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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]
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]
KPMG warns of compliance skills shortage
News UK businesses are struggling to meet compliance regulations because of a skills shortage. In the UK the biggest problem is a skills shortage," said Mulholland. But because of the skills shortage, they are struggling to deliver on Basel II.
[October 14, 2004, 14:30]
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]
'No danger' of Internet-address shortage
News The idea that there is an Internet-address shortage looming in Asia or any part of the world is "misinformation", according to a senior executive at the body responsible for distributing and registering Internet-address resources in the Asia...
[June 24, 2003, 14:22]
Taiwan sees Athlon shortage
News But because AMD's marketing strategy supplies chips to the US and Europe before Asia, the country has seen a serious shortage. According to ZDNet UK sister publication PC Week Taiwan, Athlon's 500MHz processor has been in short supply in the heart...
[January 18, 2000, 12:25]
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]
LCD parts shortage likely in 2005
News The shortage of colour filters used in fifth- and sixth-generation LCD plants is projected to be between 7 percent to 12 percent toward the end of 2005. The shortage is a result of a downturn seen in the TFT-LCD industry in the third quarter of...
[April 4, 2005, 10:20]
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]
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]
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]
A Year Ago: 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, 1999, 7:23]
Microsoft admits .Net skills shortage
Talkback I doubt there is really a "skills shortage". But it seems pointless to retrain Java programmers to .net, because .net offers no real advantages over Java. Dot net is just an attempt by Microsoft to lock more people in to their proprietary technology.
[November 9, 2005, 20:00]
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]
TFT market boom despite glass shortage
News A worldwide TFT glass shortage will force prices up but Demin reckoned this won't be enough to dampen interest in flat panel products. There is a shortage and prices are starting to climb. We have moved our business up market and we are getting a...
[February 19, 1999, 10:19]
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]
LCD screen shortage pushes up prices
News Surging demand for notebook computers, televisions and desktop PC monitors have spurred a shortage for the most popular sizes of liquid-crystal display panels. In a report published on Monday, iSuppli/Stanford Resources analyst Rhoda Alexander said...
[October 17, 2003, 12:00]
Dell HDD shortage spurs 600Mb freebie
News A shortage of 1Gb hard drives has led the direct seller to give 1.6Gb drives to purchasers at no extra charge. Dell buyers who are quick off the mark could get a 600Mb bonus. We had a bit of a shortfall and we are concentrating on supplying 1Gb...
[September 4, 1996, 16:42]
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]
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]
