Gordon Brown’s appointment as prime minister
has stirred debate in the IT profession with skills and security
hot on the agenda.
IT organisations such as Intellect and the Institute for the
Management of Information Systems
called for incentives to encourage IT training.
Paul Landray, Director at Ford Europe and PAG IT business
operations said stronger link between academia and business should
be made by Brown.
He said if the UK is to keep pace globally graduates must have a
good mix of
technical and business skills.
“…so that we have a steady stream of technically educated talent
with skills that can be applied in the real-world, so that we will
have a chance of competing with the global talents of the
future.”
But a shortage of skills is not the only concern to IT
professionals with security a major threat to confidence in
e-commerce, according to Richard Swaan, IT Infrastructure manager
at the Institute of Directors (IoD).
He said: “[Brown should] Tighten up IT security legislation and
increase awareness of e-crime within general public. E-crime is on
the increase and currently worth tens of millions of pounds and
could eventually affect consumer confidence in e-commerce and hence
business. More effort needs to be put into security products and
incentives for ISPs to stop the criminals.”
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