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Personal contacts still integral for IT job-hunters
Developing personal contacts is still the most important job search tool despite the emergence of social networking, a new study has shown.In a survey of 500 European executives, conducted by the recruitment...
Graduates told to forget money demands in interviews
A recruitment website has warned graduates looking for work in the IT industry that they should not ask about salary during their job interviews. The webcast on itjobsforgraduates.com, the first in a series...
IT employers snoop on candidates online
Prospective technology employees should approach their online activity as part of a public relations campaign, a leading IT recruiter has advised.Katherine Spencer Lee, writing for computerworld.com, warned...
Facebook snap-up IT expert
Facebook has added further IT management talent to its board by hiring Mozilla's vice president, Mike Schroepfer.Mr Schroepfer has joined the popular social networking group as director of engineering,...
Royal Mail to spend £1.2bn on IT
Royal Mail intends to spend £1.2 billion on IT-related projects in the next four years, in a move destined to create a number of technology jobs.The national postal service, which handles more than...
IT departments come in from the dark
The traditional image of IT departments working away in isolated areas has changed, a new survey across six business sectors has revealed.IFF Research interviewed senior executives in the fields covered...
Microsoft to split online division
Microsoft will be naming two new web-based executives to head up a split platforms and services division.The multinational technology corporation is reorganising this group as its president Kevin Johnson...
Businesses baffled by 'Generation Y'
Businesses are struggling to keep up with the 'YouTube generation' who are now setting the technology agenda.The so called Generation Y consists of 18 to 28 year olds who are leading the way in technology...
Honest IT contractors shame insurers
IT professionals looking for work are the most honest on their CVs in the financial services industry, a new study has found.In a survey of 3,800 applicants, by the pre-employment screening specialist...
'Last Lecture' professor passes away
A leading computer scientist who's 'Last Lecture' became a viral internet sensation and best selling book has died of cancer aged 47.Randy Pausch, who taught at Carnegie Mellon University, gave a last...
IT managers still plagued by email failure
E-mail failure is still a major problem for IT managers, a new survey by an information storage company has revealed.The poll of IT managers, conducted by the storage service firm Iron Mountain Digital,...
Microsoft 7 'on track'
Microsoft's Windows 7 development remains on track, according to the unit head responsible for its production.Microsoft has released few details of the product, which is due to be shipped by January 2010,...
IT spending predicted to top £400bn
Analysts firm Gartner has predicted that global spending on IT services will rise by 9.5 per cent in 2008.Gartner forecasts that spending on IT services in 2008 will top £410 billion, up from £376...
ITIL standard increasing IT service
Staff choosing to take up the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standard are becoming increasingly valuable, according to a leading trade body.Adoption of ITIL standards - which is a comprehensive documentation...
Microsoft launch apprenticeship scheme
Microsoft has launched an apprenticeship scheme for youngsters in the Black Country to gain vocational IT support skills.The software giant is hoping the training initiative will ultimately help tackle...
IT is top vocational training course
ICT is the most studied area in vocational training, according to an annual education review.The education body Edge revealed that of the 2.3 million people studying for vocational qualifications last...
Indian firms eye British IT companies
Indian IT firms are increasingly sizing up European IT services companies as potential acquisitions, due to a lack of sufficiently qualified graduates in the country.India's IT services association NASSCOM...
IT workers begin to e-lance
The current economic gloom has led to a number of IT workers in full-time employment taking on electronic freelancing work, according to a freelance services provider.PeoplePerHour.com has revealed that...
IT integral to business outsourcing
IT needs to be an integral part of a businesses strategy for outsourcing finance, the analyst firm Gartner has claimed in a new report.The independent technology research company highlighted that as finance...
63% of IT workers see benefits of web 2.0 tools
Two-thirds of IT professionals expect technologies such as blogs, wikis and RSS feeds to have a substantial impact on their businesses, a new survey has revealed.A poll of 260 IT professionals, conducted...
IT recession-proof
Six IT fields have been named in the top 20 recession-proof professions, by an online job placement firm.JobFox.com complied a study from online job listings - placed by employers since last November -...
Online sports market lucrative for IT
The online sports market is one of the most lucrative in the IT business, according to a recent report.Jupiter Research, the online trends and statistics group, found that sports fans are amongst the largest...
Birmingham launches virtual world
Birmingham is attempting to connect with its young people by creating a virtual environment of the city - which could be developed to work with areas of business.Digital Birmingham - a council led public,...
IT workers better than bosses
Ninety per cent of IT workers believe that they can do a better job than their boss, new research has revealed.The results of the survey of 500 jobseekers, by recruitment website Planet Recruit, compared...
Men and women seek different IT careers
When making career choices, men and women in IT are motivated by significantly different factors, a new study has revealed.The survey of nearly 2,000 graduates, conducted by the career development organisation...
30 to 45 year olds affected by mid-career malaise
Mid-career malaise is affecting most 30 to 45 year olds, according to a new report from Vodafone.The phone company's research, conducted among 3,800 adults of various ages by Opinion Leader, reported that...
IT talent integral to technology firms
IT talent acquisition has been identified as the third most important issue for technology firms, according to a new survey.Gartner's 2008 global chief information officer (CIO) survey highlighted the...
Intel post record sales
Intel has posted record second quarter sales of £4.75 billion, and has recorded a 67 per cent increase in year-on-year profits.The world's most dominate supplier of microprocessors for PCs saw sales...
UK's banks using "antique" computer systems
The UK's biggest banks may be pushed into improving outdated IT systems by the current difficult financial conditions.Many "archaeological" computer systems operating at some of the UK's largest...
IT bosses struggle to manage application performance
IT firms are struggling with application performance management, according to new research.In a survey of 100 IT decision-makers, commissioned by the database management provider Quest Software, the most...
