Opinion

Opinion

IT jobs and recruitment

• ICL: English Patient in need of radical surgery?

  Fujitsu must make some radical decisions about its UK subsidiary ICL. Nicholas Enticknap assesses its options and finds that...  Continue Reading

• Too young to die, too old for IT?

  Perhaps the IT industry isn't old enough to know better, but ageism in the workplace is driving away potential employees and...  Continue Reading

• Finding the work/life balance

  The over-50s in our industry are very sensitive, and that's to be expected.  Continue Reading

• JBB toasts its PDS scheme

  
  
  The success of the BCS Professional Development Scheme (PDS) among IT staff at drinks manufacturer JBB (Greater Europe) has won the company this year's...  Continue Reading

• The nightmare scenario

  Y2K for 'dummies'?  Continue Reading

• How to be a good boss

  No one wants to be a bad boss, but passing company directions down to the workforce may not always make you the most popular...  Continue Reading

• 'Sack over-50s' call from IT analyst

  Older IT staff considered unable to cope with changes in working practices  Continue Reading

• Don't ignore savings tips

  Recently some companies have chosen to ignore suggestions made by their consultants, unlike Greenwich Nat West where everyone is benefiting from a top-down strategy  Continue Reading

• Unite staff distanced by remote working

  
  
  Much of the debate on teleworking to date has focused on full-time working from remote rural locations. This may be idyllic for some, but in reality it is only...  Continue Reading

• We're all part of the business now

  
  
  David Taylor

  Inside track

  When I attend IT conferences, I often hear speakers refer to "the business", presumably meaning all...

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• Union right for IT staff

  
  
  

  This week employees gained a new right. Employers can no longer veto the right of employees to choose to be collectively represented through a union. This...

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• A winning combination

  
  
  

  Which is more important: technology and our virtual systems, assets and investments; or people and our human capital, knowledge and potential?...

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• Measuring performance

  Is there such a thing as a fair and accurate way to set up a performance-related bonus scheme? We look at the problems for you  Continue Reading

• If you're good at your job, move on

  Don't sit around once you've met the challenge of your current job - that is the message from Legal & General's e-business...  Continue Reading

• E-commerce needs the feminine touch

  
  
  E-commerce projects demanding co-operation between company departments are creating a new need and new opportunities for women, according to one of the...  Continue Reading

• Your department has a virus: ditching the 'negs' is the cure

  The CEO, and board-level peers, are important power bases for the IT director to be aware of, and act on. But there is a force...  Continue Reading

• Three stage solution to directors' dilemmas

  
  
  Directors' Dilemmas by Patrick Dunne

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  The "win-win" scenario might have become a...

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• What matters most is getting the job done

  
  
  John Riley

  Groundswell

  Choosing a new supplier is as fraught and as tempestuous as the forging of any new personal relationship....

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• Users fill void with non-IT graduates

  
  
  The failure of universities to keep pace with the demand for skilled IT staff is encouraging employers to turn to graduates from the arts and other disciplines...  Continue Reading

• Typecast for action?

  The dynamic world of e-commerce demands that ideas are put into action. But are you employing the right people? Mark Lewis...  Continue Reading

• Obituary: Alan Benjamin OBE

  
  
  Many of our readers will have heard of the death of Alan Benjamin OBE. Alan's contribution to our industry would be difficult to...  Continue Reading

• Does HP's ePC herald the era of the disposable machine?

  
  
  Everyone knows that the cost of PCs has fallen over the past 20 years. However, not enough people have taken the idea to its logical conclusion: that...  Continue Reading

• Time to make dotcom move

  IT executives wanting to join a dotcom company as chief technology officer may have only six months to make their move, according...  Continue Reading

• Discount model danger

  Amazon.com's announcement of 150 redundancies, coupled with up to another 100 at clothes retailer  Continue Reading

• IT jobs demand to soar

  IT departments will find it increasingly difficult to recruit the right people as demand grows for staff with e-commerce and Internet skills  Continue Reading

• The future of IT, not!

  The future is not what it used to be if some of the great predictions of the late 20th century are anything to go by, writes...  Continue Reading

• Administering the antidote to office politics

  
  
  David Taylor

  Inside Track

  People will only work their hardest when they actually want to. Carrots and sticks both play their part...

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• Will the new millennium see the death of the IT director?

  There are few job descriptions as varied and diverse as those of IT directors. Some will follow the traditional route, and focus on the technology first. Others will focus on the business and its future  Continue Reading