital Revenue Cycle Management: Coordinating Data for Clean Claims and Better Service
White Paper Together, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) remove the burden of tracking and organizing, inform workers when tasks require special attention, and let employees focus their... [19 Sep 2009]
Human-Centered Business Process Management
White Paper The paper presents a business process development method that considers human actions and skills up front and then fills in information technology functions to support them. This approach is suitable for... [16 Sep 2009]
Photos: Game over for boring business training
Photo The online version of the game posts the player's score on the web, allowing trainees to compare their business skills. Kevin Farrar, skills leader for IBM UK and Ireland - which funded... [08 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.09.09
Round-Up A common gripe of the CIOs is that the universities aren't producing graduates with the right mix of skills for business, which is even more depressing considering they're competing for a diminishing... [04 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News According to the Business Software Alliance (BSA), there is plenty of scope for finance chiefs to be more involved with software licensing. CFOs can also help their IT counterparts by making sure the IT department has... [04 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News The skills shortfall appears to be worsening: while the latest CIO Jury, two-thirds of the panel felt graduates did not have the right skills for business, in 2007 only a third of the... [02 Sep 2009]
