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IT technical skills
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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
19
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
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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
20
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
26
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
26
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
10
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
09
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
02
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
02
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
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January 14, 2015
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Jan'15
Computer science graduates have highest unemployment rate
UK computer science students have the highest rate of unemployment six months after graduation, according to a report
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January 12, 2015
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Jan'15
Tech-savvy females taking Gaza startup scene by storm
With no Stem stigma in the Arab world, females in Gaza soldier through conflict with Gaza Sky Geeks Accelerator
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December 29, 2014
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Dec'14
Top 10 women in IT stories of 2014
Read the top women in business technology stories for the year and see what the hottest debates surrounding gender were for 2014
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December 15, 2014
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Dec'14
Students take on the Daleks at D5 summit
Netley Primary School students learn to code via BBC’s Doctor and the Dalek game at D5 London summit
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December 12, 2014
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Dec'14
Students' Raspberry Pi computers to run on International Space Station
Astro Pi competition to send best two Raspberry Pi ideas on next International Space Station mission
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December 02, 2014
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Dec'14
Innocent Drinks: Why the UK is the best place for startups
Innocent Drinks co-founder, Richard Reed, says the UK is the best place for a startup company
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December 02, 2014
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Dec'14
Sitel to hire 11,000 staff
Sitel reveals plans to expand by employing 11,000 staff, with 1,200 positions in the UK
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December 01, 2014
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Dec'14
CIO interview: Kevin Cunnington, director general of digital transformation, DWP
Kevin Cunnington is responsible for making the Universal Credit IT system work - while leading the DWP's digital transformation
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November 28, 2014
28
Nov'14
Lack of digital skills holding back two million small businesses
Two million small firms miss out on business due to lack of online presence, Department for Business Innovation & Skills report reveals
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November 28, 2014
28
Nov'14
Tech startups fail to represent females in the boardroom
The number of women on tech startup boards has declined since 2010, while FTSE 100 companies boast increased female representation, survey shows
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November 27, 2014
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Nov'14
CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s
While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.
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November 24, 2014
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Nov'14
Tower Hamlets truants code with UK2.net, Barnardo’s and Raspberry Pi
UK2.net, Barnardo’s and Raspberry Pi team up to teach Tower Hamlet students with truancy or behavioural issues
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November 21, 2014
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Nov'14
Smart Wear triumphs at Appathon UK competition
Notre Dame High School and University of Cambridge win trip to Silicon Valley during awards ceremony at House of Commons
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November 18, 2014
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Nov'14
Melissa Di Donato: Having a daughter changed everything
The Salesforce vice-president shares how her daughter has given her a new sense of responsibility to pave the way for more women in tech
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November 14, 2014
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Nov'14
We Are The City expands footprint to further support women in tech
We Are The City cuts ribbon on new offices due to growing demand from women in IT for more support
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November 11, 2014
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Nov'14
Tinder Foundation secures Future Digital Inclusion contract
Tinder Foundation lands contract with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to drive digital inclusion mission
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November 10, 2014
10
Nov'14
Future Decoded event raises questions on digital risk
Is technology good for society or bad? This was one of the issues covered at the Future Decoded event in London