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The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up That's according to a study from Corizon of more than 2,000 consumers that promised to reveal regional, gender and age differences in the way Brits express their frustration with contact centres. We British love our... [23 Oct 2009]
Mobile operators: Tune in to the customer
Comment It's important to note, however, that mobile users are not homogenous in regards to propensity to pay, and factors such as age and gender can have a big impact. As mobile operators look for returns on their vast array of... [05 Aug 2009]
CIOs, consultants, IT pros: How much are you worth?
News In related news, the government's Women and Work Commission has found progress on closing the UK's gender pay gap has stalled. How much money can an IT helpdesk worker in London expect to take home on average? [31 Jul 2009]
Pay gap: UK female execs better off in IT
News Progress on gender pay equality in the UK has stalled, says the government's Women and Work Commission (WWC) but senior female tech workers at least have reason to smile, according to new research. Writing in the report,... [30 Jul 2009]
BBC's iPlayer is mobile's most wanted
News The survey also found that gender informs hardware choice, with Samsung mobiles being twice as popular with women than men - but the reverse being true for the iPhone and BlackBerry. Auntie's iPlayer is the most desired... [13 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. How is the UK's IT workforce faring in today's economic... [25 Jun 2009]
Coming soon: Ads that know if you're male or female
News Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) has developed a gender-recognition system that could change the way advertising works in future. However, unlike the face-detection software found in... [19 Jun 2009]
Tony Mather
CIO Profile He sits on the FCO Board, and is board champion for gender diversity. Tony Mather is CIO of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, signing up for civil service in March 2007 after being hired in from the private sector as... [03 Jun 2009]
Are Men 'Cleverer' Than Women?: Deconstructing the Dogma of Female Intellectual Inferiority
White Paper This paper analyses discourses surrounding gender and the politics of Intelligence Quotient (IQ). This text is linked to contemporary research on I.Q.and reflects the complex and subtle discursive work surrounding... [01 May 2009]
'If Google decided to misbehave there'd be big trouble'
Comment 2008 Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov speaks to silicon.com about her research and hot issues from security to gender gaps. The winner of the 2008 ACM AM Turing Award for lasting and major technical contributions to... [08 Apr 2009]
Skills Survey 2008 in pictures
Photo See the full story on how the sexes are split on how to fix IT gender imbalance. See the full story on the IT gender pay gap. See the full story here. Picture credit: CBS Interactive When it comes to the... [16 Dec 2008]
Financial sector worst hit by IT skills shortage
News Sexes split on how to fix IT gender imbalance The financial services industry remains the most hampered by an IT skills shortage, according to the 2008 silicon.com Skills Survey. More than half (54 per cent) of... [15 Dec 2008]
Teaching Council Leverages Pervasive Intelligence to Optimize Reporting on Teachers and Teaching in Ireland
White Paper Teaching Council wanted to streamline the production of statutory annual statistics digest detailing the number, age, gender, grade, and specialty of all registered teachers and respond efficiently to detailed, complex... [10 Dec 2008]
Is the UK tech industry ageist?
News Sexes split on how to fix IT gender imbalance The majority of UK tech workers think their industry is ageist and firmly believe if you're aged over 40 getting an IT job is an uphill struggle. Just over half (52 per cent)... [09 Dec 2008]
Do we really need more women in IT?
Comment Let's not forget: gender balance outside IT is likely to be much better than a one-to-five ratio and, in many business arenas, it's getting better still. In the end, does it matter there's a gender... [01 Dec 2008]
