Microsoft bags Wal-Mart exec for COO role
Microsoft on Thursday named a Wal-Mart Stores executive to serve as its chief operating officer, a role that has not been separated out at the software maker for some tim...
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BT axes 250 contractor jobs
BT is to axe around 250 contractor jobs as it moves permanent staff into their positions.
The company confirmed the move is part of a long-term internal scheme where e...
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Google and Microsoft looking for pastures new
Archrivals Google and Microsoft are both looking to take their techies to pastures new.
Microsoft, alongside Chinese firm Langchao Worldwide Services, has formally ann...
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Farming subsidy IT system to cost £90m
The Department for Environment is to spend at least £90m on a major overhaul of IT systems in the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).
The RPA, which is responsible for the Co...
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MPs ask for IT lessons from India
The government has dodged questions about the adoption of Indian IT education schemes in the UK.
In parliament yesterday Derek Wyatt MP, chairman of the All Party Inte...
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Offshoring not lowering IT wages
An IT employment analyst has lashed out at claims that IT workers are unhappy and suffering low wages because of outsourcing.
Research released yesterday from e-learni...
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Techies' morale falls in face of low wages and offshoring
Morale is plummeting among IT professionals who feel undervalued and unappreciated at work, according to a new survey - and techies are pointing the finger at offshore ou...
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Barclays moves helpdesk jobs to India
Barclays Bank has said up to 140 jobs will be affected as it moves its internal UK helpdesk to India.
The bank will try to re-deploy workers before offering them redun...
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HP layoffs to be announced today
HP said it will announce details of a company restructuring plan on Tuesday morning during a pair of conference calls with CEO Mark Hurd.
Hurd will be joined by Bob Wa...
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Microsoft: IT isn't sexy enough
At Microsoft's annual gathering with university researchers, executives again bemoaned the lack of computer scientists, both globally and in the US.
Part of the proble...
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