While this workstation might look like a cubicle, don’t be fooled. The Docklands line by Bene was designed to offer private workspace in an open office plan. Workers duck in when they need to concentrate and go back into the crowd ...
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Things change fast in the working world. Where private offices and cubicles were once the order of the day, now open plan spaces rule and gone are the times when the only way you could communicate with your coworkers was by actually ...
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The London Borough of Merton is to deploy cloud and networking firm Citrix's virtualisation technology in a bid to cut costs and provide a flexible working environment to 2,000 of its employees. The Citrix solution will be implemented by ...
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Research by Microsoft has shown 70% of office workers get 'more done' working away from the office. The research is launched today (18 March) to coincide with the start of Anywhere Working Week and is an Ipsos MORI study of UK office ...
A guide to efficient hot-desking. Part 2: Acoustic furniture by Anca on Mar 18. 2013 Best Advice There is so much noise in your office because you hear whatever is too loud as well as reflections off the walls and ceilings. They can then ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer shouldn't judge staff performance on how many hours workers log on the VPN from home, but on the results they bring to the company. That's according to David Plumb, general manager, enterprise, at Telefonica O2 UK. ...
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16.2%: that’s the size of the gender pay gap, or the average difference between women and men’s hourly earnings across the EU, according to the latest figures released today by the European Commission. The news comes ahead of ...
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U.S. corporations tend to be far less concerned with the brand of mobile devices in the workplace and more worried about which employees have access to company data, according to a Dell survey of 1,500 senior IT managers in 10 countries. ...
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The Australian government’s Corporate Champions program is an Australian first and aims to help businesses recruit and retain mature aged people (aged 45 and over) in their workplace. Eligible employers receive tailored support and ...
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The prestigious itSMF (IT Service Management Forum) UK Awards 2012 saw Marval customer Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) ICT pick up the IT Service Innovation of the Year Award for RoamKey; a stand-alone operating system stored ...
IBM is set to provide free programmes, training courses and resources for IT professionals and educators in a bid to narrow the skills gap. With the mission of preparing students for real-world business challenges, IBM will be offering ...
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European businesses will only need three quarters of a desk per employee by 2020 due to the impact of remote working. According to a survey of almost 2,000 senior IT decision makers commissioned by Citrix, large organisations are already ...
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O2 is synonymous with mobile, be it as the lucky operator who secured the iPhone exclusive when Apple's handset came to our shores or as the quiet network which was not angry but 'disappointed' with Ofcom's recent 4G rulings. However, the ...
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Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network(PSN)across its 200,000 users. The 10-year next-generation network(NGN)deal was awarded to a joint venture between ...
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Marks & Spencer is continuing its hunt for IT graduates as it plans to recruit a new software engineering team in London throughout 2013. As part of its existing Graduate Scheme and Business Placement Programme, half of the 50 strong team ...