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Women in IT 'a fifth worse off than men'
News Female techies face a pay gap of more than a fifth (around 21 per cent), according to Intellect, compared to a national average of 17 per cent. The majority of female IT workers still believe their wages don't match up... [30 Oct 2008]
HSBC job cuts to hit techies
News HSBC has confirmed IT workers will be hit by the 1,100 job cuts the bank announced on Friday, as fallout from the global credit crunch continues. The cuts will affect the bank's global banking and markets operation. [26 Sep 2008]
Intel gives vPro 'one button techies' makeover
News One new feature, Remote Alerts, will allow techies to remotely fix machines outside of the corporate firewall and dodge the need for in-person repairs. And in a move that could cause some consternation among support... [22 Sep 2008]
Wanted: Techies with mobile skills
News With the increasing infiltration of mobile devices and related applications in corporate networks, IT administrators in Asia may soon have to suit up with relevant skills to manage this growing trend. [22 Sep 2008]
Second Life sets techies on stability
News Writing on the official Second Life blog, senior VP of global technology at Linden Lab, Frank Ambrose, said the techies are focusing on the intra-grid network, asset storage clusters, central databases and host/transit... [15 Sep 2008]
Migration rules to fuel IT offshoring?
News Despite a well-documented domestic IT skills shortage - and projections of increasing demand for techies and telecoms workers over the coming years - IT staff have not been included on a draft list of 'shortages... [11 Sep 2008]
Work piles up for stressed out techies
News Work is piling up for stressed out techies when they go on holiday, with no one picking up the slack when they are away, according to the latest silicon.com reader poll. Everyone looks forward to their holiday and some... [27 Aug 2008]
Offshoring sends techies' wages up
News Things aren't so rosy for higher level techies. Mid-tier IT staff are seeing their wages take an upward tangent, thanks to a skills shortage spawned by offshoring and a lack of students opting for IT courses. [26 Aug 2008]
Don't ask about salary in an interview
News Pay is a topic close to everyone's heart but techies are being warned to avoid bringing up the big salary question in interviews if they want to impress. Graduates seeking a career in technology should instead focus on... [29 Jul 2008]
Techies swap BlackBerrys for the beach
News silicon.com readers say they will have no problem putting down their BlackBerrys and getting on with the sunbathing this summer. In our poll of more than 230 silicon.com readers, almost two thirds said they would leave their voicemail... [25 Jul 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News The first students to take a university degree in Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) have completed their studies, with a high proportion of the graduates achieving First Class honours. [24 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News Asked which technical skills are most useful for moonlighting techies, Sachdev said web design programming languages such as Java, Javascript, HTML, CSS and PHP are "very useful". Economic gloom and the rising cost of... [22 Jul 2008]
Techies kept awake at night
News Exhausted techies are getting by on just six hours and 30 minutes sleep per night, putting them at number six in the top 10 of sleep deprived professions - as judged by hotel chain Travelodge. IT workers suffer more... [01 Jul 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News Working from home - or when out and about with the help of a featherweight laptop - may seem to capture the spirit of the age but attitudes to work are far more Victorian in the IT department, a survey of techies has found. [25 Jun 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News MI5 is on the hunt for techies with killer design skills. Psst! The UK's security intelligence agency is looking to recruit enthusiastic IT architects to work in Central London with experience in "IT solutions design"... [23 Jun 2008]
