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Shortage of engineers blamed for ADSL delays
News BTopenworld has admitted that a shortage of BT engineers means businesses could have to wait up to two months to get their broadband services installed. A slight shortage of engineers means it could be up to two months before you get ADSL installed...
[July 27, 2000, 15:36]
Shortage may mean Bluetooth delays
News A shortage of Bluetooth radio modules caused by excessive demand for pre-production developer kits and intensive internal research by Ericsson has forced wireless manufacturer Symbionics to turn away customers.
[September 17, 1999, 10:02]
News Burst: IT skills shortage getting worse
News The shortage in European IT professionals is set to increase in the next two years, from 5% in 1998 to almost 20% in 2002, IDC has reported. IDC predicts the internetworking area will experience the most acute skills shortage.
[October 19, 1999, 10:11]
Micro Focus: IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills
News According to the study, published on Monday, there is a shortage of IT skills across Europe and the US, even though such skills are core assets needed during a recession. Last year, we highlighted that IT was the forgotten corporate asset but, this...
[December 1, 2008, 17:11]
Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief
News In the long term Goodnight believes the UK and US must encourage more students to achieve skills in science and maths to address the growing skills shortage. Jim Goodnight, the outspoken chief executive officer of software giant SAS, has said the...
[July 3, 2006, 14:55]
Microsoft warns of 'acute' UK skills shortage
Talkback If there is a skills shortage, why is the rate of employment of IT graduates so low in comparison to other disciplines? It took me 2 years of dogged effort to get an IT position. IMHO the problem is with employer's unrealistic expectations.
[July 11, 2006, 9:55]
UK shortage of IT skills continues
News Employers continue to experience a shortage of core technical skills, according to a quarterly review of the ICT (Information and Computer Technology) labour market by E-skills UK. However, the number of firms reporting IT skills shortages has...
[May 30, 2002, 10:23]
LogicaCMG squeezed by graduate shortage
News This shortage appears to be good news for those who do get hired, but not necessarily for LogicaCMG's clients. There is growing concern that Europe may be facing a tech skills shortage in the future. IT services firm LogicaCMG is struggling to hire...
[September 1, 2006, 11:55]
UK Tech Week: Intervention needed for skills shortage
News Temple dismissed the validity of recent surveys on the skills shortage, claiming it was hard to get accurate statistics on the issue: "The picture may be a little more complicated than is sometimes presented," he said.
[October 6, 1998, 16:49]
Microsoft warns of 'acute' UK skills shortage
Talkback The dwindling number of IT graduates in the UK should act as a wake-up call for companies to take action to educate their current employees before declaring a "skills shortage". With around 70 per cent of the world’s business still running upon...
[July 12, 2006, 16:37]
Pocket PC shortage helping Palm
News Analysts said a component shortage and bad forecasting by manufacturers, who underestimated demand, has resulted in a lack of devices to go around. The shortage is more of an issue for Pocket PC guys because they are on the cusp of taking off...
[August 4, 2000, 8:41]
Highways Agency hit by .Net skills shortage
News This skills shortage highlighted by The Highways Agency could threaten businesses across the country. Project managers are also in short supply, according to Plumpton, who also blames lack of in-house opportunities and under investment for the...
[November 3, 2005, 14:50]
Indian CIOs face skills shortage
News Indian chief information officers must consider offshoring as the country is hit by an IT skills shortage. India has a "severe shortage of skilled IT resources" at all staffing levels, Cohen added. As businesses demand more from their IT...
[June 12, 2007, 9:26]
Shortage: Palms hard to come by
News The Palm shortage, the company says, results from a combination of high seasonal demand and a shortage of LCD panels and flash memory, two critical components used to construct the devices. Somsak called the shortage of devices a "pleasant problem...
[May 24, 2000, 8:37]
Microsoft warns of 'acute' UK skills shortage
News The UK is facing an acute and growing shortage of high-end software skill," said Matthew Bishop, senior director of Microsoft's Development Platform Group. A new report, commissioned by Microsoft and published on Wednesday, has warned that the UK...
[July 5, 2006, 17:20]
A Year Ago: Microsoft to fight UK skill shortage
News Microsoft has turned its attention to the shortage of IT technical professionals in Britain, with one eye firmly on boosting NT Server literacy. The Microsoft Authorised Resource Centre programme will let accredited recruitment agencies offer IT...
[September 25, 1998, 6:50]
Microsoft warns of 'acute' UK skills shortage
Talkback Is there an apparent shortage of any *particular* IT skills, seeing as this study was sponsored by Microsoft? I can't help but wonder if perhaps they didn't look at the whole picture, but only concerned themselves with proprietary MS technologies.
[July 5, 2006, 19:10]
Microsoft warns of 'acute' UK skills shortage
Talkback The problem is not a shortage of skilled people It is more a shortage of companies willing to employ people of, shall we say more mature years. Employers forget these people have experienced a great number of changes within the industry and had...
[July 6, 2006, 8:32]
IT skills shortage costing Europe 'billions'
News The European Commission is warning that 40 percent of European citizens suffer from "digital illiteracy" and the skills shortage is slowing down the implementation of new projects. Europe is losing out on billions in investment because of a...
[September 12, 2007, 8:32]
UK sees worst IT skills shortage for a decade
News The UK's IT sector is suffering its worst shortage of skills for a decade, according to new figures. Perceived shortages in the industry jumped from 4.2 percent last year to 6.8 percent this year, a national survey of IT salaries and employment...
[February 12, 2008, 8:16]
