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IT technical skills
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April 01, 2016
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Apr'16
Barclays Bank closes US technology hub
Barclays Bank's investment banking arm will close its technology centre in McKinney, Texas, and move about 200 jobs
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April 01, 2016
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IT services firm creates 500 jobs in Welsh local authority
IT services firm CGI creates 500 jobs in south Wales following a £3.2m investment from the Welsh government
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April 01, 2016
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Brits feel lack of digital skills holds firms back
Almost half of employers think UK firms would be more productive if there was a higher level of digital skills
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March 31, 2016
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Mar'16
DDoS attacks on universities normally performed by “disgruntled” students or employees
The majority of distributed denial of service attacks on universities are made by students or employees, says the head of infrastructure services at the University of London
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March 31, 2016
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Mar'16
Build out networks and mobile to rebalance UK economy, says O2
In a major report, mobile operator O2 suggests that access to better digital infrastructure could boost the UK economy by £1.5bn outside of London and the South East
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March 31, 2016
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Mar'16
Businesses should help shape graduates, says Hitachi Data Systems COO
Lynn Collier, COO of Hitachi Data Systems, wants businesses to collaborate with educational institutions to ensure young people gain the right skills
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March 24, 2016
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Mar'16
The dawn of managed services in the Middle East
Managed services are on the up in the Middle East, with enterprises looking at ways to support critical infrastructures while they invest in new technologies
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March 24, 2016
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Mar'16
BT says geography biggest barrier to finding apprentices
Telecoms provider BT says that skilled young people for apprenticeships are readily available, but that it struggles to find them outside of London
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March 24, 2016
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Mar'16
CIO interview: Martin Uudelepp, Fonus Group
The interim CIO of Swedish family law and funeral group Fonus tells Computer Weekly about his role as a “chaos pilot”
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March 22, 2016
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Mar'16
KPMG accelerates transfer of UK IT jobs to India
KPMG is moving more jobs to India, with UK contractor roles the most affected
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March 22, 2016
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Cyber security budgets not rising in line with threats, say security pros
While it is good news that businesses are increasing investment, it is clear that spending on security is still not at a level that matches the changing threat landscape, says IISP
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March 22, 2016
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Mar'16
Three quarters of firms believe tech skills gap could be solved by apprenticeships
Around three quarters of firms think the tech skills shortage could be solved by employing apprentices
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March 18, 2016
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Mar'16
What does the IT sector think of the UK potentially leaving the EU?
The referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union is fast approaching and the country’s IT sector is taking sides
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March 18, 2016
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Mar'16
PAC disappointed by Major Projects Authority’s lack of impact
The Public Accounts Committee is concerned that the newly formed Infrastructure and Projects Authority will weaken project scrutiny and become a “champion for government projects”
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March 18, 2016
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Mar'16
Most students say cyber security is a growing threat
Some 70% of higher education students say they are aware that cyber crime and attacks are a threat, but less than half think security is their responsibility
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March 17, 2016
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Mar'16
Cyber security is becoming a Dutch export
IT security is about to rival cheese, tulips, windmills and flood defences as an export from the Netherlands
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March 16, 2016
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Teens interested in tech, but few seek career in engineering
Most teens show an interest in technology, but do not want careers in engineering due to industry misconceptions
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March 15, 2016
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Mar'16
Internet of things needs more innovative business models
At a government event on IoT policy, speakers call for more innovative business models and joined up thinking to enable the IoT to live up to its potential
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March 15, 2016
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Mar'16
Growing need for IT training in the Middle East needs careful planning
IT training is becoming increasingly important in the Middle East – but organisations must look beyond suppliers' accreditation schemes
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March 15, 2016
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Mar'16
Retail banking will be fully automated by 2020, say bankers
Financial services employees believe the future of customer retail banking will be automated as the need for digital technology increases
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March 09, 2016
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Mar'16
Stemettes raise awareness of International Women’s Day with weekend hackathon
Social organisation Stemettes ran a two-day hackathon to encourage girls into technology careers
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March 07, 2016
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Mar'16
Australia’s digital transformation head Paul Shetler marks a first year
The man heading up Australia's digital government transformation talks to Computer Weekly about the progress his department made in its first year
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March 04, 2016
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Mar'16
Australia’s corporate giants recruit digitally-minded outsiders to drive transformation
Big Australian businesses are turning to digital professionals from outside rather than promoting from within
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March 04, 2016
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Mar'16
Bet365 donates Erlang libraries to GitHub
The open-source initiative will help to drive adoption of the Erlang functional programming language among enterprise developers
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March 03, 2016
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Telecoms firms launch Stem mentoring scheme for girls
BT joins Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone to create a mentoring scheme encouraging girls into science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers
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March 03, 2016
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Mar'16
IoT adoption held back by lack of business case, software and skills
The internet of things is at the top of Gartner’s Hype Cycle, but many organisations cannot build a business case to invest in IoT projects
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March 03, 2016
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Mar'16
Why are big government IT projects still going wrong?
