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News Now here's the good news: whatever job cuts occur in the technology sector in the coming months, they're unlikely to be as deep or as lasting as the cuts that occurred during the dot-com bust, according to statistics... [21 Oct 2008]
CIOs having night sweats over job security
News According to data from analyst house Gartner, global economic problems are impacting IT budgets - however the analyst does not believe the IT industry is in for reductions as large as those seen during the dot-com bust. [14 Oct 2008]
Online shopping reaches £4.8bn
News Online shopping revenues in the UK rose, month-on-month, by 11 per cent to £4.8bn in July. According to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index the amount spent online rose, despite a shrink in disposable income,... [20 Aug 2008]
IT contractors upbeat about work
News Unlike during the last recession, which was so inextricably linked to the dot-com boom and bust, this time around IT is at the very heart of every successful business. IT contractors are upbeat about job prospects... [20 Feb 2008]
Contractors choose lifestyle over money
News A recent study by the Association of Technology Staffing Companies found strong demand for contractors skilled in Bluetooth and dot-mobi tools that allow websites to be tailored for mobile devices, as well as in the... [20 Nov 2007]
Skills crisis? What skills crisis?
News He blamed the end of the dot-com boom "in IT attractiveness" for a drop in the number of graduates, and said new technologies make it much easier to integrate teams working around the world. The UK is... [15 Oct 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News He said: "One explanation is that since 1998/99 the IT industry has benefited from a dot-com bubble of attractiveness that peaked in 2002/03, and is now past its high point. The UK is not suffering from... [11 Oct 2007]
DoS attack could shut down the net
News Denial of service attacks are growing faster than bandwidth is being added to the internet, according to VeriSign, the company that administers the dot-com domain. Many public sector organisations in the... [26 Sep 2007]
iPhone to fuel contractor shortage
News Ann Swain, Atsco CEO, said this is the fastest year-on-year rise in pay rates for contractors in the telecoms sector since the dot-com collapse of 2000. There is also strong demand from recruiters for developers skilled... [28 Aug 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, BBC iPlayer, BlackBerrys and spam
News This was the only truly innovative proposal for a new sponsored top-level domain (TLD) - dot-mail - but it has made no progress while other proposed TLDs have - for example dot-jobs and... [24 Jul 2007]
Banks waging global tech talent war
News Financial services firms are fighting a global battle to attract the best IT executives as demand for the top tech leadership skills hits dot-com boom levels on the back of increased investment in technology. [20 Jul 2007]
dotMobi hands out free domains for cities
News London is one of 650 cities around the world that has been offered a free dot-mobi domain by the organisation behind the mobile-friendly domain name extension drive. Now there's been enough awareness of... [11 Jul 2007]
Web 2.0 whipping up a developer frenzy
News Another factor driving demand is undersupply, according to ATSCo - a result of fewer IT graduates filtering into the job market in the wake of the dot-com crash. Web developers are now among the most sought-after IT... [10 Jul 2007]
Six-millionth dot-uk domain sold
News UK businesses setting up online are choosing dot-uk domains in preference to anonymous dot-com addresses, according to domain registry Nominet, which sold the... [09 Jul 2007]
Happy birthday silicon.com - nine today
News Launched back on 6 July 1998, silicon.com has weathered the storms of the dot-com boom and come out the other side as a leading publication covering business and technology issues.silicon.com editor and site director... [06 Jul 2007]
