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Email 'not effectively managed'
Businesses are failing to effectively manage their email through a combination of poor staff management and a lack of archiving, a new survey has revealed.GFT inboxx, the data archiving firm, surveyed...
Schools' IT spending set to increase
IT spending in schools is forecasted to reach £1.29 billion per year by 2012, as the government's £45 billion schools programme gathers pace, a new report has disclosed.According to the research...
Govt urges greater IT innovation
The government has published a new report titled Innovation in Services in a bid to encourage UK businesses to innovate in IT.The report, which is based on industry led reviews, says that the government...
Household internet access on the rise
Nearly two-thirds of UK households are now online, according to the Office of National Statistics.This is an increase of one million households in the last year and brings the total number of properties...
UK set to fall behind global IT economy
The UK will fall behind the rest of the global economy if it cannot produce the next generation of highly skilled IT professionals, according to E-skills.The not-for-profit organisation believes that the...
Management skills important in IT
General management skills are now as important as technical ability in the IT industry, a group of chief information officers have claimed.The recruitment company Harvey Nash gathered a group of CIOs together...
Mid-level IT staff see pay hike
Mid-level support and technical staff experienced the highest pay rise in the IT sector over the past year, according to new research.The research organisation Incomes Data Services (IDS) published a study...
IT should 'track social trends'
IT companies should keep track of social trends as they become increasingly important in business and commercial systems, Gartner has advised in a new report.The research analyst has released a report...
IT staff worried by data leaks
The top business challenge facing IT professionals is preventing data leakage, according to a new survey.The poll, conducted by Infosecurity Europe, discovered that 69 per cent of the firms questioned...
Cameron commissions NHS review
The Conservative party has commissioned an independent review of NHS IT policy.The British Computer Society (BCS) will conduct the review, which aims to establish how IT can meet public, clinical and management...
CIOs unsure over IT budgets
High-level IT professionals are divided over the prospects for technology budgets in 2009, a new survey has disclosed.CIO connect has published research conducted among FTSE 250 chief information officers...
Firms target energy savings in IT
Nearly a third of businesses plan to reduce their carbon footprint by increasing their use of technology, new research has revealed.TFM Networks polled 250 senior business managers and discovered that...
IT staff prefer training to pay
IT firms struggling with high staff turnover should provide employees with good training programmes, a new report has advised.The research, conducted by the advisory firm Computer Economics, surveyed 71...
CIOs 'invaluable' during recession
IT professionals are invaluable during a financial downturn if they understand how technology supports business, recruitment experts have said.Chief information officers (CIOs) are in a strong position...
HP target 500 biggest IT spenders
HP will target the biggest spenders in IT after it completes its purchase of EDS later this month.The information technology corporation, which reported revenues of £50 billion in 2007, is due to...
IT budgets 'refocused'
IT budgets are being refocused as businesses turn to technology to cut costs and streamline processes in difficult economic conditions, industry experts believe.Tim Newing, IT director of EasyJet, told...
IT staff integral to business survival
IT professionals are too integral to business survival for employers to risk losing them during the credit crunch, a technology skills expert has claimed.However, there will be more pressure on IT staff...
IT needs to recognise benefits of apprentices
IT employers need to recognise the benefits of offering apprenticeships to young people, according to a technology strategy expert.David Way, national director of apprenticeships, emphasised that apprentices...
Online spending accelerates
Online spending in the UK continued to increase in July defying the current economic climate, new figures have revealed.The e-retail group IMRG and IT services company Capgemini disclosed that UK internet...
IT workers drive hard pay bargain
IT workers will not remain with their employers if they receive disappointing pay rises, a new survey has revealed.The poll conducted by the recruitment group Badenoch & Clark found that just 29 per...
Staff praise IT job security
More than half of IT staff believe that the industry offers greater job security than other occupations, according to a new survey.The poll, conducted by the digital researcher Interquest, questioned more...
SME's urged to embrace flexible working
A new report has urged small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to embrace flexible working practices and technologies.The 'IT Skills for Flexible Working' report, researched by independent think tank,...
Scotland could become IT outsourcing hub
A new initiative may see Scotland rival Eastern Europe as the UK's primary IT outsourcing destination.The Outsourcing Hub initiative plans to encourage worldwide firms to outsource high-end business processes...
IT spending predicted to increase
Worldwide IT spending will increase by nearly five per cent next year, new research from Gartner has predicted.The technology analyst has forecast a growth in IT investment of 4.5 per cent, despite the...
Co-op announces £150 million IT deal
Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) is to completely revamp its hardware and software infrastructure as part of a £150 million programme to transform the businesses' IT.The Co-op group will seek...
IT A-levels suffer fall in students
IT-related A-levels suffered another fall in numbers this year, with fewer students taking ICT of computing than in 2007, suggesting skill shortages in the industry in the future.12,277 students received...
Gartner predicts mobile IT future
In the near future, businesses will be able to give employees a single wireless computing device that they can carry everywhere to access corporate IT, a leading technology company has predicted.Gartner,...
IT industry to increase staff levels
Half of IT directors will increase staff levels over the next 12 months, despite the continuing economic slowdown, new research has indicated.Rethink Recruitment surveyed 47 IT directors on their staffing...
IT workers migrate abroad
UK-based IT executives are increasingly looking to move abroad to find employment, according to new research.Experteer, the online career service, discovered - in a study of 13,000 executives across Europe...
