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All Staffing and Training News - February 2008

Merrill Lynch opens IT support centre

News
Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 29 February 2008

Merril Lynch has opened an IT support centre in Surrey to back up its operations in the EMEA region, with 400 people required for the facility.

UK IT jobs threatened by ‘onshore off-shoring’

News
Author: John-Paul Kamath
Date: 29 February 2008

UK work permits issued to foreign IT staff rose 14% in 2007 on the previous year with Indian applications making up approximately 83% of all approved permits, according to the Home Office.

Demand for IT staff in financial services falls

News
Author: Rebecca Thomson
Date: 29 February 2008

Demand for IT professionals in financial services is starting to drop, as the credit crunch causes turmoil in the markets.

Government's IT training cuts are deeply damaging

Opinion
Author: Rob Wilson
Date: 28 February 2008

Apart from a narrow list of exempt courses, the government has withdrawn support from students wishing to retrain in vital subjects. Needless to say, ICT isn't on the list, writes Rob Wilson, shadow minister for higher education.

Best Places to Work in IT 2008: the winners

In Depth
Author: Computer Weekly
Date: 28 February 2008

The Best Places to Work in IT Awards 2008 were celebrated at the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane on 22 February. Here we profile the winners, whose effective and innovative employment practices have put their IT departments at the top of the list.

IT graduates lack skills to ensure business continuity

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 28 February 2008

New IT graduates would not be able to assure business...

Video: Best Places to Work in IT 2008

Video
Author: James Garner
Date: 27 February 2008

Watch Computer Weekly's Best Places to Work in IT Awards 2008 ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel on London's Park Lane on Friday 22 February.

BCS debate focuses on complex systems

News
Author: Justin Richards
Date: 26 February 2008

The UK engineering population is currently unprepared for large-scale, complex IT projects, Stuart Jobbins from Rolls Royce told attendees at a recent BCS Thought Leadership debate.

Hot skills: Python

In Depth
Author: Nick Langley
Date: 26 February 2008

According to the Tiobe Community Index - based on hits on major search engines - Python is now the seventh most popular language, well behind Java, C, Visual Basic, PHP and C++, but catching up rapidly with Perl. By Tiobe's measure, Python had the largest increase in ratings of any language in 2007.

Hot skills: MySQL

In Depth
Author: Nick Langley
Date: 26 February 2008

Sun's agreement to purchase MySQL AB will consolidate commercial use of the open source originated database, although MySQL was already doing pretty well on its own.

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