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BAT shares to gain
Insight With its IT shared services model going places, British American Tobacco has bigger ambitions for its Group Service Delivery unit.
Tags: IT Management, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Funding boost for Malaysia's mobile developers
News Country's mobile app makers can receive funds and related support from new initiative between two government agencies and Nokia.
Tags: Applications and tools, Symbian, Training, Asia-Pacific, digital content, Developer, Kuala Lumpur, collaboration, Symbian, Lee Min Keong
The great legacy skills debate
Insight COBOL expert Mike Gilbert looks at the looming skills gap between the legacy world and the worlds of Web services, Java and .Net.
Tags: Mainframes, IT training, Programming languages
Revealed: CIOs' biggest challenges this year
News In 2009, CIOs are challenged to do more with less and proving how vital the IT department is to businesses, new study shows.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT budgeting, Cost control, ITIL, IT Budget, Survey, Steve Ranger, business skill, CIO, Silicon.com
eSmart Systems wins M'sia biz plan contest
News eSmart Systems Sdn Bhd was announced the winner for the Venture 2001 business plan competition for its software and Internet portal esmartgolf.com--a golf tee time booking service.
Hot tech jobs in Singapore
Insight Jobs in higher demand are still in core technology areas like software development, but Singapore will increasingly need people with both technical skills and business domain knowledge to help drive the economy.
Tags: Career, Trends, IT training
10 ways to begin a data warehouse project
Techguide Jeff Relkin examines key aspects of the process, including determining data access controls, deciding on an implementation approach, and building a metadata repository.
Choose your next training course carefully
Insight Future career success can hinge on making wise decisions about what skills to add or polish. Here are some considerations you need to take into account when choosing which course of action fits your current and future needs.
Report: Worker confidence up
Insight Confidence in the economy is rising among workers and job seekers, according to a new report by US employment services firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Tags: IT Management, Human resources
Hard for techies to learn soft-skills
Insight Although it is becoming crucial for techies to develop communication and business skills, many companies aren't providing the training, according to a US report.
Tags: IT training
How to be a profitable CIO
Insight Sooner or later, your company will demand that you, as CIO, must find ways to improve profitability. But why wait? Here are five strategies to improve your IT bottomline.
PMOs keep projects on track and under budget
Insight IT leaders need to consider scope, structure, and staffing when setting up a project management office. Learn how one CIO used a centralized project management approach to help unify a highly diversified company.
Project management: Help or hindrance?
Insight Dozens of members posted comments to a recent column that asked whether project management skills were valuable. Here's a look at a few of the comments.
The skills to pay the bills
Management Learning the right skills to keep on top of the game in software development is a thorny topic. We examine the skills, both technical and soft, employers are seeking in 2005 and beyond.
Tags: IT training
Technopreneurial spirit key to creating value
News Singapore sees need to cultivate technopreneurship among students as global IT industry remains relatively resilient despite economic climate, say educators.
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, e-mail, knowledge, entrepreneur, industry, information technology, entrepreneurial
