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• August 05, 2004 05 Aug'04

  Critical flight testing role keeps BAE's IT staff on the right course

  Best Places to Work in IT team see direct results as aircraft take off

• August 05, 2004 05 Aug'04

  Recovery will put focus on job satisfaction

  Tight budgets and the growth of offshoring could mean many UK IT jobs come under threat, and those which do not could become less...

• August 02, 2004 02 Aug'04

  BCS praises quality of award entries

  BT has cut the overall access price of its BT Openzone wireless broadband service in an attempt to attract more users.

• August 02, 2004 02 Aug'04

  Meeting needs for formality and flexibility

  Formality in the workplace has been in retreat for decades. It can seem difficult to believe that work colleagues used to address...

• July 30, 2004 30 Jul'04

  Look at the redundancy alternatives

  Value-driven IT Management, by Iain Aitkin

• July 29, 2004 29 Jul'04

  IBM shuffles business-unit heads

  IBM will be shuffling around a number of its business-unit leaders this week.

• July 26, 2004 26 Jul'04

  IT jobs threat in move to close NHS agency

  Hundreds of IT professionals face an uncertain future after the government's decision to abolish the NHS Information Authority.

• July 26, 2004 26 Jul'04

  Google snaps up BEA exec

  BEA Systems has lost an important research and development engineer to search engine giant Google.

• July 20, 2004 20 Jul'04

  Happy staff deliver higher productivity

  The days of guaranteed low turnover of staff in the IT department are drawing to a close as spending on IT increases and new...

• July 16, 2004 16 Jul'04

  HR-XML to promote EU standards

  The HR-XML Consortium has formed a European chapter in a bid to drive the development and adoption of HR-XML standards.

• July 13, 2004 13 Jul'04

  Brown's £6bn IT investment will save front-line services billions

  Chancellor Gordon Brown is relying on IT to help deliver billions of pounds of savings for front-line services.

• July 12, 2004 12 Jul'04

  CMA hopeful about UK broadband roll-out

  There are signs of hope for progress in the roll-out of broadband services in the UK, the Communications Management Association...

• July 12, 2004 12 Jul'04

  Outsourcing 'deal of the decade' will throw up major challenges

  The scale and innovative nature of the BBC's £2bn IT services contract poses a wide range of challenges for both the public...

• July 09, 2004 09 Jul'04

  Staff count shrinks at IT firms

  Job cuts announced by computer firms rose a staggering 179 percent in the second quarter of this year, according to outplacement...

• July 09, 2004 09 Jul'04

  Fujitsu shows PDA with megapixel camera

  Fujitsu has launched a PDA for business users.

• July 08, 2004 08 Jul'04

  Next Move: How can I progress my job in IT support?

  For the past six years I have been running an IT department for about 90 users by myself, handling all the support, purchasing...

• July 08, 2004 08 Jul'04

  Staff get formal grievance process

  IT professionals who that feel they have been badly treated by their line managers will have the right to have their grievances...

• July 05, 2004 05 Jul'04

  Top IT staff 'exploited'

  A third of IT managers work the equivalent of a seven-day week, according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute.

• July 01, 2004 01 Jul'04

  Fujitsu Siemens appoints new president

  Fujitsu Siemens Computers has announced the appointment of Bernd Bischoff as president and chief executive officer of the...

• June 29, 2004 29 Jun'04

  Key staff stay with EDS as Revenue transfers to Cap

  UK's biggest ever transfer of government IT staff takes place this week

• June 29, 2004 29 Jun'04

  IT staff could strike over BBC sell-off

  The BBC is facing opposition from unions representing IT staff over the sale of its IT division.

• June 28, 2004 28 Jun'04

  Customs ignored Gateway review

  Customs and Excise went ahead with a £327m programme to put its services online despite having a "red light" warning from an...

• June 28, 2004 28 Jun'04

  Law firm appoints new IT chief

  Law firm Taylor Wessing has appointed Tim Hyman as its new head of IT.

• June 25, 2004 25 Jun'04

  Membership rises by 1,300 in one month

  The new BCS membership structure has been hailed a success after 1,300 people joined the society in the professional grades in...

• June 25, 2004 25 Jun'04

  Microsoft exams focus on real-life IT

  Microsoft is reworking the examinations behind its professional IT certificate qualifications to make the questions more relevant...

