G7Swan has deployed its 250th hosted user, achieving its target number of users way ahead of schedule. “As the popularity of Cloud-based applications increase, we are seeing a growing uptake in new and existing users switching ...
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The Prime Minister has announced that a new Trailblazers project will be put in place to help enhance apprenticeships in the retail industry. The Trailblazer projects have been set up by the Government to lead the way in implementing ...
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Swedish truck and bus major Scania has unveiled its first manufacturing facility in India at an investment of Rs. 250 crore. Located in Narasapura near Kolar in Karnataka, the plant has an annual production capacity of 2500 heavy haulage ...
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The global IT market will require 20 per cent more skilled big data analytics roles than it currently has within the next five years, Les Rechan, general manager of IBM business analytics, has warned. Speaking at IBM's Information On ...
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European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has announced the need for new measures in ICT education across Europe, in the hope that better education will enable young people to fill more jobs in the industry. In a speech at ...
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Games developer Valve, which already runs the world's biggest and most successful software download platform, Steam, and is planning its own branded PC line, has announced an intention to enter the education sector. Launching a service ...
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The IT department of 2020 could disappear as a separate entity and become embedded in departments throughout the entire organisation, according to analyst Forrester. Speaking at its CIO Forum event in London, analysts discussed some of ...
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One of the most politically charged phrases in IT these days is "skills shortage." That phrase may come up Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, takes up a series of industry-sponsored amendments to the immigration bill. ...
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The role of IT in setting strategic priorities and achieving business success is growing for companies throughout the world, according to new research published by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry. The International ...
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Many tech companies have called for Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions. Yet, many veteran IT tech workers say they can't find jobs. More than a ...
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THE technology employment sector is expected to strengthen in the second quarter, with hiring experts forecasting a turnaround in the market. Hays senior regional director Peter Noblet said "positivity and growth" would return in Q2. ...
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The U.S. healthcare industry is facing an even more significant IT worker shortage than previously thought, and that shortage is slowing efforts to roll out electronic health systems. A new analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health ...
Eng. Omar Abdullah Al Nomany, Vice President of IT, STC Saudi Arabian STC this week inaugurated what it calls the largest information security control centre in the region to improve the security features of the telco’s systems and ...
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SAP and Saudia announced on Wednesday that they had signed a MoU to set up a competency centre at King Abdullah Economic City in Makkah. The idea is to prepare Saudi graduates for the job market through teaching essential business, IT and ...
Software vendors, academic institutions and government agencies united on Tuesday to tackle European youth unemployment and the IT skills shortage with a new online education platform. Academy Cube, developed by SAP with the support of ...
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