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News People who have left education in the last three years have strong confidence in their IT skills but the organisations they work for are not always making the most of this skill-set, according to database software company FileMaker which...
[03 Mar 2008]
News Two columns provoking much debate this month are this one where the Naked CIO rails against arrogant job applicants who lack right skills, and this one on the political pitfalls of supplying home workers with fancy equipment.
[28 Feb 2008]
News Dave Girouard, general manager of Google's enterprise unit, said: "Creating a team website has always been too complicated, requiring dedicated hardware and software, as well as programming skills. Google has said it is offering a simple website...
[28 Feb 2008]
News If you have Oracle skills 2008 could be something of a jackpot year with contractors in short supply as demand ramps up over the next 12 months, says IT recruitment company Technojobs. Oracle's success in growing its software business last year is...
[27 Feb 2008]
News Robinson told silicon.com Big Red has been running apprenticeship schemes in partnership with the government's Learning and Skills Council for around four years - and currently has about 1,600 apprentices across the business.
[25 Feb 2008]
News Other recommendations ignored included increasing resources and skills for the police to deal with internet-based crime and the reversal of the requirement that victims of online card fraud report the crime to their banks rather than to the police.
[22 Feb 2008]
News There are more people and products available with those skills and we don't have to worry about the underlying technology. The use of open source is on the rise in the corporate IT environment as organisations look to cut the cost of developing and...
[22 Feb 2008]
News Gartner says the rise of a so-called 'Generation Virtual' - defined by their preference for the use of digital media channels - means companies will need new skills and techniques to engage with consumers.
[20 Feb 2008]
News More than half (58 per cent) said long hours means they also don't have the spare time to develop new skills. Working long hours is having a negative impact on many UK tech workers as it hits morale and cuts into valuable leisure time.
[18 Feb 2008]
News The IT sector is suffering its worst shortage of skills for a decade, according to new figures. The report warns employers to budget for increased training, with 73 per cent of those who said there was a need for new skills planning to get hold of...
[11 Feb 2008]
News The skills shortage could be set to take a turn for the worse if an early year drop in the number of students applying for postgraduate IT teacher training courses continues. The latest figures show students applying to do a Post Graduate...
[07 Feb 2008]
News The findings reflect the views of silicon.com's CIO Jury which agreed techies lack the business and leadership skills to operate at board level. Check out silicon.com's guide to the top five CIO skills.
[06 Feb 2008]
News President of Indian IT industry group Nasscom, Som Mittal, said the association plans to open a further six cyber labs to provide technology training for police in places such as Calcutta and Delhi, and 220,000 tech employees have already signed...
[06 Feb 2008]
News Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director at publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said outsourcing only usually saves money by reducing resource requirements, although benefits can include better experience and access to technical and management skills.
[31 Jan 2008]
News But if in fact I could walk up to the virtual support desk and meet the avatar of the virtual support person which would then find somebody in the company that has the right skills to actually help me that could become of great value.
[31 Jan 2008]
News Inevitably the post-Christmas January blues prompts many people into looking for a new career or job and recruitment agencies predicted a healthy flow of new candidates and continued high demand for tech skills in this analysis of the 2008 IT job...
[30 Jan 2008]
News That's according to research from industry skills body e-skills UK, which notes computing student numbers in the UK are falling - down 50 per cent in the last five years. Meanwhile, the number of women in the sector is falling - down to just one in...
[29 Jan 2008]
News A new Masters level fast-track training programme has been launched to boost the skills of the next generation of IT professionals in the UK. The IT Professional Development Programme (IT PDP) has been developed by employers, universities and IT...
[24 Jan 2008]
News He added IT will play a larger role as it can help deliver the level of education required by the government's Children's Plan and give pupils the skills they increasingly need for the world of work. Microsoft will invest $235.5m over the next five...
[23 Jan 2008]
News Skills Survey Find out the exclusive results of silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey: & The company said bookings for its ComDepTIA's A+ and Network+ courses - which provide skills for a variety of desktop support and admin roles - are up 45 per...
[17 Jan 2008]
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