Nearly 29 percent of the 353 IT executives who were polled in Computerworld’s annual Forecast survey said they plan to increase IT staffing through next summer. (That’s up from 23% in the 2010 survey and 20% in the 2009 survey.)
Here are the skills that the IT executives say they will be hiring for:

Programming and [...]

So we are over a month into 2012 and already we’ve overdosed on the “Top tech trends for 2012″ lists. It is vital to have a view of the future, especially in technology, however lists suggest that they are about future trends, but we are now increasingly likely to see a recycled style of what’s [...]

On Saturday 10th March the Big Red consultants will be taking part in their first charity fundraising event of 2012! We will be undertaking the Major Series, this is a 10k – 12k suicide mission coordinated by the British Military Fitness team. The mission includes; climbing through Private Talbot’s Trench, skidding down Corporal Sander’s Slide, [...]

What do you remember of the last 3737 days? Is it a world-changing event like the collapse of the Twin Towers; the War on Terror; three World Cups; the rise and fall of MySpace or the launch of Apple’s assault on everything with an i?
Another notable addition was the evolution of Big Red. During [...]

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UK Businesses are still looking for good developers. This is due to .NET development roles accounting for 40% of all advertised development opportunities.
The demand for Apple iOS skills in the UK for the last three months has jumped up over 1000%! This is in comparison to the same period last year.
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The IT industry employs nearly 5% of the 29 million UK workers. The annual gross value added (GVA) contribution which the UK’s IT & telecoms industry delivers is worth £81 billion, 9% of the total UK economy and is at the forefront of every UK sector, with one in every 20 people (1.5 million) working [...]

Recent reports in the news confirm cyber-attacks on the UK are at an all-time high. GCHQ, Britain’s largest intelligence agency have stated that government computers, defence, technology and engineering companies are all being targeted and are under threat. Iain Lobban, the head of GCHQ, warned that a “significant attempt was made to target the computer [...]

According to a recent survey conducted by the CBI, recruitment activity is increasing in the public sector, whilst the public sector is still heavily affected by extended Government spending cuts. The survey in question, “Navigating Choppy Waters,” polled 335 organisations across the UK, between March and April 2011. The information was provided directly by business [...]

Last week an EU directive introduced new limits to force down the cost of making and receiving mobile phone calls while in Europe. Although this has been an ongoing cause for concern since 2008 where initial regulations were implemented, Neelie Kroes, the EU’s digital commissioner was dissatisfied with the lack of progress.
Excessive charges for using [...]

After a lengthy Beta process Microsoft 365 is now fully available to the general market, offering subscription based access to web hosted versions of familiar products such as Exchange email, SharePoint, Lync messaging and browser based office suite ‘web-apps’.
In essence 365 offer companies the ability to move the IT department into the cloud. Email, [...]