IT industry will see pay rises
The majority of IT directors believe that salaries for permanent IT staff will increase over the next year, new research has disclosed.Despite the tough economic climate, a survey by the recruitment firm...
Internet video set for boom
The market for internet video services is set for a major boom, according to an industry analyst firm.Research firm Parks Associates predicts that over the next five years, the demand for directly streamed...
Insourcing battles outsourcing
IT insourcing is rapidly increasing as outsourcers find it difficult to maintain client service quality, a new survey has revealed.The poll, conducted by Financial Object and Microsoft, found that two-thirds...
Ten-year-old passes computer AS level
A ten-year-old boy has become the youngest ever student to pass the computing AS level.Shayan Ahmed from Walsall was awarded a C grade yesterday (August 13th), having previously achieved a GCSE B grade...
India's IT labour pool set to explode
UK-based IT professionals should consider employment in India, as the country's IT business is set to increase by 500 per cent in the next eight years.A report by the market research firm Evalueserve has...
IT staff have mixed emotions over home working
IT professionals have mixed feelings about the option of working from home, a new survey has claimed.The poll, commissioned by the office furniture manufacturer Steelcase, revealed that those in the IT...
IT industry shuns permanent employment
A growing number of IT professionals are favouring contract work over permanent employment because of the better pay conditions, several IT recruitment firms have claimed.The European firm Parity and the...
Teenagers demand free uni IT
The next generation of university students consider IT provision as key to student experience, a new survey has revealed.IT services group Logicalis polled over 1,000 13 to 17-year-olds to understand future...
Robocop to fight crime by 2084
Judge Dread style robots will have the power to arrest by 2084, according to a robotics academic at the University of Sheffield.Professor Noel Sharkey predicts that crime-fighting robots, with access to...
IT causes call centre stress
Call centre workers see poorly performing IT hardware as more stressful than customers' complaints, according to new research.The Sabio-commissioned survey, carried out by YouGov, disclosed that 48 per...
Net not ready for address change
The internet is unprepared for the fundamental change to its address network due to happen on New Years Day 2009, according to a computer scientist.The change in networks, which will see the internet use...
Unite: IT graduates should mention salary
Trade unions have advised IT graduates not to sell themselves short, after a panel of experts said that employment prospects could be harmed if they raised the issue of salaries in an interview.Trade Unions...
IT industry's image needs teen revamp
Almost half of all teenagers would consider a career in IT if the industry's image was more exciting, a new survey carried out by the IT supplier Logicalis has shown.The UK Realtime Generation poll 2008...
IT hopes to unravel mysteries of time
The world's largest IT grid started work today (August 8th), as scientists hope to use information technology to help solve the mysteries of creation.The £7 billion Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near...
Finance industry increasing IT staff
Financial service groups are increasing their IT recruitment, despite the ongoing credit crunch, a new survey has revealed.A poll, carried out by the IT recruitment website The IT Job Board, discovered...
IT employers face grilling from candidates
Employers increasingly have to sell themselves to IT candidates as prospective job hunters become increasingly demanding, a recruitment group has claimed.Computer People conducted a survey of 5,000 UK...
IT firms must manage energy
IT managers must begin to manage their energy consummation if they are to meet government plans for zero-carbon commercial buildings by 2019, according to vunet.com.After Chancellor Alistair Darling announced...
Networks important to 21st century social life
Online social networks have become one of the most important ways people maintain and expand our social circles, regardless of age, Web-User magazine has claimed.Ben Camm-Jones, news editor of the Web-User...
IT leaders urged to reduce carbon
IT leaders have been urged to make technology integral to their organisations efforts to cut carbon emissions.The Communications Managers Association (CMA), an independent body for IT professionals, has...
Money biggest barrier to eco-IT
Cost has been identified as the biggest barrier to green IT, according to a new survey by the US tech services vendor CDW Corporation.The poll found that over half of IT decision makers are delaying environmentally...
IT integral to Olympic effort
The performance of IT systems at the Beijing Olympics will play a critical part in ensuring its success, according to computerweekly.com.The international technology services company Atos Origin has admitted...
Charity starts at home for IBM
IBM is grooming its managers for second careers in the not-for-profit sector.The multinational computer technology corporation has teamed up with Bridgespan, a head-hunter for the non-profit sector, to...
Spending on IT remains firm
Spending on IT equipment appears to have defied the credit crunch by growing nearly nine per cent in the first half of 2008, according to one new survey.The GfK IT Barometer survey, which tracks trends...
CIOs recession proofing IT spending
Chief information officers are adapting their IT strategy and investment to react to a recession, according to a leading technology website.The silicon.com CIO jury, made up of CIO and IT director's from...
IT starting salaries increasing
The average starting IT salary increased to £25,000 last year, according to a new survey conducted by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).In its annual poll, the AGR reveal that salaries...
Lack of IT skills holding back Midlands
A shortage of IT skills is preventing many employers in the Midlands from creating virtual offices, new research has claimed.Independent think tank, The Centre for Future Studies, highlighted that the...
PC's defy credit crunch
The number of PC shipments in the second quarter of 2008 grew to its highest level since 1999, according to Gartner.The research analyst firm cited a dramatic fall in selling prices as the catalyst for...
Virtual offices increasing
Virtual offices are increasingly seen as an acceptable way of doing business according to a leading management advisor.Ian Fraser of the Institute of Risk Management identified that the increasing use...
