Microsoft to save cash by slashing employee benefits
Microsoft ? hardly known for its lack of cash ? has told employees it will be cutting their medical care allowance and other benefits in an effort to cut costs.
The un...
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5 years ago: IT in schools - we're on a roll
18.05.99: Educational IT vendor Research Machines (RM) says demand for technology in UK schools is booming. RM finance director Mike Greig expects schools' growth in IT s...
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Tech in schools: You've never had it so good
The government is patting itself on the back today, saying that IT in UK schools is better and more plentiful than it ever has been, according to a report issued this mor...
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Wanted: Google chairman
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has relinquished his role as company chairman of the board, according to the search engine leader's filing for an initial public offering last wee...
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Capita takes Dixons' calls
Capita is to take over Dixons' main call centre in Sheffield in a ?18m-a-year deal.
The 800-strong team will be transferred to Capita and continue operating where they...
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5 years ago? IT managers are stressed out, silicon.com survey reveals
01.04.99: IT managers are suffering from unacceptable levels of stress, partly caused by the unrealistic demands placed on them by board-level executives, according tolat...
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IT contractors in taxman's crosshairs again
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5 years ago... Carayol calls for IT staff to brush up on business skills
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5 years ago... One quarter of IT professionals admit being software pirates
10.02.99 One in four IT professionals think it is ethical to copy software for their private use, according to a survey released this week by the Institute for the Manage...
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Scottish bank to pay ?100m for Spring contractors
Spring Group has won a ?100m contract from a top UK bank to supply IT contract staff for three years.
The UK's largest IT recruitment specialist is to use its national...
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Half of UK's rail enquiries calls to be offshored to India
Up to half of the UK's national rail enquiries calls will now be handled from India as part of a new ?100m contract to be run by BT and Ventura.
The rail enquiries cal...
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5 years ago... Schoolgirl stuns IT security world
13.01.99: A 16-year old Irish schoolgirl has developed a mathematical system that encrypts data far faster than the industry standard.
Sarah Flannery became Ireland's ...
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Ellison's omnipotence reined-in by CFO job switch
Oracle has announced that CFO Jeff Henley will become chairman of the database company and step down from his role as chief financial officer as soon as a replacement is ...
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AOL ad chief moves on
Web giant AOL said on Friday that it is replacing its top marketing and advertising executive, Lisa Brown, as the company struggles to spur new growth in its ad sales.
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India hands out new offshore BPO tax breaks
The Indian government has introduced new tax breaks designed to head off any threat of firms withdrawing business process outsourcing (BPO) operations and moving them to ...
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Lehman Brothers ditches call centre outsourcer for in house
Investment bank Lehman Brothers is bucking the recent trend for offshoring to India with a resolution to move its call centres back in-house.
Lehman Brothers had outso...
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IR35: who's interested? Not silicon.com readers...
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High tech fat cats slammed as 'money for old rope
High tech fat cats have come in for fresh criticism as they have once again been lambasted for receiving high wages which are apparently unrelated to the performance of t...
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Egg tops list of supermodel call centres
A competition to find 12 'pin up' call centres has been won by Egg, with a raft of other household names making up the rest of the dozen.
The search was initiated six ...
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Web guru now China's richest man
"Online games are the business letting me easily earn money, even if I did nothing but rest lying on the bed," joked the man named China's richest by US business magazine...
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Digital Blunder: Kinky Tory shoots himself in the (stockinged) foot
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Skills Survey 2003: Our champagne winners
The champagne winners this year, for taking part in the latest Skills Survey conducted by are: Andrew Boarder, an IT manager; Christian Waymouth, a network manager; Eile...
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Unisys wins giant ?300m life and pensions deal
Unisys has landed a 10-year outsourcing contract from Royal & SunAlliance worth an estimated ?300m.
Subsidiary unit Unisys Insurance Services Limited (UISL) will provi...
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Argos, yes Argos, to offer telco services
Argos has become the first high-street retailer to sell cut-price phone calls to BT landline customers.
Through its CallSave service it claims it can offer existing BT...
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IT charity gears up for fundraising blitz
IT Relief, the technology industry's official charity, relaunches today under the aegis of a new chairman and with a revamped website (http://www.itrelief.org ).
IT Re...
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Fiorina and Capellas set to win over key vote
HP's Carly Fiorina and Compaq's Michael Capellas will this week pitch their companies' proposed $23bn merger in a presentation to the Packard Foundation.
The Packard F...
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CA chief hits back in takeover battle
Computer Associates has stepped up its offensive on the takeover plans by Texan millionaire Sam Wyly.
Speaking at CA World in Florida, Sanjay Kumar, CEO and president ...
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News in View: Microsoft goes back to school
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IDC Forum, Paris: Negroponte claims US will beat cautious Europe
Professor Nicholas Negroponte, technology guru and founder of MIT's Media Lab, outlined his vision for the future of business in Europe at the IDC forum in Paris yesterda...
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