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IT careers and IT skills

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  IT leaders at a crossroads as they grapple with digital technology

  CIOs have the opportunity to influence their company strategy as digital technology reshapes business. A survey of CIOs across 70 countries charts a path for IT leaders through emerging technologies

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Hancock appoints chief technology adviser

  Hadley Beeman will service as Matt Hancock’s chief technology adviser at the Department for Health and Social Care

• August 26, 2018 26 Aug'18

  DCMS launches fund to increase diversity in tech

  More than £1m is being put aside to increase the amount of diversity in technology, and to teach disabled people digital skills

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Google Cloud Platform enables faster mobile notifications for World Cup fans

  Onefootball exclusively used the Boost platform, which has now been officially launched, to offer faster mobile notifications for World Cup viewers

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  No Deal Brexit papers warn of stark future for UK tech

  The government has published the first of its No Deal Brexit contingency planning notices, containing sobering messages for the UK technology industry

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Google employees command highest UK cloud salaries, Experis research shows

  Cloud industry salary data from IT recruitment firm suggests permanent employees of Google make more than their AWS, IBM and Microsoft counterparts

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  More girls take GCSE computing in 2018, but will they carry on with Stem?

  The number of girls who chose to take GCSE computing rose in 2018, but concerns remain over whether they will continue to study Stem subjects later on

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Barclays appointment will step up use of AI in investment bank

  Ex-Goldman Sachs expert will focus on improving Barclays’ trading services and making internal systems more efficient

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Estonia targets UK tech talent

  Estonian businesses are trying to close the country’s IT skills gap by targeting UK IT professionals as part of a recruitment campaign

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Swedish government and industry address IT skills shortage

  Sweden faces major challenges in resourcing its growing IT sector with the right talent

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Job losses caused by artificial intelligence will dwarf those of Victorian revolution

  The disruption to the jobs market caused by artificial intelligence will be far greater than that caused by industrialisation in Victorian times

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Alan Turing Institute provides AI startups with opportunity to collaborate with researchers

  Alan Turing Institute and Digital Catapult will enable science and AI startups to work with researchers in the Data Study Groups

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Cyber Security Challenge UK to scale up

  Cybersecurity Challenge UK plans to scale up its events and its role in coordinating UK industry efforts to attract talented people to the cyber security profession

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Apple confirms teen hacker took no customer data

  Teenage “fan” who broke into Apple’s mainframe from his home in Melbourne is believed to have downloaded 90GB of secure files, but no customer data

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  ASEAN firms need to overcome DevOps hurdles

  Southeast Asia has had pockets of success with DevOps, but most organisations across the region will need to overcome cultural and legacy challenges to succeed

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  Industry excitement as Stem A-level numbers rise

  The number of students taking and achieving grades in A-levels related to science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) is on the rise this year, giving the industry hope for the future

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  Australian enterprises warming up to DevOps

  The burgeoning DevOps culture in Australia has attracted new market players and led major banks and telcos to embrace the movement to get development and operations teams working in unison

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  IR35 tech compliance will take private sector 'over a year' to achieve, warns accounting trade body

  The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) cautions HM Revenue & Customs against rushing out IR35 reforms to the private sector, claiming it will take most businesses at least one tax year to ready their software systems for the move

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  AI provides immediate diagnosis for serious eye conditions, research finds

  Artificial intelligence could diagnose eye conditions within seconds, and with the same accuracy as human experts, research finds

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  ICS security at risk in key verticals, report shows

  The security of industrial control systems (ICS) is at risk in key verticals due to under staffing, under investment and human error, a report reveals

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  NHS Digital staff at risk of redundancy as part of restructure

  More than 600 NHS Digital employees have been told they may have to reapply for their jobs, as redundancies loom in the first wave of the organisation’s restructure

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Consumers accept fraud danger as online shopping increases, research finds

  The majority of UK consumers see the threat of online fraud as “inevitable” as e-commerce popularity rises

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Education secretary urges tech industry to transform classrooms

  Education secretary Damian Hinds has called upon large technology firms to use tech to tackle some of the biggest issues in schools

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Ex-HMRC tax inspector sounds alarm over suitability of IR35 online status checker tool

  As the private sector consultation on IR35 draws to a close, a former HM Revenue & Customs inspector calls into further question the suitability of the government's online tool for assessing contractors’ tax status

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  UK above average on strategic use of analytics

