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UK Government In Breach Of European Employment Law
News Roger Bolton, general secretary of Bectu, said: "We are particularly pleased that the ECJ has concluded that workers on short-term contracts often find themselves in a more precarious situation than those employed under longer-term contracts and...
[June 26, 2001, 14:17]
IT Contractors Cut Out The Middle-men
News Resource Exchange -- an Australian b2b exchange for IT professionals and those who wish to hire them -- is due to go live 1 June, enabling freelance IT specialists to negotiate directly with corporations for short-term contracts.
[May 21, 2002, 11:19]
IT Contractors Cut Out The Middle-men
Talkback It will also encourage IT consultants to work for more than one client at a time, part-time or short full-time contracts. This has to be a growth area for the future where companies can find people to fix short term problems or skills shortages.
[August 19, 2003, 22:09]
IS Integration White Paper: Project Managers Don't Need Smiley Faces!
White Papers On-going maintenance of the methodology requires resource too, especially within an organisation where many technical specialists are on short-term contracts and where appropriate training is, therefore, difficult to justify.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
A New Approach To Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation In Quality Of Service Networks: Performance And Bounds
White Papers This paper introduces a new service model that provides per-flow bandwidth guarantees, where users subscribe for a guaranteed rate; moreover, the network periodically individuates unused bandwidth and proposes short-term contracts where extra...
[July 8, 2008, 1:01]
Distributed Algorithms For Dynamic Bandwidth Provisioning In Communication Networks
White Papers This paper introduces a new service model that provides quantitative per-flow bandwidth guarantees, where users subscribe for a guaranteed rate; moreover, the network periodically individuates unused bandwidth and proposes short-term contracts...
[July 8, 2008, 1:01]
Government Removes IT Skills From Visa List
News The Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) points out that IT contracts are often a short-term solution. Many SMEs have an acute need for IT workers, it says, but do not have the resources to undergo the lengthy and costly...
[May 14, 2002, 17:33]
Microsoft Beats Estimates But Still Disappoints
News Connors said the higher revenue outlook stems from higher-than-anticipated signing of long-term contracts in the prior quarter as well as an improved forecast for Xbox sales. Microsoft said its balance of cash and short-term investments rose to...
[July 23, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft Earns Even More Than Expected
News On a conference call with analysts, Microsoft executives said the company is seeing customers taking longer to renew software contracts, typically taking more advantage of a 90-day grace period than they have in the past.
[October 22, 2004, 9:00]
Online Retailers Rapped Over Unfair Contracts
News Contracts previously used by Micro Anvika had given consumers a very short time in which to inspect goods and notify faults, which effectively excluded it from liability, said the OFT. Computer supplier Micro Anvika is among a dozen online...
[June 13, 2003, 16:38]
WorldCom Customers Urged To Hang On
News Quinn said most companies have at least two-year contracts, though many are five-year deals. Some, like Electronic Data Services, have contracts that exceed 10 years. Analysts are unanimously telling companies to stay put, at least until their...
[July 4, 2002, 11:33]
Gartner Highlights Outsourcing Problems
News A survey of 200 European executives by analyst house Gartner found that 55 percent of those businesses with outsourcing contracts have renegotiated the deal. One in eight contracts had even been renegotiated within the first 12 months of their...
[April 27, 2005, 17:05]
Three Strategies For Acquiring New Skills
News He takes on contracts as a business analyst and as a software engineer using Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Access. Even with 20 years of experience, Benjamin said he often finds it hard to land contracts using fresh skills.
[June 17, 2002, 17:56]
BT And HP Team Up For Joint ICT Push
News BT recently landed a number of large contracts for the upgrading of the NHS IT network. Its success in delivering these contracts will be a vital factor in its push to be seen as more than just a telecommunications provider.
[May 4, 2004, 17:45]
£2bn BBC Technology Sell-off To Go Ahead
News When asked about guarantees that staff will not be moved out of west London she said: "Until the contracts have been signed we won't know that kind of detail. A spokesman for Bectu told ZDNet UK's sister site silicon.com: "We're opposing it because...
[September 21, 2004, 7:30]
On-form Microsoft Attacks Adobe
News And its Acrobat Messenger software is designed to let work groups easily scan paper documents -- such as contracts, colour brochures and documents with handwritten notes or signatures -- convert them into electronic files and share them via email...
[October 10, 2002, 8:42]
Temp Staff Pose Biggest Security Risk
News Corporate compliance specialist PolicyMatter believes staff on short-term contracts represent the biggest danger to a company because they are often not made aware of security policies before being set loose on sensitive systems.
[June 11, 2003, 15:17]
Cost-cutting Still Top Reason For Outsourcing
News The falling cost of technology and services also means some long-term infrastructure outsourcing contracts signed three or four years ago, are costing organisations more money now. Gartner advises ensuring older contracts are renegotiated to...
[November 22, 2007, 8:42]
Demand For IT Contractors Rises
News This rate rise is partly caused by the summer, according to the report, with short-term contracts more common as full-time workers go on holiday. This is compounded by contractors themselves taking breaks after completing six-month contracts.
[June 29, 2005, 15:00]
CA Promises To Mend Its Ways
News CA is moving away from the long-term software contracts that have led to criticism in the past, giving users more short-term options and more freedom, he said. Computer Associates (CA) has changed its strategy of purchasing other companies, and is...
[May 2, 2002, 10:34]
