http://www.silicon.com Results for IT workers en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39668401,00.htm That women are underrepresented in the IT industry is well documented: male IT workers greatly outnumber females in the UK workforce according to IT sector skills body e-skills UK which calculates that less than a quarter (23 per cent) of the UK's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39665926,00.htm The result returns demand for IT workers back to 2004's level, when 22 per cent of respondents to the Skills Survey reported empty IT seats. The icy winds of economic gloom have put paid to talk of a tech skills shortage - at least for now, the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39665924,00.htm In the main IT industry wages look to be weathering the economic storm, according to this year's silicon.com Skills Survey, but there are signs that first-time tech workers are taking a hit. The research shows that fewer tech workers are on the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39661661,00.htm And many IT managers have also got cause to smile this year, with a greater proportion of these tech workers finding themselves at the higher end of the mid-range pay scales. Almost one in 10 (eight per cent) of workers in the IT consulting game... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39661658,00.htm To top it all off, half of the IT workers who responded to the study claimed they drink energy drinks every single day. Workers in jobs such as website design, development and technical support exercise the least out of all the professions... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39890503,00.htm Salesforce Chatter lets employees set up profiles to connect with co-workers, issue status updates to say what they are up to, and subscribe to feeds from people and from applications. Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced a social-networking... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39655943,00.htm For more, see T-Mobile workers accused of selling customer data on ZDNet UK. T-Mobile employees have been accused of selling millions of customer records and could face prosecution by the UK's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39650565,00.htm I'm only talking about knowledge workers here: those whose work could be done with a laptop and phone. By sending its people out into the big wide world, is Company X able to maintain appropriate structure for workers? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60823460p,00.htm Owner James Nolan uses technology to deliver excellent customer service and achieve paperless efficiencies, but his technology costs were too high, and it was too difficult to connect part-time workers to his firm's systems. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39635525,00.htm The delay to the Manchester rollout is the latest in a long line of setbacks for the £4.6bn scheme: in July this year the government dropped plans to force new airport workers at Manchester and London to get ID cards following opposition from... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:47:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817491p,00.htm Companies turn to mobility to: improve employee flexibility by allowing workers to be productive independent of their physical location; to enable workers to have more control over their work hours; to increase the overall speed of business; and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817487p,00.htm The very features that offer a boon to mobile workers are the same features threatening the safety of enterprise data and creating new challenges for technology management staffs. The security considerations surrounding this "Killer App," however... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813095p,00.htm Early SSL VPNs focused on relieving IT pain associated with IPSec VPN clients, using web browsers to help more remote workers reach common business applications. Years ago, businesses started turning to SSL VPNs to reduce the cost and complexity of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813109p,00.htm Power users and even rank and file knowledge workers have to deal with scores of passwords. Password inflation and the password fatigue that comes with it increasingly frustrate not only end users but also the support teams that deal with the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816496p,00.htm Since clinicians are highly mobile knowledge workers and the market is focused on point-of-care" (patient and clinicians) and "Point-of-use' (equipment and supplies) solutions, the preponderance of new technology offerings are wirelessly enabled. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816502p,00.htm Wi-Fi technology has been steadily improving for some years, to the extent that many workers now rely on wireless as their primary data connection to the corporate network. Wi-Fi infrastructure for manufacturing and retail organizations, hotels... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812647p,00.htm Enterprise decision makers need to find the most cost-effective, complete solutions that enable knowledge workers to create, edit, and convert PDFs to Microsoft Office files. Off late many companies offer PDF software. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39637917,00.htm A silicon.com poll earlier this year found more than half of IT workers will check their email before 9am. Are you a mobile lover or an internet addict? Do you only unplug your iPod earbuds to take a shower? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:02:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39635526,00.htm IT leaders may not be fully responsible for workers' actions - but they could take more responsibility than they have been, says the Naked CIO. Has technology made us a more productive workforce or just allowed us a justification to do less as... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39631824,00.htm However, despite more than a third admitting working outside office hours, techies still trail some way behind the most prolific cash-in-hand workers of all: the money-strapped, workaholic hairdresser. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:01 +0000