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IT technical skills
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July 13, 2015
13
Jul'15
TechUK paper urges industry to collaborate in closing the IT skills gap
TechUK paper puts forward recommendations to government and industry on closer collaboration to close the IT skills shortfall
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July 10, 2015
10
Jul'15
Bright Little Labs inspires children through Detective Dot role model
Interactive books aim to inspire a generation of coders to investigate where possessions come from and how they’re made
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July 08, 2015
08
Jul'15
Computer Weekly reveals the 50 most influential women in UK IT 2015
This year's list of the 50 most influential women in UK IT has been revealed. Find out which female IT leaders are making a difference to the digital economy
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July 08, 2015
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Jul'15
Most influential women in UK IT 2015: Rising stars
Judges of most influential women in UK IT hail five females as rising stars. Special thanks to the Salesforce Foundation for extending their support to our 2015 Rising Stars
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July 01, 2015
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Jul'15
UK universities revise computer course guidelines to boost ranks of cyber warriors
UK universities revise course guidelines to transform computing degree courses and ensure that undergraduates learn cyber security skills
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
CIO Interview: Ian Bell, CIO, Cambridgeshire Police Service
The CIO of Cambridgeshire Police Service talks about the constabulary’s move to digital for collaboration and information sharing in its effort to increase efficiency
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
Case study: Model railway company Hornby overhauls payments with Braintree
Hornby’s head of digital strategy explains how the firm chose Braintree as its online payments platform following its website migration last year
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June 23, 2015
23
Jun'15
Bet365: A company betting on its own technology innovations
While many sites make great use of agile development, run on the cloud and are built on Java and JavaScript, Bet365 is doing IT its own way
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June 23, 2015
23
Jun'15
Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs
Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process
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June 16, 2015
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Jun'15
BCSWomen hosts Guinness World Record attempt with marathon app-building event
BCSWomen hosts app-building event to encourage over 1,000 young people to simultaneously build Android apps in a Guinness World Record attempt
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June 09, 2015
09
Jun'15
Case study: What the enterprise can learn from Etsy's DevOps strategy
Jon Cowie, operations engineer at online marketplace Etsy, advises enterprises on how to develop a DevOps-friendly business culture
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June 08, 2015
08
Jun'15
Europe’s startups should collaborate like Silicon Valley firms
Europe should take a leaf out of Silicon Valley’s book on openness and collaboration, according to speakers at Startup Village 2015
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June 08, 2015
08
Jun'15
Digital services not saving government departments money, says NAO
Government departments are not making the savings digital services were aiming to deliver
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June 08, 2015
08
Jun'15
Apps for Good Awards 2015 finalists unveiled
18 student teams are to face an expert judging panel in the Apps for Good final ceremony held at the Barbican, London
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June 08, 2015
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Jun'15
John Lewis incubator sees first round of second-year pitches
More than 20 startups have presented their pitches to John Lewis executives in the first round of this year’s Jlab accelerator
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June 03, 2015
03
Jun'15
HMRC looks for transformation partner ahead of Aspire end
HMRC is seeking transformational help ahead of the demise of its Aspire contract in 2017.
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June 02, 2015
02
Jun'15
Most Influential Women in UK IT - introducing the Hall of Fame
Computer Weekly has launched its Most Influential Women in UK IT Hall of Fame to recognise lifetime achievement
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May 26, 2015
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May'15
Civil Servants point to lack of skills as barrier to IT procurement
Adoption of IT for public services is held back due to a lack of skills, despite civil servants agreeing IT is a necessity, according to techUK
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May 19, 2015
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May'15
GDS will not scale locally with continued bespoke approach
If the Government Digital Service (GDS) continues to develop bespoke digital services, the progress it has made to date will not scale at a local level, Eddie Copeland, head of technology at the Policy Exchange, has warned
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May 19, 2015
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May'15
Reflect Digital founder shares road to success
Founder of Kent-based digital agency shares her journey from a £3k business to £500k
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May 18, 2015
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May'15
Socitm to launch women in IT network
Society of Information Technology Management on the hunt for partners to help launch women in IT network
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May 11, 2015
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May'15
CA Technologies rallies workforce to support younger generation
CA Technologies launches Europe-wide programme to get workforce behind closing the Stem skills gap
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May 08, 2015
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May'15
Selling tech as a lifestyle will attract more females says HDS
Dev Patel of HDS says we need to sell the lifestyle of the tech industry to appeal to more women
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May 08, 2015
08
May'15
Temp and permanent IT staff still in demand, reveals KPMG report
KPMG report shows IT sector has third-strongest demand for staff out of nine industries
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May 05, 2015
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May'15
IT staff on the rise despite slow business volume growth rate
New business volumes rise at slowest rate since mid-2013 but hiring predictions for technology staff are on the up
