Almost all IT workers that use multiple automation technologies are having serious problems as a result of the need to process more jobs, according to a Forrester survey. Big data, business analytics, cloud computing and mobility are ...
Tags: IT worker, Forrester survey, cloud computing, mobility
Despite the fact that technology is playing an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy, IT wages remain persistently flat. "IT salaries have not really kept pace with inflation," said Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco Associates, ...
Tags: technology, IT wages, inflation, still-sluggish U.S.economy, running index
A majority high-level IT managers and data storage professionals have no plans to deploy big data analytics, according to a new data storage survey by market research firm TheInfoPro. Fifty-six percent of respondents indicated they will ...
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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 ...
Annual IT costs for managing smartphones will soar by 48%next year compared to 2011,a new survey by Osterman Research shows. The increase is mainly due to the need for better security and management as workers bring consumer smartphones ...
Tags: BYOD, mobile devices, smartphones, Osterman
Vint Cerf–the founding father of the internet–is backing the BCS's call for computer science to be included in the English Baccalaureate(EBacc). In 2015,the EBacc is set to replace the current GCSE examination system in five ...
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Almost 40%of IT workers lose one day or more a week fixing IT problems and attempting to contact suppliers,and poor customer service from IT suppliers is proving costly to UK businesses,according to research by Rackspace. In its first IT ...
Tags: IT suppliers, UK businesses, CIOs, customer service shortfalls
An IT recruitment expert has criticised government pay thresholds for overseas IT workers in the UK, claiming it groups vastly different jobs together and sets salaries too low, presuming an IT director in the UK can earn as little as ...
Tags: IT workers, MAC, IT professionals, low-cost IT staff
As General Motors brings its heavily outsourced IT environment in-house, we examine whether the decision is likely to trigger other companies into similar transitions or whether it will be a one-off. General Motors (GM) announced earlier ...
Tags: General Motors, IT services, HP, EDS
Computerworld-CIOs are being predictably cautious with IT budgets for next year,and are focusing on increasing use of cloud technologies and offshore outsourcing,according to the annual report of technology trends by the Society for ...
When the recession hit in 2008,Congress and big tech employers mostly shelved the idea of creating more H-1B visas to combat what some described as a skills shortage.This year,however,proposals for overhauling work visa programs have ...
Tags: recession, H-1B visas, federal government, Washington
Microsoft today launched a security toolkit preview that includes anti-exploit technologies created by one of the three finalists in the company's$250,000 BlueHat Prize contest. Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit(EMET)3.5 features new ...
Tags: Microsoft, anti-exploit tool, security toolkit preview, Las Vegas, EMET
The Uefa Euro 2012 tournament The football administration management environment Uefa's private cloud infrastructure What next for Uefa's systems? Uefa has outsourced its IT infrastructure to a supplier-built private cloud to meet ...
Tags: Cloud Computing, Uefa Euro 2012 tournament, digital technology
Two thirds of senior managers do not know where all company data resides or are not sure, according to a survey about the security of cloud collaboration services. Some 74% of organisations also do not have a process for tracking which ...
Tags: cloud collaboration services, third-party cloud services, cloud services