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News ABI Research's principal analyst Dominique Bonte said business applications of LBS, such as asset and vehicle tracking and workforce management, will become an important revenue generator for carriers in the future as more companies look to deploy... [17 Jul 2008]
Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study
News Shadbolt explained BT is keen to boost knowledge within its own workforce especially with the company likely to deliver more and more content via the web in the near future. The study of web science is being promoted by a group of top academics to... [14 Jul 2008]
TCS employs another 350 in UK
News The centres will be fully up and running in a couple of months and will boost TCS' 5,000-strong UK workforce. An Indian outsourcer is opening two development centres in the UK that will employ 350 people. [27 Jun 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News Beijing also has a highly skilled workforce, supported by a strong education network. Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal global delivery location for businesses, according to a new report from IDC. [27 Jun 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News Around half of the 141,000 new entrants to the IT sector every year come from disciplines outside tech, according to the BCS, and more than a quarter (43,000) are people re-entering the workforce after a career break, early retirement or... [20 Jun 2008]
HP shakes up printing division
News The company would not comment on whether jobs cuts would accompany the reorganisation but an HP spokesman told The New York Times and San Jose Mercury News that a "rebalancing" of its workforce would be likely to occur. [19 Jun 2008]
Orange to cut 450 jobs
News The jobs are due to go in admin, management and support operations in an effort to streamline the workforce to "improve responsiveness" and "remove duplication". But the mobile and broadband operator also plans to add up to 500 jobs to its customer... [04 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News Invest NI emphasises the strengths of value for money, strong skills and a flexible workforce that cannot be matched elsewhere in the UK as reasons why companies should invest there rather than other UK tech hubs such as Reading or Cambridge. [02 Jun 2008]
BCS signs up to e-Skills body
News Jan Muehlfeit, e-Skills ILB co-chair and chairman Microsoft Europe, said: "As a leading, ICT-learned society, BCS is well qualified to bring an independent and objective perspective, fostering 21st-century e-skills and digital literacy for the EU... [29 May 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Cruz said the rise of a mobile workforce - "mobile professionals" - presents an opportunity for enterprise software makers "to bridge that gap and provide another channel and make sure that we're bringing the power of enterprise software - the... [14 May 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News Intellect said getting more talented and skilled individuals into the workforce by developing better links with the educators and trainers of the workforce, was one of six key boosters needed to stimulate the industry. [14 May 2008]
Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?
News They are looking for growth opportunities that come from having access to critical skills and a highly motivated workforce. Global outsourcing has moved past corporate penny pinching according to industry experts. [12 May 2008]
Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Secretan said: "We are fast approaching the government's target of reducing CO2 emissions by 12.5 per cent by 2010.We have to make the capability available to our workforce to embrace sustainability. Government IT is undergoing a major shift as... [09 May 2008]
Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for eight million more
News Currently 90 per cent of the industry's workforce are based in India's top seven ITO and BPO cities but the report says this will drop to 75 per cent over the next decade as employers turn to smaller alternatives. [06 May 2008]
Males in tech willing to show off their wad
News An even larger proportion of the 1,000 IT workers surveyed, 68 per cent, say senior managers should be forced to tell the workforce their salaries. The gender pay gap persists, and businesses that neglect to address it are risking alienating half... [02 May 2008]