• June 25, 2004 25 Jun'04

  Want to escape the rat race and help others? Volunteer and broaden your skills overseas

  Had enough of the rat race ? Want to put something back into society and put your IT skills to good use? Voluntary Services...

• June 22, 2004 22 Jun'04

  BCS member swaps bytes for Basra

  BCS North London Branch secretary John Ryan is swapping his suit and PC for army uniform and gun and is going to Iraq for eight...

• June 22, 2004 22 Jun'04

  Outsourcing hits bonus payments

  Bonus payments for IT staff without formal IT qualifications are on a downward spiral as more companies turn towards offshore...

• June 18, 2004 18 Jun'04

  Busy IT staff get business skills online

  Busy IT professionals who want to brush up on their business skills could benefit from a new online training service.

• June 15, 2004 15 Jun'04

  Red Hat CFO steps down

  Red Hat has announced that its chief financial officer, Kevin Thompson will soon be leaving the company.

• June 14, 2004 14 Jun'04

  Environment Agency's £17m HR system fails to meet requirements

  The Environment Agency is struggling to get adequate performance from a £17m human resources and payroll system introduced in...

• June 11, 2004 11 Jun'04

  BA gets 80% of staff doing admin online

  British Airways has beaten its target of getting more than 80% of employees to do administrative tasks online through a company...

• June 09, 2004 09 Jun'04

  Firms will pay more for IT skills

  A Meta Group survey has revealed that 45% of companies would pay premiums for IT skills that are difficult to find or...

• June 04, 2004 04 Jun'04

  Which government departments deliver IT and online services?

  The government has placed IT at the heart of its efforts to modernise public services and to make the UK a competitive global...

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  Ex-helicopter chief says pilot verdict is 'ridiculous'

  A former director of helicopter procurement at the Ministry of Defence has described the blaming of the pilots for the crash on...

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  Public sector IT salaries catch up

  Local authority IT staff salaries are catching up with private sector counterparts, according to a survey by Computer Economics.

• May 28, 2004 28 May'04

  Watmore appointed Blair’s CIO

  Ian Watmore has won the race to become the UK’s head of e-government, one of toughest and most high-profile jobs in the IT...

• May 28, 2004 28 May'04

  Health service IT professionals fear pay cut following review

  NHS IT staff are increasingly anxious that they could face pay cuts of up to £5,000 a year as a result of a government review of...

• May 25, 2004 25 May'04

  Head of e-government unveiled

  The UK managing director of consultancy firm Accenture has been unveiled as the head of e-government, a new role that replaces...

• May 24, 2004 24 May'04

  Hallet stands down as Littlewoods IT chief

  David Hallet, IT director at retail chain Littlewoods, has left the company by mutual consent after six years in the job.

• May 24, 2004 24 May'04

  BT sets £25,000 limit on tunnel fire claims

  Companies affected by the BTunderground cable fire in Manchester at the end of March will be allowed to claim up to £25,000 in...

• May 24, 2004 24 May'04

  Finance firms fuel jobs high

  New IT projects in the finance and public sectors and a growing demand for staff from suppliers are driving a recovery in the IT...

• May 24, 2004 24 May'04

  EMC expands training and certification programmes

  EMC expands training and certification programmes

• May 21, 2004 21 May'04

  Gloucestershire Council launches social care data sharing system

  Gloucestershire County Council has launched a pilot project to allow information sharing across social care agencies and health...

• May 19, 2004 19 May'04

  Flexibility and mobility saves BT millions

  BT has claimed companies that do not adopt widespread flexible and mobile working will miss the chance of slashing their costs.

• May 17, 2004 17 May'04

  Large firms 'lose £13m a year each' by not scrapping failing projects

  Large UK companies are wasting more than £13m a year each on average by not scrapping failing IT and business projects, according...

• May 14, 2004 14 May'04

  Indian contractors plug skills gaps

  Abbey is to hire hundreds of contractors from India to help it plug skills gaps in its IT department and provide support for new...

• May 11, 2004 11 May'04

  Certification for Microsoft desktop skills

  Microsoft has launched its first certification course for IT desktop support staff.

• May 07, 2004 07 May'04

  Coup for DWP as top private sector IT chief joins

  The Department for Work and Pensions has poached the top IT professional at ICI Paints to become its chief information officer...

• May 06, 2004 06 May'04

  BT wins £46m UK airports deal

  UK airports authority BAA has awarded BT a £46.6m deal to deliver managed voice and data services at Gatwick, Heathrow and...