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Google offers travel grants for women in IT

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:38:00 GMT

Google is offering a travel grant to female computer scientists in a bid to encourage more women to attend and participate in conferences.

CSC poaches Misys CEO ahead of Temenos merger

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Peter Sayer) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:02:00 GMT

CSC ended four months of speculation about the identity of its next CEO late Tuesday, announcing that Mike Lawrie, currently CEO of British IT service company Misys, will become CEO of CSC by the end of March. He has already taken a seat on CSC's board.

E-Skills council launches apprenticeships with BT and IBM

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:38:00 GMT

The government has taken part in the launch of the e-skills UK Higher Apprenticeship Programme, as part of this week's Apprenticeship Week 2012.

IT fears as Lloyds Banking Group cuts nearly 1,000 jobs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:42:00 GMT

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed plans to make 990 redundancies across the company and close four offices, according to a trade union.

Social business means cultivating a social culture

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Robert Strohmeyer) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:34:00 GMT

I've ranted before against the perils of delegated social strategies. You know: Management decides it's time to get into social media, and appoints some whippersnapper to the task. The potential perils with this approach are many and severe, but even under good circumstances, this approach comes with a steep lost-opportunity cost.

European CIO Association launches

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:09:00 GMT

A new, Brussels-based association for CIOs has launched today.

Micron appoints new CEO after shock accident

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:05:00 GMT

Memory company Micron Technology has appointed Mark Durcan as its new CEO, quickly replacing the former CEO Steve Appleton who died in a plane crash last week.

How to get more done at work

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (JR Raphael) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Here's a sobering statistic: With a 40- to 45-hour work week, many Americans spend about 25% o the year on the job. For those of us who stare at computer screens all day, that amounts to more than 2,000 hours with our keisters glued to chairs. In less technical terms, we're practically married to our desks.

Steve Appleton, Micron chief executive, dies in plane crash

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Nancy Gohring) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:13:00 GMT

Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor maker Micron, was killed in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, on Friday.

How to attract and retain IT staff in 2012

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Hamish Barwick) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT

The tight Australian IT job market has been touted as a blessing for job seekers and a curse for employers. Hamish Barwick looks at strategies companies can use to stop valued staff jumping ship.

Lack of career information means IT industry loses out, says CompTIA

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:00 GMT

The IT industry is losing out on new talent because schools and universities are not providing the information that students need to make informed career choices, a survey has found.

Dell forms software group, names John Swainson as head

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Dell on Thursday said it is forming a Software Group, which will bring together disparate products under one roof as the company tries to sharpen its end-to-end enterprise offerings.

AstraZeneca cuts another 7,300 jobs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:52:00 GMT

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is continuing with a major jobs cull by announcing another 7,300 redundancies, in a bid to cut costs, but has left uncertainty over the extent to which IT staff will be affected.

Reduce business risk by asking risky questions

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Michael Santarcangelo) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:40:00 GMT

Adults, especially in the business world, are conditioned to avoid uncomfortable questions, especially if the discomfort is likely to be experienced by the person asking. While the guidance to avoid discomfort and potential embarrassment might be useful in some situations, it also means that many times we avoid asking risky questions.

Apple CEO Tim Cook hires head of Dixons

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Gregg Keizer) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:52:00 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook made his first major hire yesterday since taking over the company in August, bringing in the CEO of a struggling British electronics chain to lead Apple's own retail operation.

Sony promotes Kaz Hirai to CEO

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jay Alabaster) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:03:00 GMT

Sony said Wednesday that executive Kazuo Hirai, who runs the company's core consumer products division, will be promoted to CEO and President from April.

IT management graduates in demand by top firms

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:40:00 GMT

The latest figures from e-skills UK show that 85 percent of Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) students find employment within six months of graduation, with the rest going onto further study within the same period.

Teenage girls: IT needs you

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:18:00 GMT

Teenage girls are being encouraged to apply for IT apprenticeships, to help bridge the gender gap in the industry.

Big Data drives demand for database management skills

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:30:00 GMT

The growing amount of structured and unstructured data being processed by businesses is driving a demand for more database skills, a survey from recruitment specialist Robert Half has found.

New PRINCE2 qualification pass rates expected to be low

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:10:00 GMT

The pass rate for the new, higher level PRINCE2 Professional qualification will be lower than for the existing qualifications, a PRINCE2 trainer has predicted.

Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Nancy Gohring) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:54:00 GMT

Jon Rubinstein, known for his role developing the original iPod for Apple and for running Palm, has left HP, where he worked since the company's acquisition of Palm in 2010.

White House CTO Aneesh Chopra stepping down

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Grant Gross) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:49:00 GMT

Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the US government, is stepping down in early February.

Google and Facebook: A pair of hard-nosed CIOs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Shane Schick) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:59:00 GMT

Last time I checked, the whole argument in favour of using consumer technologies in the enterprise was their flexibility, their design experience and their overall more user-friendly approach to offering products and services. If that's the case, why do Facebook and Google suddenly seem worse than the most dictatorial IT exec?

New advanced PRINCE2 qualification launches

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:49:00 GMT

A higher level version of the project management qualification PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Professional, is launching next week.

Top 10 things to look for in an SEO expert

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (James A. Martin) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:33:00 GMT

Your company's website might look great, with plenty of multimedia sizzle. But if the site isn't consistently attracting targeted visitors and converting them into customers, it's not doing its job — which can have a negative impact on revenue.