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Linux skills in short supply
News An increased demand for in-house training may well reflect some respondents wanting to at least "skill up" in lieu of pay rises and perks. Below we reveal what 3,830 respondents told us between mid-February and mid-March.
[March 28, 2003, 10:45]
IT salaries up in UK, says survey
News The silicon.com annual skills survey, with 4,000 respondents, is one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. Every year the headline figure is the proportion of respondents who say their organisation has vacancies in its IT department that it can't...
[March 24, 2003, 12:54]
Study: IE beating Navigator in business
News In a study of 308 corporate enterprises, Zona found that 59 percent of respondents are using Microsoft's Internet Explorer as their primary browser, while 41 percent of respondents are using Netscape Communications Corp.s Navigator or Communicator...
[May 19, 1999, 7:38]
Spam 'more of a menace than hackers'
News In fact respondents to a survey run among silicon.com readers revealed that almost twice as many of them believe spam is a bigger threat to their business than the actions of hackers. Among the more than 2,800 respondents to the survey snapshot a...
[June 13, 2003, 9:10]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback MKM Pomotions have assured us that all respondents to the offer should have been offered flights. The Promotions Director at MKM has expressed concern that many respondents did not receive their CHOSEN (my caps) flights" Also have received a...
[December 14, 2004, 22:53]
Survey reveals IT job dissatisfaction
News More than 80 percent of respondents in a recent Australian survey are unhappy in their work. Of the 700 respondents, 82 percent weren't happy in their current jobs. Pay was a major factor for 12 percent of respondents.
[July 31, 2002, 11:43]
Press release of the day
Blog According to Keynote Systems, "the mobile and internet performance authority", nearly 80 percent of respondents to some or other survey of theirs said they would check or send emails via their mobile devices while on the tube, given the chance.
[April 16, 2007, 14:52]
UK IT spend to rise next year
News The National Centre for Computing found in its 2004 survey on IT spending that 53 percent of respondents expected their IT spending to rise next year, and that more people were seeing Unix and Linux computers as a valid alternative to Windows.
[September 29, 2004, 18:00]
Two-thirds of Malaysian firms hit by cyberattacks
News A recent survey on information and communication technology (ICT) security in Malaysia has discovered that 68 percent of respondents suffered some sort of cybersecurity breach in 2000. Other key findings indicated that 47 percent of respondents...
[November 9, 2001, 6:30]
Public sector embraces open source
News A snapshot survey organised by Kable and sponsored by Red Hat shows that just over a third of respondents are actually using open source, and close to another third are giving it consideration in their plans for the future.
[May 2, 2007, 10:14]
IBM losing ground in US study
News The report, issued quarterly by industry analysts, Workgroup Strategic Services, questioned respondents about the "brand equity" of various computer companies. Although more than 62 per cent of the respondents said IBM was a "strategic supplier" to...
[March 17, 1998, 9:20]
Why Settle for Less?: Deloitte Consulting 2008 Outsourcing Report
White Papers While outsourcing is generally recognized as a strategy for producing cost savings, few surveys to date have utilized a large enough sample of respondents to provide an accurate estimate of the actual amount of these savings.
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
British and European managers differ on staffing crisis
News UK respondents were much more likely (72 percent ) than their continental neighbours to fret over the effect new technologies would have on their network teams' ability to cope. All the respondents were responsible for at least 1,000 users and some...
[May 28, 2001, 6:58]
Long contracts prioritised over pay packet
News A survey by IT recruitment company Parity Resources has found contract length is top of contractors' priorities, with a fifth (20 percent) of survey respondents saying it is the most important factor for them in the current economic climate.
[January 16, 2009, 8:19]
Businesses shy away from broadband
News More than 20 percent of respondents said they would not use any type of broadband service in their main offices. For those willing to test the broadband waters, DSL is the most popular choice, with 37 percent of respondents saying they would choose...
[September 12, 2002, 9:51]
Survey: LAN take-up slows Down Under
News The survey revealed the number of respondents employing a LAN has risen by only 1 percent since last year. The most popular servers used amongst the participating SMEs were HP with 30 percent of the respondents, IBM with 23 percent and Dell with 14...
[May 21, 2004, 10:20]
China, tech seen as vital by 'Global Titans'
News In a survey of major multinational companies, 29 percent of respondents predicted that Internet technology will have the largest positive impact on their business in the next five years. Just 18 firms responded to the survey, though, and not all...
[October 11, 2004, 13:20]
Survey finds increasing uncertainty over offshoring
News One-third of respondents to the survey agree or strongly agree with the statement "I feel that offshoring is a threat to my current job" — a very slight increase on last year's result when 32 percent feared their job could be sent abroad.
[August 22, 2007, 10:04]
IP infringement fines to increase tenfold
News Following a consultation by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), a majority of respondents supported the increase in the maximum fine, known as an exceptional statutory maxima. Respondents included the Publisher's Association, the British...
[May 6, 2009, 17:00]
Banks and insurance firms facing flood of cyberattacks
News Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's study showed that nearly 83 percent of respondents said their systems had been compromised in the past year, compared with 39 percent in 2003. Nearly 40 percent of the respondents whose systems were attacked reported...
[May 28, 2004, 10:50]
