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PC vendors under the microscope
News Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis for The NPD Group said: "Obviously the more diversified your product selection is the more chance you have to be positively impacted by whatever sectors... [17 Nov 2008]
When CIOs tighten their belts, what feels the squeeze?
News It's not just the banks that suffer - anything that involves liquidity problems permeates through all industry sectors. Offshore IT services and software companies are likely to be among the few to... [02 Oct 2008]
UK climbs IT competitiveness rankings
News The US maintained its number-one ranking in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU's) How technology sectors grow: Benchmarking IT industry competitiveness 2008 report, but the UK jumped one place, to... [17 Sep 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News The survey suggests that many women will be attracted by the impact that IT projects have in other sectors and areas of life, while the men tend to like the technical projects. If IT is to plug its skills gap by... [23 Jun 2008]
Global BPO market to hit $450bn by 2012
News The credit crunch will hasten organisations move offshore, as companies look to reduce costs and buy their way into emerging growth markets, particularly in the financial services and telecoms sectors, the report says. [16 Jun 2008]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News Gardner said in a statement: "We believe it's imperative that private and public sectors continue to work together - industry, government and academia - in innovative ways to expand the available skill... [11 Jun 2008]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News That's the warning from not-for-profit research organisation, The Work Foundation, which has called on politicians and policymakers to do more to address looming pressures in the labour market as demand for knowledge workers in... [02 Jun 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News Other boosters needed identified in the report were getting higher professional standards in the sector; improved trust and confidence in the sector's ability to deliver value securely; better exploitation of innovation; an improved... [14 May 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News The deal will strengthen HP's services business across the gamut of IT and business process outsourcing sectors, serving a wide range of public and private companies. Together, we will be a stronger business partner,... [13 May 2008]
UK tech has 12 years to help save the planet
News The report identifies 26 different technologies that can be applied by other sectors of the economy to reduce their carbon emissions. The UK technology industry has just 12 years to slash its rapidly... [12 Feb 2008]
2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?
News We're doing lots of recruitment in the commercial and FMCG sectors, and they're all busy," he added. The industry is still busy and there are no signs of it slowing down," he told silicon.com, adding:... [10 Jan 2008]
Tech key to vital healthcare savings
News But it claims European e-health systems are lagging behind other service sectors, despite substantial research and development investment. An EC spokesman for enterprise and industry, said: "The... [09 Jan 2008]
IT managers getting their staff down
News She also pointed to the fact that when it comes to sensing they are helping organisations achieve their goals, IT managers can have a lower sense of achievement than managers from some other sectors. How the staffing... [12 Dec 2007]
LinkedIn takes a leaf out of Facebook
News LinkedIn said a number of other companies across a broad range of industry sectors have also expressed an interest in developing their own apps and more partners are expected to be announced soon.... [11 Dec 2007]
Financial institutions hurt by homegrown tech?
News According to a survey of 103 IT managers and senior leaders in the retail banking, investment banking and insurance sectors compiled by applications management company Managed Objects, just under a third of respondents... [23 Oct 2007]
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