Public sector hoovers up contractors
For the first time, the public sector has overtaken finance as the UK's biggest employer of contractors.
The figures for the two sectors are close - 20.5 per cent...
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IT salaries vary greatly by country
The salaries of IT professionals vary greatly depending on where they live, according to a research report from Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Annual pay ranges fro...
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Seagate axes 2,900 staff
In another sign of trouble in the disk drive industry, Seagate Technology plans to cut its annual operating costs by about $150m and axe 2,900 jobs.
The drive maker sa...
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Microsoft sees 'better iPod than Apple
As Microsoft spreads its technological reach ever wider, it seems the men and women at Redmond fancy themselves as the next Steve Jobs. One exec revealed that Microsoft i...
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Cornwall eyes up spot as UK's Silicon Beach
Cornwall fancies itself as the next hotspot for the digital economy – and the organisation in charge of promoting the county claims that its landscape, tech connections a...
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Gates builds massive new Indian Microsoft campus
Microsoft is set to open a massive new research and development campus in India next year after buying a plot of land just outside of the high-tech city of Hyderabad.
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UK public sector now paid almost as much as commercial techies
The wages gap between public and private sector IT management is closing – but government techies are still drawing the short straw.
Research commissioned from Compute...
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Contractors angry with Abbey over imported IT staff
High-street bank Abbey has been attacked by the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) over plans to bring in IT staff from India to meet IT cost-cutting targets.
Up to ...
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5 years ago…Search continues for HP chief
21.05.99: As HP announced plans to redefine itself as an internet services company at its quarterly results briefing in the US, the big question amongst commentators was ...
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US Election 2004: Tech execs back Bush
A star-studded list of technology executives today plan to endorse President Bush for another term, saying they believe that the Republican candidate's positions are a be...
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