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Careers and skills

BT chief Ian Livingston to quit to become government minister

Ian Livingstone is to step down from his role at BT for a government post
BT retail chief Gavin Patterson to take up Livingston's role in September
19 Jun 2013

50 per cent of UK firms using outdated BI practices, says HDS

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Most companies still dealing with 'lots of bits of little data' says HDS's Abdessamad
14 Jun 2013

'Unknown unknowns' are the future of data science

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Dunnhumby head of data science tells Computing that gaining value from the unknown is the next stage for big data
12 Jun 2013

SAS CEO sceptical about benefits of working from home

Jim Goodnight believes face-to-face working improves innovation and productivity
12 Jun 2013

BAE Detica to recruit 130 graduates and trainees to plug cyber security skills gap

BAE is hiring 600 staff in 2013, with 293 of the positions to be filled by graduates and trainees
12 Jun 2013

Meet the downsizers who quit the likes of Google and Facebook for a new life at a start-up

What makes someone swap a successful job at a thriving technology giant for a role at a start-up? Sooraj Shah talks to three such downsizers to find out
12 Jun 2013

High demand for places at SAS academies, says CEO Jim Goodnight

North Carolina State University received 450 applications for 80 course places
11 Jun 2013

Cybersecurity Challenge taken to the classroom

Competition to be opened up to 14- to 16-year-olds in 2,500 schools
07 Jun 2013

Only six per cent of trainee cyber security professionals are women

Figures from training firm QA point to worsening gender imbalance
05 Jun 2013

Start-ups are being starved of talent says Gentry Underwood, the man who sold Mailbox for £65m

Even in the US there is a chronic shortage of engineers, says entrepreneur
03 Jun 2013

The next Facebook or Apple will not be European

But Google may yet be 'next Microsoft', says Parallels founder Beloussov
03 Jun 2013

Amazon opens central London office for 1,600 UK staff

Move supports expansion into book publishing and TV production
31 May 2013

Securing from scratch: an interview with C4’s CISO

Brian Brackenborough tells Sooraj Shah about the challenges he faced when he became Channel 4’s first CISO and about his plans for the future
28 May 2013

BBC scraps £100m IT project and suspends CTO John Linwood

CTO John Linwood held accountable for £100m Digital Media Initiative failure
24 May 2013

1-in-10 school computers is an Apple iPad, Android, Windows or Amazon tablet

11 per cent of secondary education conducted through apps, according to trade body BESA
24 May 2013

Atos creates 50 'high value' jobs at new development centre

200 more jobs to follow at development and innovation facility in Moray, Scotland
24 May 2013

Cyber Security MSc courses are needed in the UK, but not this one

De Montfort University and Deloitte seem more interested in quantity rather than quality
23 May 2013

Cyber Security MSc launched by De Montfort University and Deloitte

Course will look into hacker psychology and industrial control systems security
22 May 2013

Tech City firms facing shortages in funding and skilled staff

In the venture capital world, London is considered dysfunctional, says Mike Lynch
21 May 2013

IT job vacancies rise to just 15 per cent behind pre-recession high

Technology industry 'at forefront of Britain’s growth' says CWJobs
20 May 2013

John Lewis launches technology apprenticeship scheme

Apprentices to help multi-channel push for retailer
17 May 2013

Britain can 'lead the world' on public sector data

Shakespeare Review pushes economic benefits of letting public sector data free
16 May 2013

Technology that drives success: An interview with Trader Media’s CIO, Tim Jones

As Trader Media Group prepares to publish the very last print edition of Auto Trader magazine, CIO Tim Jones tells Sooraj Shah about the next stage in the company’s ambitious multi-platform digital strategy
16 May 2013

E-Skills UK and employers team up to launch cyber security apprenticeship

Degree-level qualification aims to boost the number of young people working in IT security
15 May 2013