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April 29, 2015
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Apr'15
Met Police offers up to almost £200,000 for CIO role
The Metropolitan Police is offering up to almost £200,000 to fill its CIO position, which has been open since February 2015
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April 23, 2015
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Apr'15
30% Club launches technology group
30% Club adds technology arm, which will be chaired by Melissa Di Donato of Salesforce
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April 23, 2015
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Apr'15
Animator Ashling Lindsay crowned UK’s coolest techie
Pink Bottle Productions founder wins title of UK’s coolest techie as selected by student judging panel
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
Finland is the place to be for ICT
Finland stands out as the top country in ICT, according to the European Commission Digital Economy and Society Index
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
UK startups facing too many challenges, say entrepreneurs
Startups need more support if London’s digital economy is to develop, according to business leaders at Westminster Policy Forum
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April 17, 2015
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Apr'15
Cyber security boot camp launched to boost skills
Sans Cyber Academy unveils eight-week security boot camp after businesses demand more cyber security specialists
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April 10, 2015
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Apr'15
AWS promises to lower skills barrier to machine learning for developers
AWS wants to make it easier for developers to use data stored in its cloud for machine learning purposes
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April 07, 2015
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Apr'15
UBS innovation lab moves into Level39
Level39 will host the UBS innovation lab to support fintech startups
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April 01, 2015
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Apr'15
Martha Lane Fox unveils Dot Everyone
Lane Fox uses Dimbleby Lecture to reveal national institution idea putting women at the heart of the technology sector
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March 26, 2015
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Mar'15
More than a fifth of world’s billionaires studied engineering at university
Approved Index analysis finds 22% of Forbes’ 100 rich list studied engineering at university
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March 26, 2015
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Mar'15
Photo editing app firm BeFunky transforms into female-weighted team
Photo editing app company BeFunky set out to recruit the best talent it could find and unintentionally landed a team largely comprising women
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March 24, 2015
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Mar'15
HP Helion Rack looks to speed up enterprise private cloud adoption
HP wants to take the heavy lifting out of moving to the private cloud by offering enterprises pre-configured and tested infrastructure packages
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March 23, 2015
23
Mar'15
IT priorities 2015 – IT budgets on the rise as economy recovers
Almost three-quarters of IT managers in the UK expect their IT budgets to increase or stay the same in 2015
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March 20, 2015
20
Mar'15
Mobile devices better suited for digitally excluded
Digitally excluded find tablets and smartphones easier to use and more intuitive, according to Tinder Foundation and Vodafone UK report
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March 19, 2015
19
Mar'15
BIS sets out to assist development of digital sharing economy
The government has set out a number of proposals to assist in the development of the £9bn trade body Sharing Economy UK
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March 10, 2015
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Mar'15
Wise chair Trudy Norris-Grey urges greater awareness of roles for women in IT
Chair of Wise Trudy Norris-Grey talks to Computer Weekly about raising awareness of opportunities for women in technology
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March 09, 2015
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Mar'15
Smart meter project in danger of outright failure, government warned
A report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee has warned that plans to install smart meters across the UK by 2020 are veering off-track
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March 02, 2015
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Mar'15
Lean IT Association unveils lean certification
LITA reveals Lean IT Certification Scheme for training providers wanting to teach the principles of Lean
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March 02, 2015
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Mar'15
Government gives green light for Northern Futures UTC
George Osborne unveils plan for Northern Futures University Technical College to boost IT and healthcare science careers in north-east of England
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February 25, 2015
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Feb'15
Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv revealed as top tech cities
Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv have been ranked as top cities for tech companies, Savills report reveals
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February 25, 2015
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Feb'15
Digital tech skills added to Shortage Occupation Lists for UK and Scotland
Digital tech sector roles added to Shortage Occupation List, along with health sector and energy industry workers
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February 24, 2015
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Feb'15
ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit
Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers
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February 17, 2015
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Feb'15
WCIT mentors support tech entrepreneurialism
WCIT members focus on mentoring tech startups and encouraging more entrepreneurialism
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January 28, 2015
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Jan'15
Apps for Good 2014 winners set to launch completed apps
Seven winning teams to launch finished apps to market after spending six months working with agency partners
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January 15, 2015
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Jan'15
Barclays bank launches kids' coding site
Barclays bank launches a coding app for children and offers weekly classes to increase its credentials in IT-based service provision