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Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News The more often you draw attention to the monitoring policy, and the more education and training you provide your staff about acceptable use, the better. Every office generates so much email, IM and internet traffic it's... [22 Oct 2009]
Where to make the biggest bucks working in IT
News Techies in these industries collect about £8,000 more than the £35,452 paid to their counterparts working in government, education and health, who are the lowest paid IT professionals. This discrepancy in salary is... [01 Oct 2009]
Google's $10m change-the-world prize: 16 themes chosen
News Enhance science and engineering education: "Users from many countries agreed that encouraging science education was an ideal way to [ensure] the brightest future for technology development itself. Google... [28 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 failure of the... [23 Sep 2009]
Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News Effective collaboration between the higher education sector, business and government will be critical to the UK's economic recovery and sustainable international competitiveness," Sam Laidlaw, chairman of the CBI higher... [21 Sep 2009]
Google Apps: Five million students getting a cloud education
News As well as targeting businesses, Google is also focusing its efforts on education as it seeks to increase its share of the office software market. According to the search giant, the millions of students using the... [09 Sep 2009]
No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News While some positions may require specific qualifications - particularly education roles - for many, it's the right frame of mind and personal skills that will make the difference. For some IT professionals, the... [25 Aug 2009]
Business BlackBerrys to get Google Apps
News The Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server is available for free to corporate Google Apps Premier and Education Editions customers, and must be implemented by an IT administrator. If your office has given... [24 Aug 2009]
Wikipedia parent gets $500,000 to improve user friendliness
News The enormous popularity of Wikipedia and its collaborative premise make the Wikimedia Foundation an ideal vehicle for spreading the open educational resources movement," Barbara Chow, director of the education program at... [21 Aug 2009]
Who will hold the offshoring crown in 2020?
News But today the new Indian education minister has proposed a public-private partnership in India's education system, where 2,500 model schools would be created, which is something we have been shouting... [14 Aug 2009]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News Tablets, in particular, are well suited for confined locations, so there is less need for carrying the device in your pocket, and areas where the screen size could be an advantage, such as medical, education, design and... [13 Aug 2009]
Offshoring is bad for IT skills, say UK tech chiefs
News I think offshoring IT has had a serious negative impact on the number of young people being attracted to the industry and seeking a higher education in technology-related subjects," he said, adding: "It is time to review... [28 Jul 2009]
Microsoft wants to be teacher's pet with new software deal
News The pilot, which is only available through Microsoft's education large account reseller partners, also allows schools to license Microsoft technology on a per user - rather than per device - basis. A spokeswoman for... [08 Jul 2009]
IT grads worst hit by recession
News In related news, a report by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa), looking at employment rates among last year's higher education leavers with known destinations, reveals computer science... [06 Jul 2009]
Google Apps employs global address book in business
News It was already possible to share templates for documents, presentations, forms or spreadsheets publicly, but on Wednesday Google allowed users of the Premier and Education editions of Google Apps to share such templates... [06 Jul 2009]
