With IT outsourcing and offshoring on the rise, technology professionals in Australia have been forced to upgrade their skills and turn to industry certification to stay ahead. But are they on the right path?
Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed technology "centres of excellence" in key offshore locations around the globe.
A leading Asia-Pacific tech analyst claims the outsourcing of information technology and business processes offshore is "not something to get overly excited about," despite increasing international controversy over the migration of jobs to lower-cost countries.
Euphemism is alive and well again when it comes to axing jobs in America and elsewhere.
Maybe the start of the baseball season occupied their attention, but eight months before a presidential election, the near-total silence of the technology industry's biggest luminaries about offshore outsourcing is quite remarkable.
A leading Asia-Pacific tech analyst claims the outsourcing of information technology and business processes offshore is "not something to get overly excited about," despite increasing international controversy over the migration of jobs to lower-cost countries.
Euphemism is alive and well again when it comes to axing jobs in America and elsewhere.
The Australian Computer Society has announced the findings of its latest ICT employment survey but its president's confusing and contradictory statements about the job market warrants closer scrutiny, writes Fran Foo.
After years in the wilderness, the Australian IT industry is again booming as major industries invest heavily in their IT infrastructure. Find out which skills are most in demand and how much remuneration to expect.
Programming jobs are like kids and sweets -- there's never enough to go around. For software developers and other IT professionals, what does lie ahead in the new year?
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