  The UK has slightly more chief data officers than the global average, which helps drive strategic initiatives – but security is still seen as a major hurdle

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  IPSE warns government off private sector IR35 reform, as 'no deal' Brexit fears grow

  As the government prepares to close its consultation on extending the IR35 reforms to the private sector, IPSE airs concerns over the economic impact the move could have, as talk of a "no deal" Brexit for the UK continues

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Liam Maxwell to swap government for AWS

  Government tech adviser Liam Maxwell is understood to be leaving government for a role at Amazon Web Services

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Cyber security double agents most common in the UK

  Cyber security professionals who alternate between criminal and legitimate activities or move full-time into cyber criminal activity are more common in the UK than other countries, a report reveals

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  Government invests £3m in Wales-based Stem hub

  A science centre in Wales will be given £3m to develop a Stem hub, which will reach more diverse audiences for its delivery of science and technology teaching content

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  A quarter of Brits expect their jobs to be replaced by tech

  A quarter of UK workers are worried their jobs will disappear because of automation and a third expect the technology to change their jobs for the worse

• August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18

  Only 11% of employers do not expect a tech skills shortage in the next year

  The majority of employers in the UK believe they will be facing a shortage of skilled technology professionals in the next year

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Inner-city colocation space in demand as firms want better latency, says Interxion managing director

  Previous predictions that rural datacentres would be more common are being changed as enterprises aim to bring better latency to customers, says Interxion managing director Andrew Fray

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Cynozure lets you hire a chief digital officer on demand

  Why pay for a full-time chief digital officer? Cynozure has a new service to enable smaller businesses to swap them out, as and when they need a change

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Intelligent automation spending to hit $232bn by 2025

  Technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning could help traditional enterprises gain ground on digital-first giants

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  CIO interview: David Ivell, chief technology officer, Good Energy

  Renewable energy supplier aims to pioneer change in the sector through innovation, having refocused the organisation with technology as a “driving force”

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Why Pinterest pinpointed features for the visually impaired

  Ideas curation site has developed features for people with visual impairment. Its lead designer explains what has been changed and why it matters

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  AWS’s sales up almost 50% year-on-year in second quarter

  Cloud giant’s quarterly sales hit $6.1bn in third consecutive year-on-year rise as Ryanair, Major League Baseball and 21st Century Fox join its list of customers

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  UK relegated to fourth place in UN e–government survey

  The UK has dropped from first to fourth in the United Nations’ ranking on e-governments across the world, falling behind Denmark, Australia and South Korea

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Large organisations less confident over cloud security compared to smaller businesses

  A study has found larger enterprises are not as confident as smaller businesses about the security of their data in the public cloud

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Marks and Spencer to invest in startups as part of retail partnership with Founders Factory

  Marks and Spencer is continuing its efforts to digitally transform its business by starting an investment partnership for startups

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Commerzbank creates Hadoop-based platform for business-critical insights

  German bank creates an entire new department to build and support a platform to provide business-critical insights

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Barclays to open tech hub in Glasgow

  Banking group’s campus in Glasgow will host technology and operations teams using the latest technologies

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cambridge students offered chance to win £10,000 to develop innovative tech ideas at Trinity College

  Cambridge University under and postgraduates are now able to apply for a competition to win £10,000 and the chance to develop their tech ideas at the Bradfield Centre

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cisco and UCL to open AI research unit in $100m digital economy boost

  Cisco has extended its ongoing Country Digital Acceleration programme in the UK with a further $100m investment, part of which will go towards a new AI research centre

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  CNI sector lacks cyber security skills, government warned

  The UK’s critical national infrastructure sector is being negatively impacted by the lack of cyber security skills, a report warns

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Digital consortium aims to develop digital inclusion project

  A consortium of firms has come together to develop a project involving technology and local government partnerships to promote digital inclusion for those who are not digitally capable

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Just Eat on the lookout for 150 tech professionals

  Online food marketplace Just Eat has announced it is on the lookout for talent to fill 150 technology roles, 80 of which have been recently created

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Collaborative alliance to advance UK’s cyber security profession

  Leading UK organisations in cyber security have united to develop a national professional body in the field

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Committee proposes new laws for immigration of skilled workers after Brexit

  The Science and Technology Committee has released a report proposing new rules surrounding the immigration of skilled workers once Brexit has come into force

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  NHS on the hunt for chief data officer

  The NHS CDO will report directly to NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson, get paid up to £176,750 and be responsible for a budget of around £57m