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IT staff can't be trusted, claim self-appointed software police
News All too often IT policy enforcement and management is left solely to the IT department, in the belief that when IT staff say that correct licences are in place, they are," said John Lovelock, director general at FAST.
[April 29, 2005, 13:35]
IT staff face skills and training shortfall
News Better news for IT staff is that around 17 percent of companies said they were expecting to hire IT staff soon, as this image shows: More worryingly, 11 percent of companies surveyed reported that their ICT staff also lack some key skills, compared...
[January 5, 2007, 15:51]
IT staff's overtime levels exposed
News The UK Trades Union Congress has once more hit out at employers who abuse their authority to keep staff chained to their workstations long outside their contracted hours. In response the TUC is striking a blow for the put-upon with a system to...
[February 22, 2005, 8:10]
IT staff hit by HSBC, Credit Suisse layoffs
News IT workers will be among 1,150 staff to lose their jobs at financial giants HSBC and Credit Suisse. The spokesman added that it is not possible to confirm exactly where the job cuts will fall until a consultation with staff has taken place.
[December 3, 2008, 6:30]
IT staff face bleak outlook
News The immediate outlook for IT staff in the UK is bleak with redundancies rising, salaries falling and less training going on. As a result of IT cutbacks by many businesses, the overall number of ICT staff made redundant in the UK rose to 10,000 for...
[July 4, 2003, 15:23]
Gartner: IT staff need more than tech skills
News Good technical skills won't be enough for workers who want to hold onto their jobs in IT, as staff need to show off new business skills to attract employers, according to research from Gartner. Scepticism about the effectiveness of IT, increasing...
[November 13, 2005, 10:40]
IT staff told 'what not to wear'
News She believes that help-desk workers and staff at tech start-ups — many of whom are apparently "guilty" of wearing t-shirts to work — need to shape up. IT professionals are bottom of the pile when it comes to natty dressing, an Australian corporate...
[November 17, 2005, 17:05]
Shell accused of 'dumping' IT staff
News Shell has been accused of keeping IT staff in the dark over their future following the oil giant's £4bn outsourcing deals. EDS will be the operational integrator for the outsourcing contracts, with approximately 1,500 Shell IT staff and contractors...
[April 4, 2008, 9:07]
Council IT staff don't respect top bosses
News Fewer than half of council IT staff respect their chief executives because they lack the ability to lead and inspire, according to a new survey. The IT staff in the survey also cited directors of finance and social services as those executives in...
[November 2, 2005, 11:40]
Demand for IT staff remains constant
News IT remained one of the top five occupations in demand, with 8 percent of all organisations that reported skill shortages expressing a need for suitably skilled IT staff. Demand for IT skills among UK companies remained constant throughout the first...
[May 28, 2002, 7:31]
40pc of UK tech firms plan to cut IT staff
News Close to half (40 percent) of HR directors at technology and media companies are planning to cut IT staff in the coming few months, a new survey has found. The picture is slightly less bleak across UK industry as a whole — however, more than a...
[February 5, 2009, 8:26]
Chalking Up More Than $216,000 in IT Staff Time Savings With Symantec Solutions
White Papers An IT staff of just six people in Joliet Public School District 86 must oversee network security in 20 schools equipped with 3,000 computers and 35 servers. Since then, the staff has had no security incidents on servers and has seen up to 50...
[August 25, 2006, 0:00]
Council IT staff close in on private sector
News Salaries paid to council IT staff are approaching private-sector levels, says new research Local authority IT staff are closing the salary gap on their private sector counterparts, according to a survey published on 24 May, 2004.
[May 24, 2004, 12:10]
Public sector IT staff get bigger pay rises
News IT staff working in fire services have received the greatest increase (6.7 percent) while, at a regional level, staff at local authorities in Wales have benefited the most with an average increase also of 6.7 percent.
[May 15, 2006, 11:20]
Mentoring a stimulant for Australia's IT staff
News Getting staff who have been working in isolation to learn to manage can be tough, but some Australian IT departments are now turning to mentoring to bridge the gap. It's also something he believes is particularly relevant to IT departments, because...
[February 25, 2002, 16:39]
Demand for IT staff drops
News Demand for IT staff in the UK has fallen for the first time in 18 months as companies cut back on IT spend, according to the latest e-Skills UK figures on the tech job market. Ads for IT staff fell by 5 percent during the first quarter of 2005 and...
[September 5, 2005, 16:15]
Failing IT staff under pressure
Talkback The biggest problem I have seen with execs in SMEs is that they don't listen to their IT staff, believing their own views, ideas and flowery imaginations are more accurate and possible than the realistic views of the real world techies, the people...
[February 3, 2005, 13:49]
UK facing IT staff shortage
News Bill Grubbs, COO of IT recruitment firm Spring Group, told silicon.com the result will be "huge staff shortages" in five to 10 years' time. Other options for dealing with the skills shortage include luring and retaining IT staff with "open...
[February 7, 2005, 8:25]
Insurance Leader Enables Business Users, Frees IT Staff With Data-Reporting Services
White Papers The process was slow for business users and exceptionally time-consuming for the IT staff. The Life Division of Pacific Life Insurance Company had a strong dependency between its business and Information Technology (IT) workers.
[January 1, 2007, 0:00]
Forrester: Consider unorthodox sources for IT staff
News Poaching IT staff from other organisations is a short-term solution, warns research company Forrester in a report published this week. Among the sources that companies should tap into for IT staff, says Forrester in its research report, Recruiting...
[July 26, 2007, 14:02]
