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Exploiting and Unleashing The Potential of Big Data Is a Massive Economic Opportunity

Dec 3, 2013

MP Liam Fox has claimed that "exploiting and unleashing the potential of big data is a massive economic opportunity". Fox was speaking at the SAS Careers Fair at Brunel University today which was attended by Computing. Further reading ...

Tags: Big Data, economy, Computer Products, software

Demand for Big Data Experts in Large Companies Is Expected to More Than Double by 2017

Nov 12, 2013

The demand for big data experts in large companies is expected to more than double by 2017 to 69,000, according to a study sponsored by data analytics specialists SAS. In 2013, there were 31,000 people employed as big data specialists at ...

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UK Companies Are Struggling to Find Employees with The Big Data and Analytics Skills

Nov 8, 2013

UK companies are struggling to find employees with the big data and analytics skills that they need. That's according to a new report released by SAS Institute, called "Big Data Analytics: Adoption and employment trends". It suggests ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

CSC UK Is a Government- and Industry-Backed Initiative

Oct 30, 2013

The Cyber Security Challenge UK (CSC UK), a series of national events designed to encourage talented professionals to join the UK IT security industry, is a government- and industry-backed initiative that has enabled 40 participants to ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

E-Skills and The Cyber Security Challenge Have Joined Forces to Launch Separate Programmes

Sep 16, 2013

Skills body e-skills UK and the Cyber Security Challenge have joined forces to launch separate programmes that complement each other, in a bid to make the cyber security profession more appealing to secondary school students. The Cyber ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Degree-Level Apprenticeships as Part of an Employer-Backed "Cyber Academy"

Sep 3, 2013

Degree-level apprenticeships in cyber security have been launched in the UK as part of an employer-backed "Cyber Academy". The Cyber Academy, which was launched by the National Skills Academy for IT and e-skills UK, will see employers ...

Tags: Computer Products

JCQ Has Released Its Reports on Attainment with ICT Once Again Falling Outside The Top Ten

Aug 16, 2013

With A-level results appearing up and down the country, the JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) has released its reports on attainment, as well as numbers of pupils entering for examinations, with ICT once again falling outside the top ...

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SAS CEO Jim Goodnight Has Told Computing

Jun 13, 2013

Demand for SAS-based higher education courses is so high that only a small percentage of prospective students who apply for qualifications in the subject at university actually get a place at an institution, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight has told ...

Tags: SAS Academies, education courses

FTSE May Have Lost Valuable Corporate Data After a Laptop Computer Was Taken

May 28, 2013

A major FTSE-100-listed mining company has revealed that it may have lost valuable corporate data after a laptop computer was taken during a domestic burglary, while it has also warned of a "potential loss of data" as a result of an alleged ...

Tags: Computer Products

DMU Has Joined Forces with Business Advisors Deloitte to Launch a Masters

May 24, 2013

De Monfort University (DMU) has joined forces with business advisors Deloitte to launch a masters in science (MSc) for cyber security - what it says is the first of its kind in the UK. DMU's Cyber Security Centre experts and Deloitte's ...

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Organisations Have Teamed up with Business and IT Sector Skills Council

May 16, 2013

Organisations across the IT, communications and defence sectors have teamed up with Business and IT Sector Skills Council (E-Skills UK) to launch cyber security apprenticeships. The aim is to boost the number of young people working in ...

Tags: E-Skills, Cyber Security Apprenticeship

SAS Has Launched The SAS Student Academy to Help Staff a Big Data Analytics Revolution

Mar 29, 2013

Business analytics provider SAS has launched the SAS Student Academy to help staff a big data analytics revolution, through a joint initiative with Birmingham City University (BCU). In this video, the CEO of sector skills body e-skills UK ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Capgemini Is Looking for 100 New Apprentices in The Birmingham

Jan 24, 2013

Computer services giant Capgemini is looking for 100 new apprentices in the Birmingham and West Midlands region as it seeks to nurture talent from a younger age, rather than battling it out with its fierce rivals for a skilled graduate. ...

Tags: Computer services, Capgemini, IT Apprentices

NITP and BT Will Create 550 IT Apprenticeships in 2013

Jan 8, 2013

A new partnership between the National Skills Academy for IT, training provider NITP and telecoms giant BT will create 550 IT apprenticeships in 2013. Some 100 apprentice jobs in small to medium-sized enterprises are already up for grabs, ...

Tags: National Skills Academy, IT, NITP, Computer

IT Employment Is Set to Grow at Twice The UK Average Between Now and 2020

Dec 28, 2012

MI5 chief Jonathan Evans says the intelligence agency is working against"astonishing"levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. In his first public speech in two years at London's Mansion House,Evans warned that internet"vulnerabilities"were ...

Tags: demand for II staff, employment

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