All Staffing and Training News - August 2006

Tandberg buys Exabyte

Tape storage company Exabyte is being acquired by Norway’s Tandberg Data for around $28m (£15.5m).

Mobile users cost firms billions by spurning desk phones

Employees are costing their companies billions of pounds a year by using their mobile phones at their desks.

Prioritise retention as staff get itchy feet, warns report

Employers are coming under pressure to develop more effective strategies to retain their best IT staff in the face of competition from rival employers.

Can IT ever be a profession along traditional lines such as the law?

  • News
  • Date: 29 August 2006
The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking point.

Firms push business focus in alternative to IT A-level

Leading employers are driving the development of a business-focused alternative to A-levels, in a radical attempt to reverse the decline in the number of young people studying computing in schools and colleges.

Postgrad IT 'consultants' focus on business wins

Private and public sector employers in the South East could benefit from a decision by City University in London to make work placements compulsory for computer sciences postgraduate students.

Next move: How do I launch an IT career after the Navy?

  • News
  • Date: 28 August 2006
I am nearing the end of a 22-year career in the Royal Navy and am considering a career in web design.

Blackberry addiction a serious business, says academic

Employers who push staff to carry handheld devices at all times could be sued for encouraging addictions among their staff, US academics have warned.

IT staffing service launched by consultancy

Business consultancy and systems integration firm Eurodata Systems has announced a new staffing service aimed at IT departments left shorthanded during staff holidays.

Voca chooses Distra to support payments services

Europe's largest Direct Debit processor, Voca, has selected Australian payments technology company Distra to support its payments services.
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