Corporates have turned to Second Life to attract talented employees as part of a pilot run by recruitment firm TMP Worldwide, to test the web 2.0 phenomenon as a recruitment tool.
India will overtake the UK in year-on-year economic growth by 2022 if the government fails to encourage more people into IT, a leading academic has warned.
The IT profession needs to play more of a role in national debate on technology policy, including ID cards and information sharing, said Michael Bichard, a former council chief and senior civil servant, who now chairs public sector strategy consultancy RSe Consulting.