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<title><![CDATA[Unions will work together to fight HP job cuts]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Google gives IT teachers cash injection through Teach First charity]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Science minister David Willetts brands IT education 'catastrophic']]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[The problem of legacy humans in technology projects]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Humans have an annoying habit of resisting change and refusing to conform to the often rigid requirements of a database ontology or software application.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT careers: Why relationships are everything]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former CIO, Dr Robina Chatham, explains why building relationships is the most important IT skill.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Indian IT services firm Infosys is to offer UK apprenticeship places with the National Apprenticeship Scheme (NAS) over the next five years]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT skills shortage hindering implementation of EU Privacy Directive]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Businesses are in a rush to find skilled security professionals to update websites in time for EU Privacy Directive.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Inflation negates growth in average IT pay]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT contractors with digital skills can earn £500 per day as the expected shortage of IT professionals begins to unfold and demand increases.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo board to review revelations about CEO's qualifications]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Yahoo board is to review revelations that new chief executive Scott Thompson does not have a computer science degree as claimed in his official biography. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Professionalising service management will help IT take its seat at the top table]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT service managers should be at the forefront of efforts to take IT into the boardroom. The present dearth of CEOs who come from an IT background in the UK is a major concern.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ipsos global CIO Ben Booth departs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The global chief information officer at market research giant Ipsos, Ben Booth, has left the company.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[At InfoSec Europe 2012 security industry experts gave their view on IT skills in the security sector]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Employers competing for IT professionals as recruitment remains buoyant]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Employers are in competition for full-time IT staff as the IT recruitment sector is defying the downturn, according to Hays IT.]]></description>
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