All Staffing and Training News - October 2006

Luton improves productivity with optimised Ethernet WAN

Luton Borough Council has optimised its wide area network to improve connectivity and productivity among workers and schoolchildren.

EMC shuffles channel deck

  • News analysis
  • Author: Jo Maitland
  • Date: 26 October 2006
EMC announced on its earnings call earlier this month that it would be cutting management jobs as part of a round of 1,250 layoffs, and it looks like at least a couple of those positions have already gone from the channel group.

Citrix shuns Linux due to 'lack of demand'

Citrix says it has no interest in delivering native Linux support in its products, and that it will continue to rely on the Windows platform.

Treat merger activity as an opportunity, CIOs told

Chief information officers should approach mergers, acquisitions and divestments (MA&Ds) as an opportunity to increase staff levels and strengthen IT assets, according to new research from Gartner.

Government-run pension IT is not cheaper

The pensions administration system that the government proposes should manage the retirement savings of millions of people could not be run more cheaply by the public sector than the private sector, according to consultancy firm Oxera.

Remote worker support costs skyrocket

  • News analysis
  • Date: 24 October 2006
Costs of centrally supporting remote access services will double by 2008, while prices could triple in companies that don’t centralise management, warns Gartner.

Exec apathy undermines talent management

  • News analysis
  • Date: 24 October 2006
Lack of buy-in by senior executives and poor training is undermining the success of talent management initiatives.

Forging a career in an offshore age

Job prospects: Although many technical roles are being moved offshore, the career prospects of younger IT workers in the UK are paradoxically strengthened

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