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Collaboration around IT is key to UK prosperity, say BCS thought leaders

What must be done to sustain UK competitiveness through to 2025? This was the subject of a recent BCS Thought Leadership Debate, which centred on the premise that competitive advantage is increasingly enabled by IT and the use of intellectual assets.

Next move: How do I become a well-paid specialist

  • Expert Panel
  • Date: 30 March 2007
Expert advice for readers' career problems

Bacs system failure hits 400,000 salary payments

Up to 400,000 people will receive their salary three days late because the Bacs payment processing system - used by every bank in the UK - experienced a failure on Wednesday.

We must turn 'nerd' into badge of honour

Why would any young person not wearing an anorak seek a career in IT? Traditionally the defining reasons for young people embarking on any career have been three-fold: their excitement with the subject, their academic inclination or ability, and the encouragement of their parents.

Framework aims to help develop people skills

Employers groups are backing a competency framework for IT professionals which aims to make it easier for IT staff and employers to identify and develop management and people-focused skills.

Moorfields Eye Hospital upgrades patient administration system

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is supporting a major upgrade of its Patient Administration System (PAS) by deploying knowledge transfer software and consultancy from Knowledge Solutions.

Smartphone goes rugged with Motorola MC35

Motorola unveiled the MC35, a rugged smartphone, at this week's CTIA conference.

Accenture ups recruitment as finance sector IT booms

Accenture is to increase its intake of IT professionals in 2007 by 20% to meet strong demand from financial services firms for specialist skills.

Edinburgh Council signs up with BT to streamline HR

The City of Edinburgh Council has signed a £10m contract with BT which aims to save money with its human resource service across the council.

What are some of the hidden costs of managing unstructured data?

  • News
  • Date: 27 March 2007
@34162 Well, the obvious costs are storage capacity and backup capacity; you keep growing, you keep adding storage. But, searches of existing files can cost quite a bit too. For example, if we look at Internet searches that we do every day, we're basically searching through unstructured data using simple search criteria, such as text strings. I mention this because the mechanisms used to search unstructured data are very similar. A 2003 study claimed that office workers spent five and a half hours per week searching the Internet for information. That's about 14% of your workweek spent looking for data. You can see how the cost really adds up. Imagine a legal dispute where you need to produce information for discovery. You can spend significant time looking for specific email messages or other data, so search costs can become enormous. Listen to the
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