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Tech managers aren’t doing a good job developing IT talent: survey
Tech managers need to do a better job developing talent, with too much judgment and not enough instruction, according to new poll data from Dice.com. The IT careers site asked about the [...]
Microsoft celebrates 20 years in the Gulf at Open Door UAE
Microsoft celebrated 20 years in the GCC region today at its Open Door UAE event in Dubai. Since coming to the GCC in 1992, Microsoft has established operations for every [...]
Microsoft, Nokia to spend $24m on university program, boost app development
Microsoft and Nokia will invest up to $24 million in a new mobile application development program at Finland’s Aalto University during the next three years, with the goal of helping [...]
Facebook warns employers not to ask job applicants for log-in credentials
Facebook on Friday warned employers about trying to gain inappropriate access to Facebook accounts to check out private information about potential employees, citing possible legal liability. In recent months, Facebook [...]
Cloud will create more jobs than internet did: study
Cloud computing has a greater potential for employment growth than the internet did in its early years, according to a new study sponsored by SAP. San Hill Group, which conducted [...]
Tech firms do reject job applicants based on their social media profile: study
One in five technology firms has rejected a job applicant because of his or her social media profile, according to a Eurocom Worldwide Survey. The annual study had previously found [...]
Talent pool too small for skyrocketing cloud job demand
The number of job postings in the cloud computing industry is growing so rapidly that there aren’t enough qualified workers available to fill the positions, according to an analysis of [...]
Intergence to double GCC consultants
IT optimisation consultancy Intergence has revealed it will double the number of consultants operating in the GCC over the next 12 to 18 months, after seeing dramatic growth in demand [...]
Bayt.com relaunches with new features
Jobsite Bayt.com has relaunched its website with an updated design and new features, including a mobile application, a reworked CV building and a job-search tracking and CV-analysis tool. The site [...]
Companies struggling to fill mainframe skills gap
Companies are struggling to fill the skills shortage in mainframe development as existing staff retire and IT students are put off from the unattractive development environment, according to research. Market [...]
Computer science courses on offer in UK fall 18%
The number of full-time undergraduate computer science courses offered by UK universities has fallen by nearly a fifth since 2006, a report has revealed. The University and College Union (UCU) [...]
HP launches Institute programme to improve graduates’ business skills
HP has launched an academic partnership programme that aims to equip students with end-to-end, business-ready IT skills. Under the programme, called HP Institute, the IT vendor aims to partner with [...]
KFUPM selects Global Knowledge to implement major infrastruture migration project
Global Knowledge, a provider of IT training and technical services, announced today that it has successfully implemented a major infrastructure migration project at King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals [...]