The rural payments programme has again been in the spotlight over its failures, continuing the trend of government IT programmes being noted not for their success, but rather the opposite
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March 02, 2016
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Mar'16
RSAC16: Security industry needs to do more, says Intel Security Group head
Chris Young calls on security industry to pay more attention to cyber threat intelligence sharing and encouraging people to become information security professionals
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March 01, 2016
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Cyber security professionals in Singapore could get 20% pay rise
E-commerce and cyber security professionals in Singapore could gain 10 to 20% pay rises if they move companies, due to increased demand of niche IT skills
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February 29, 2016
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Feb'16
CIO interview: Anders Candell, Stora Enso
CIO at Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer shares advice for shouldering a new CIO position and guiding the business towards innovative technology
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February 26, 2016
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Everywoman forum: the importance of authenticity, confidence and being memorable
At the 2016 Everywoman in Technology forum, speakers taught women in IT how to stand out from the crowd, when authenticity matters and how to have confidence
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February 26, 2016
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Israeli high-tech startups seek UK funding
Israeli high-tech startup companies visit London in search of venture capital and angel investors
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February 26, 2016
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We Are Colony: Tackling the death of traditional film and abundance of content
Founder of content streaming platform We Are Colony explains why the film industry should be making the most of digital content to provide the best experience for modern consumers
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February 24, 2016
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Everywoman launches Modern Muse career app for young women
Member organisation Everywoman has launched the Modern Muse not-for-profit app to offer young girls access to female role models in Stem fields
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February 22, 2016
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Girls compete in Network Rail Stem careers event
Almost 90 teenage girls visited the Network Rail offices to take part in the second round of the Stem careers event to win work experience
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February 22, 2016
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IBM open sources Blockchain to help developers build ledgers
IBM has released over 40 thousand lines of Blockchain code to help developers build ledgers for the distributed technology that underpins Bitcoin
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February 18, 2016
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Media and marketing industries on the lookout for digital skills
Creative industries such as media, marketing, advertising and sales place more value on digital skills than IT and telecoms sector does
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February 18, 2016
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Average tech salaries rose by 2% over the past year
The average salary for a technology professional rose by 2% in 2015, according to a study by IT jobs website Dice
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February 17, 2016
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Gender and age are still defining factors of tech specialists
The type of person working as a technology specialist stills skews towards older males, according to research
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February 15, 2016
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'We stumbled on e-commerce,' says Ecco marketing head
Head of e-commerce at retailer Ecco Dana Schwartz explains how the firm’s transformational journey happened as a result of e-commerce adoption
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February 15, 2016
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Accenture and Stemettes tackle lack of female role models with multi-city event
Charity partners with tech firm to run five simultaneous events to inspire girls to pursue science technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers
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February 12, 2016
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Feb'16
CIO interview: Ismo Platan, SSAB
Retiring CIO of Swedish steel company tells Computer Weekly about the progress made in merging two Nordic steel firms and looks at the biggest hurdles that lie ahead
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February 11, 2016
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Feb'16
Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates
India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years
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February 11, 2016
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Feb'16
CIO interview: Jassim Haji, director of IT, Gulf Air
IT boss at Bahraini national carrier views mobility as a way to keep costs down and improve customer experience
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February 11, 2016
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Feb'16
CW500: Skills, changing roles and cloud among key trends for CIOs in 2016
At Computer Weekly’s first CW500 meeting of 2016, CIOs gathered to discuss the role of the CIO, business change, cloud uptake and skills
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February 10, 2016
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Feb'16
The OpenStack Foundation: Building enterprise trust in open-source clouds
With HMRC and the European Commission emerging as OpenStack adopters, the OpenStack Foundation's CEO explains how it has set about winning over the enterprise with its open-source cloud platform
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February 10, 2016
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Smart cities pointless without universal superfast broadband
Smart city deployments will not get very far, or realise effective socioeconomic benefits, if more attention is not paid to the underlying infrastructure
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February 10, 2016
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Feb'16
Marks & Spencer appoints new chief digital officer
Marcus East leaves role as head of e-commerce at Apple to become CDO at retail chain
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February 10, 2016
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Feb'16
A quarter of SME IT managers are women
Managed services provider Altodigital studied SMEs and found high esteem for IT; and a quarter of their IT managers are women
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February 10, 2016
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Feb'16
Finnish construction company YIT opens a virtual IT test lab
Finnish construction company YIT has opened a lab to allow its staff test out their digital ideas