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So...You are an IT Pro and You Have Been Laid Off
So...You are an IT Pro and You Have Been Laid Off
First there is shellshock. Then there is anger. Then there are tears. Then there is panic. Ive probably mixed up those emotions. They all get jumbled up, anyway. Many of us have been there. The point isnow what? In my opinion, from a next step career planning perspective, you need to get into high-gear with regard to your people networking. You know the old saw its not so much what you know, but who you know? Well, its gospel truth, believe it. If you are not yet up to speed on social networking, then you have some homework to do. Get over your fear, loathing, and/or paranoia with regard to the online privacy implications of Web sites like LinkedIn and Facebook; you are gonna need to stretch your boudaries with this sort of stuff if you are to secure your next paid gig post-haste.
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IET becomes first institution to award new ICT qualification
IET becomes first institution to award new ICT qualification
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has become the first professional institution licensed to award the new ICTTech qualification.
ICTTech has been launched following industry demands for a competence-based professional qualification for the vast array of IT and communications technicians who support and maintain the systems on which nearly every business and organisation in the UK depends.
It will help employers to identify ICT practitioners who hold the soft skills they need while also recognising the underpinning technical experience. It will strengthen professionalism and ethical practice in an important sector of employment.
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-Ken
BCS to develop new qualification to support EU code of conduct for data centres
BCS to develop new qualification to support EU code of conduct for data centres
BCS has plans to develop a new qualification for data centre operators. It follows the publication of the EU code of conduct for data centres and BCS' recent work to encourage the IT industry to address the issues of energy cost, power consumption and carbon emissions.
The qualification will set an international standard for IT professionals in understanding energy efficiency irrespective of what discipline they practice within the industry. It will take the form of a one hour examination following a three-day practitioner course based on understanding and implementing the EU code of conduct for data centre operators.
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-Ken
£18bn Government IT scandal - 3 pages in The Times today
£18bn Government IT scandal - 3 pages in The Times today
On its front page today - and in a two-page spread inside - The Times has published a joint Times and Computer Weekly investigation on government IT including an opinion piece from us.
The articles refer to IT-based projects, programmes and contracts which have exceeded the original announced costs by more than £18bn.
MPs are fed up with failures of some large government IT-based projects and programmes - as are the government IT professionals, civil and public servants, and contractors who are achieving success on very limited budgets and find their work is overshadowed by the project Chimeras which have unrealistic time-frames and budgets.
The opinion and the...
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Ecosystem Program
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Ecosystem Program
Microsoft on Feb. 2 released the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Ecosystem Readiness Program as part of its effort to prepare its partners for the availability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The new program provides tools and resources partners need to begin testing their existing applications, devices and systems to ensure compatibility with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft has released the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Ecosystem Readiness Program as part of its effort to prepare its partners for the availability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Launched on Feb. 2, the Ecosystem Readiness Program provides the tools and resources partners need to begin testing their existing applications, devices and systems to ensure compatibility with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Snow shows strengths and risks of remote working
Snow shows strengths and risks of remote working
With many employees still unable to get to work today, questions are being asked as to what effect it will have on British business?
With meetings cancelled and employees trying to access corporate networks from their own home, the damage could be high, warned some IT suppliers.
Security firm Symantec said, "With the biggest snowfall for 18 years hitting the UK today, many businesses have been forced to employ full remote working practices. Whilst trying to ensure productivity levels remain high, many are unwittingly putting their corporate networks at risk as employees work from home without adequate security."
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-Ken
Introduction to AJAX Technologies
Introduction to AJAX Technologies
A book excerpt from ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed.
If youve purchased this book, you probably are interested in AJAX technologies. If you are not familiar with the technology or are new to AJAX, it is important that you take some time and understand where AJAX fits into the big picture of web development. This section helps bring you up to speed with AJAXs place in your web development toolbox. One problem with the design of web pages (especially ASP.NET web pages) is that to refresh the data on the page, it must postback to the server. This causes the page to flicker while the page is posting, and then the page is reloaded in the browser with the results of the post. You can view the amount of data with tools such as IEHTTPHeaders and HTTPWatch. You will quickly notice that the amount of information getting posted is quite sizeable...
Sharepoint users 'at risk'
Sharepoint users 'at risk'
Companies making use of Microsoft SharePoint are failing to implement necessary security measures, according to new research.
A survey conducted by Osterman Research on behalf of Trend Micro found that many SharePoint users are allowing personnel from outside their organisations use their systems, putting themselves at risk.
According to the study, which quizzed firms in North America, France, Germany, Sweden and Britain, contractors make up 48 per cent of this group, with 20 per cent being customers.
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-Ken
Data breaches cost business £700bn in 2008
Data breaches cost business £700bn in 2008
Data breaches cost the world's companies an estimated £700bn in 2008, according to a study on information economies by security firm McAfee.
The estimate is based on a survey of more than 800 IT decision makers in the UK, US, Germany, Japan, China, India, Brazil and Dubai.
Those surveyed put combined losses in 2008 at £3.2bn worth of intellectual property and said they had spent around £421m repairing damage from data breaches.
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-Ken
Carter calls for 2mbps universal broadband obligation
Carter calls for 2mbps universal broadband obligation
The government set out 22 recommendations to create Digital Britain.
Speaking in Parliament, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham set out Lord Carter's key recommendations for:
A 2mbps universal service obligation on network providers
A new rights agency to protect online content
Internet service providers forced to tell illegal file-sharers their actions are illegal
Modernise radio spectrum to increase digital radio communications
Provide new systems for parents to use to protect children against unwanted content
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-Ken
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