IT suppliers turn down Swansea's 'strikebreaking' plea
IT suppliers have turned down Swansea Council's pleas for help running computer systems while its IT workers are on strike.
A hundred IT staff at the council have gone...
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Swansea's last-ditch strike-busting efforts fail
The strike by Swansea IT workers will go ahead from Monday after a last ditch attempt by the council leader to get the union to drop the industrial action failed.
All ...
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Did Google sack exec for being too old?
A former Google executive has filed an age discrimination suit against the Internet search engine, claiming that he was fired because he did not fit its youthful corporat...
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IBM shopping spree snares analytics firm
Continuing its acquisitive ways, IBM has announced plans to buy privately held Alphablox, a maker of analytical software with about 60 employees.
Big Blue intends to i...
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Software piracy hurting UK business, claims BSA
Despite the high-tech piracy of music the Business Software Alliance has called upon users and industry leaders not to forget the ongoing issue of software piracy, which ...
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Google sued over alleged code theft
A Silicon Valley start-up has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming an engineer employed at the search giant stole software code to create the popular online social ne...
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BT satisfying Manpower's global ambitions
A truly global offering and the ability to guarantee the performance of applications have been noted as the two main reasons Manpower is consolidating its networking need...
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CGI seals £138m Cox Insurance IT outsourcing deal
Motor insurance firm Cox has outsourced all its IT to CGI in a £138m deal that will see elements of its infrastructure offshored to Canada and India.
More than 200 Cox...
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Belfast has the cheapest IT staff in Europe – almost
Northern Ireland has ratcheted up the battle for inward investment by touting the low price of its IT staff.
Regional booster Invest NI has just pushed out a salary su...
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The silicon.com Skills Survey 2004: Contracting is back in fashion
Contracting is once again back in fashion, with more and more permanent staff eyeing up a move to freelancing, according tosixth annual Skills Survey.
From a permanent...
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