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RSS industry turnsCredit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News However the extent of this phenomenon is unclear - tech recruitment industry body the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) for one said it has not seen any evidence of IT contractors taking on extra work... [22 Jul 2008]
One of the World's Leading Financial Custody Solution Providers Turns to BMC Software for Best-Practice IT Service Management
White Paper Information Mosaic is a global provider of advanced custody solutions to the global and domestic investor services industry. The company needed a Service Management solution to help comply with regulatory and... [11 Jul 2008]
IT teacher applications continue to decline
News At the start of the year, industry sector skills body, e-skills UK, predicted 140,000 new IT and telecoms workers will be needed annually to satisfy the industry's demand for increasingly skilled staff. [01 Jul 2008]
Microsoft SQL Server Migration Pays Big Dividends for SAP/ERP Customers
White Paper They move products, place orders, assist in decision-making, track projects, and support numerous industry-specific needs. The task now turns to optimizing the management of these environments by... [29 Mar 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday
Comment Alphabet soups of acronyms do nothing to endear the customer to the industry, he tells us, and merely spread confusion's pestilence which is, of course, terrible for business. The industry must do its... [13 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: If you want to know about Microsoft-Yahoo!...
Comment It's often the case, when a big tech news story impinges on the consciousness of the broadcast media, silicon.com gets called in to provide the industry experts who can explain what it all means. And that's why in the... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: When tech chiefs rock out...
Photo Not quite a pop star with a tech exec, but at the annual 3GSM mobile industry gathering in 2006 R'n'B crooner Craig David (pictured) entertained the audience in a 'fireside chat' interview after singing one of his songs. [22 Jan 2008]
How to baseline power consumption
Comment Even vendors suggest that the computer industry has yet to solve this problem. Unless that CIO knows how much energy the computers are using to begin with, the question becomes difficult to answer, which... [14 Dec 2007]
Microsoft spikes controversial anti-Linux ads
News Microsoft already has a huge market lead over Linux, which has led industry observers to say the company is stifling the development of open source software. It turns out people wanted third-party... [28 Aug 2007]
$100 laptop gets set for mass production
News This is the opposite of what the PC industry does traditionally. The screen, which OLPC claims is bright enough to read in sunlight, stays on while the rest of the motherboard turns off, saving energy. [24 Jul 2007]
Why hiring consultants is like getting drunk on whisky
News He said consultants provide managers with a scapegoat if the situation turns sour but a way to take credit if the right consultant is employed and gets the right result. When a recent silicon.com CIO Jury asked if... [27 Jun 2007]
Would you credit it? The debit card turns 20
News According to figures from industry group Apacs, 143 purchases are made with them every second, accounting for 6.8 billion transactions per year. The debit card is 20 years old this weekend. With the launch of the... [01 Jun 2007]
Q&A: Kimmo Alkio, CEO, F-Secure
News Kimmo Alkio, CEO of F-Secure, recently rejoined the antivirus vendor from fellow Finnish company Nokia.silicon.com recently caught up with Alkio to discuss the security landscape, how governments should handle hackers, the need for a... [01 Jun 2007]
Opinion: Global services' level playing-field
Comment Our new book has taken Thomas Friedman's notion of the 'flat world' and moved a step further, identifying how the information technology industry now underpins an enormous potential for services to be delivered remotely. [02 May 2007]
India diary, day 10: Lost in Pune
Comment In February silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad to explore the exploding Indian offshore tech and BPO industry. After enjoying a few wrong... [13 Mar 2007]
