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UK contact centres up there with world's priciest
News Attrition remains a global problem, with agents being tempted away by the plethora of opportunities in other industries in India and Mexico and centres poaching agents off each in other in the crowded Philippine market. [20 Jun 2008]
"Boring" school IT curriculum slammed
News Deep technical skills are required to support the IT industry proper, which is not the same as learning the basic ICT skills that employees in all industries need nowadays, said MacKinnon. He called on the government to provide tax breaks and... [17 Jun 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks break down
News Google chief executive Eric Schmidt likened the deal to ones in other industries where rivals find ways to co-operate even as they compete. finally, formally failed and Yahoo! said it would let Google sell search ads on its site. [13 Jun 2008]
SMS snitch pilot targets knife crime in schools
News The system is a joint venture between mobile transaction network mBlox and Anderson Software, LLC, which makes software apps for law enforcement, US Homeland Security and emergency management industries. [03 Jun 2008]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News The UK must do more to attract foreign skilled workers if homegrown high tech knowledge industries are to flourish in an era of increasing globalisation. The Work Foundation report notes that up-skilling native workers, while important, will not in... [02 Jun 2008]
EC backs tech for green future
News It wants the IT industry to play a leading role by reducing its own carbon dioxide output but also by developing technologies that would help other industries do the same. The European Commission (EC) is backing the use of technology to cut carbon... [15 May 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News At the end of last week the parliament voted through two reports on the cultural industries. People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has... [14 Apr 2008]
Google CIO to join digital music realm
News Haddad says: "It's a digital world and if they [music companies] can't pull the heavyweights in that have been successful in other industries they're never going to get it right for their industry. Google CIO Douglas Merrill is leaving Google to... [03 Apr 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News Also swelling the fast-growing ranks of supporters are a former chief security advisor to the White House and IT bosses from two industries heavily targeted by online criminals, financial services and gambling. [14 Mar 2008]
Security skills top IT chiefs' wish-lists
News The results also reveal there is a significant skills gap in countries, including the UK, with established IT industries. 'Safety first' is still the motto written in sweat above the door of IT departments everywhere but research suggests change is... [13 Mar 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News Darling said that the UK was second only to the US for the strength of its knowledge-based industries and that high tech manufacturing had grown by 30 per cent in the last decade. The technology industry has pledged to fight for a share of a public... [12 Mar 2008]
Police e-crime funding set for green light?
News McMurdie said the unit would also allow forces to share expertise, provide a national bank of contacts in high tech industries, allow businesses and the public to report cyber crime centrally using the Metropolitan Police's Stirling website and... [12 Mar 2008]
Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts?
News The survey polled 2,000 IT pros in various industries in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. Concern over 'risky' remote workers is fuelling security spending. [11 Mar 2008]
Power shortages squeeze London's data centres
News BT leases 6,000 square metres of data centre space within London, and 27 data centres across the UK, where it processes information for government departments and major players in the finance, telecommunication and retail industries. [27 Feb 2008]
Vodafone boosts apprenticeship scheme
News The government-backed scheme offers young people a mixture of on and off the job training at employers in a variety of industries, enabling them to gain qualifications such as an NVQ while drawing a wage of at least £80 per week. [25 Feb 2008]
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