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RSS skills in news'Don't just outsource the problem when you outsource IT'
News The outsourcer is being contracted to provide skills and expertise but the local authority still needs to provide vital input from its service areas into defining, training and testing systems," the report said. [10 Nov 2009]
Full steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Peter Mandelson has reiterated the government's 'three strikes and you're out' plan to cut off illegal file-sharers' internet access. Speaking at a cabinet creative... [29 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Some of the reasons an organisation might want to monitor staff use of email and internet sound obvious - assessing skills or performance or keeping tabs on time spent on non-work activities, for instance, or preventing... [22 Oct 2009]
Where to make the biggest bucks working in IT
News Karen Price, CEO of e-skills UK, said salaries for IT roles across all sectors still compare favourably to those of other professions. IT workers chasing the big bucks should pay close attention to which sector they... [01 Oct 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]
The right skills to boost your pay packet unveiled
News Thinking of brushing up on your IT skills? According to new research, techies working in IT management should consider brushing up on their outsourcing expertise: those with skills in that area make the... [22 Sep 2009]
Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News While the CBI report also notes the recession has "undoubtedly" reduced the number of IT jobs available, it adds: "There is a strong demand from the business community for graduates and postgraduates with Stem skills,... [21 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News CFOs can also help their IT counterparts by making sure the IT department has sufficient human and financial resources so that the right skills and processes are in place to avoid software compliance issues arising in... [04 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News Broadly speaking, the role of staff in our IT department is to work with the business to deliver the systems that the business requires… so when looking for IT graduates we are looking for technical skills, leadership... [02 Sep 2009]
File-sharers' internet access could be cut off
News The plans, announced by Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, would see ISPs tasked with suspending internet access for users suspected of copyright infringement. Illegal file-sharers could see... [25 Aug 2009]
No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News Repeat volunteer Don Carney, agrees: "I don't think technical skills matter so much as the willingness to pick up a tool and see how it can be made most effective. While some positions may require specific qualifications... [25 Aug 2009]
Singularity University: Where today's tech titans teach the next generation
News Ismail said there were three main criteria for selection: students who already had top-level academic rigor and who are already at the top of their respective fields; those who have demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurial... [21 Aug 2009]
Who will hold the offshoring crown in 2020?
News The primary cause is the quality of communications and language skills, the second is that some people are not educated well enough to be able to serve a multinational corporation. In an exclusive interview, silicon.com... [14 Aug 2009]
IT unemployment hits five-year high
News Unemployment in the IT and telecoms industry has hit a five-year high, new research from industry skills body e-skills has found. The economy may be showing its first green shoots but the IT industry... [06 Aug 2009]
Electronic driving instructors puts thousands of bus drivers through their paces
News The idea is that drivers will be motivated to keep the light green and in the process will learn to improve their driving skills. First UK Bus - the UK's largest bus operator - is to install new technology to monitor how... [04 Aug 2009]
