technical skills
RSS technical skillsIT skills shortage squashed by recession?
News As with previous years, the non-technical skills in shortest supply are project management, followed by leadership and knowledge of sector. The importance of having both business and... [25 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment It involves a complex mix of technical and business skills - and I think most organisations will have little choice but to rely on vendors and particularly their channels to help tie everything together. [17 Nov 2009]
Implementing Cisco's Web 2.0 Collaboration Technologies
White Paper This white paper explains why the only real variable remaining in many organizations is the knowledge and skills of technical staff to intelligently implement collaboration to create a true benefit in... [03 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment Know-how also varies greatly depending on the environment and discipline - and the generalist education is woefully inept at preparing young minds to apply technical skills in specialised environments. [12 Oct 2009]
How to grow tech businesses during a recession
Comment In the case of small firms, you may find yourself in front of a director with a good grasp of business but limited technical knowledge. Sixty-five per cent of Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, started in a... [06 Oct 2009]
The right skills to boost your pay packet unveiled
News This means there is a demand for IT professionals with high levels of technical skills and business acumen. It's easier to teach somebody the technical pieces than it is to teach them to... [22 Sep 2009]
Cranfield University Embeds SAS in a Clinical Research MSc, Providing High Calibre Scientists for Industry
White Paper The challenge was to provide life sciences and pharmaceuticals with expert personnel who combine technical and computing skills with scientific skills, and making graduates more... [19 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News The biggest problem for Neil Hammond, head of IT at British Sugar, is finding university leavers with a broad enough range of both technical and other skills. It's surprisingly hard to find graduates... [02 Sep 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... [25 Aug 2009]
Using Business Software in Class Puts University at Forefront of Innovative Education
White Paper Now, students have the opportunity to combine theoretical concepts with the practical technical skills that employers expect from university graduates. When students at CBS requested... [25 Jul 2009]
Betfair CTO bets on new tech architecture
News I'm looking to build up technical teams in the US because the skillsets are sitting on the West Coast in the US. There are certain skills that are better developed there and we want to leave them there,"... [10 Jul 2009]
IT security training now the 'substantial' task of GCHQ
News However, GCHQ said on Tuesday that its National Technical Authority for Information Assurance arm, known as CESG, will take on the role of co-ordinating the training effort. Information assurance] and information... [01 Jul 2009]
Take the silicon.com 2009 Skills Survey
News What key skills, both technical and non-technical, are most in demand? silicon.com's annual Skills Survey, now in its 11th year, aims to find out. The survey is intended... [25 Jun 2009]
CIO finishing school set to open doors
News The centre's creator, Dr Andrew Tuson, head of computing at City University London, told silicon.com: "What education hasn't addressed is the technical management side of the IT profession where we need people who have... [23 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News In addition, it recommends ISPs should be armed with "a suite of technical measures" to combat repeat P2P offenders - such as bandwidth throttling. The report names dot-com entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox as a Digital... [16 Jun 2009]