Consumers concerned by emerging sciences
The more information consumers are given about emerging sciences like nanotechnology the more concerned they become about them, new research has revealed.A study by researchers at North Carolina State...
YouTube users breathe sigh of relief
Google and Viacom have reached an agreement to omit user names from a YouTube viewer log, which the search giant has been ordered by a judge to hand over.As part of an ongoing copyright case against YouTube,...
Oldest blogger dies aged 108
An Australian woman, believed to be the world's oldest blogger, has died aged 108.Olive Riley had written 74 entries to her Life of Riley blog from her home in WoyWoy Australia, ranging from accounts of...
Universities not teaching IT 'for the real world'
Universities have been criticised for not teaching IT students current 'real world challenges' by a group of leading executives.The chief information risk strategist at IT services, John Pironti, believes...
Businesses need 'definite policy' on staff internet usage
Companies should ensure that they implement a policy which firmly sets out what staff can and cannot do on the internet.That is according to industry magazine Web-User, which has suggested that firms which...
Demand for IT support roles growing in UK
IT support roles are increasingly required in the UK, new research has found.According to a study conducted by ReThink Recruitment, the demand for IT support jobs has risen by 20 per cent since 2006.The...
Online crime tackled well in UK, say industry experts
The UK's methods for handling criminals who operate online are extremely appropriate and are worth imitating.That is according to various industry stakeholders, who have asserted that other countries around...
Digital literacy vital to UK success
An improvement in digital literacy is vital to the success of the UK, according to delegates at the Virtual Voices event.Virtual Voices, organised by the creative media agency South West Screen, brought...
Non-technical staff 'could plug skills gap'
Employers could go some way to solving the UK's skills shortage if they started hiring staff with non-technical qualifications for IT roles.New research conducted by the Association of Graduate Recruiters...
Firms advised of importance of social networking
Many firms are not using social networking sites to their advantage, even though they look set to become increasingly important for commerce.That is according to research firm Gartner, which has advised...
Government failing IT students
Student's IT career prospects are being reduced because government education budgets fall short of preparing people for the industry, new research reveals.A survey - commissioned by Man and Machine of...
IT companies focus on climate change
IT companies are increasingly concerned with the environmental effects of data centres, according to a leading IT figure.The marketing director at OnRelay, Peter de Schulthess, told the Financial Times...
Social networking improving women's IT skills
Social networking tools will encourage more women to consider a career in IT, according to one senior female IT leader.The director of BT Tradespace, Jennifer Mowat, told computing.co.uk that gender need...
Managers must face IT accountability
Senior managers have been advised that they must face accountability for data protection in their IT systems, to ensure the safety of security information.Experts in the public sector believe that data...
IT industry prepares to sleep rough
The IT industry's charity sleep out, Byte Night, has announced the individuals that have been appointed to this year's board.The event, which raises money for the National Children's Homes (NCH), is to...
IT sector forecasted to continue growth
The IT sector will continue to grow over the next ten years, unlike other industries, according to an employment forecast report.The IT and Telecoms Insights 2008 Employment Forecast Report, produced by...
Web design should focus on traffic
Web design should focus on increasing web-site traffic rather than being designed for purely aesthetic purposes.According to an expert at Kentwood online marketing, businesses are still making fundamental...
Internet experts release security software
Computer experts have released security software to tackle a glitch in the internet's addressing system.The flaw - which allowed hackers to redirect users to fake web pages, even if victims typed the correct...
Video gamers hope to solve skill shortage
A human resources website for video game programmers is to be set up in an effort to combat the current skills shortage problem in the industry.The networking site for video, TV and film companies - which...
UK workers take laptops on holiday
A new survey has revealed that one in three UK workers take their laptops on holiday with them, instead of taking the opportunity to relax and forget about the daily grind.Credant Technologies, the software...
IT Skills critical for UK industry
The UK government has failed to foresee the gap in IT skills which now face the industry, according to a Labour peer.Lord David Triesman, parliamentary under-secretary for the Department of Innovation,...
Concerns over IT diploma
Concerns have been raised over the readiness of colleges to begin teaching the government's flagship IT diploma, after the cancellation of training for key staff.Lecturers at Farnborough College were due...
IT firms improving companies
IT firms are increasing the competitiveness of UK companies, according to new research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).The CBI report revealed that internet-enabled IT services had given...
Over 60% of workforce anticipates a career change
Over 60 per cent of the working population expect to have two careers or more, according to new research carried out on behalf of the Training and Development Agency (TDA).A further 25 per cent of those...
Tech fund hits landmark £5m
Those in IT careers who have given thought to going it alone might be interested to hear of a milestone passed by the Prince's Trust.The trust's Technology Leadership Group (TLG) has announced it has passed...
Intellect comments on equalities bill
IT industry lobbying group Intellect has issued a mixed response to the equalities bill recently brought before parliament.The organisation has suggested that removing the so-called salary gagging clause...
Microsoft aims to modernise business applications
Microsoft has announced details of a new collaboration targeted at enterprises.Individuals considering networking careers might be interested to hear of the new agreement with Micro Focus, which is aimed...
Internet users 'would go mobile'
The benefits of distance learning would be embraced by those on the move if the technology was available to them, it has been suggested.Point Topic, a broadband market analyst, surveyed people on how they...
IT industry combines against patent threat
Some of the biggest companies in the IT industry have joined forces in a bid to defend themselves against charges of patent infringement.HP, Verizon, Google, Ericsson and Cisco have combined to form the...
Report shows perceived lack of skills on IT teams
There is a need for greater skills among those in IT careers at corporations, new research has suggested.A poll of chief information officers by CIO Connect found that only 16 out of 26 were confident...
