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Ballmer tops Forbes' 'worst CEO' list

Steve Ballmer is chief executive officer at Microsoft

Microsoft's head honcho is number one on the list of chief executives who should already have been fired, according to the magazine

16 May 2012

IT job vacancies surge in financial and public sectors

Long-term prospects are now front of mind for accountants

Latest research from CWJobs reveals a hunger for new blood is especially strong in the south and south-west

24 Apr 2012

Mid-sized tech firms lose out as fat salaries snare the talent

Private equity polarisation

UKFast roundtable paints mid-tier technology companies as beaten to the talent by larger rivals, with exciting start-ups coming a close second

17 Apr 2012

John Lewis seeks IT staff in customer service push

High street retailer sets out to recruit 30 IT staff this year

22 Mar 2012

Network Group poaches marketing head

Former DSGi and Equanet marketing manager joins buying group to drive growth

19 Mar 2012

HP flexes muscles at UK Gold Partner Forum

New schemes in hardware, software and services as vendor calls on VARs to help plug skills gap and drive economic growth

14 Mar 2012

CA shines a light on mainframe skills shortage

Software giant claims more needs to be done to counter the mainframe talent shortage

07 Mar 2012

Compaq UK & Ireland founder McNally passes away

Pioneer who turned subsidiary into $1bn giant by 1997 sadly dies after fight with cancer

05 Mar 2012

Dixons chief pinched by Apple

John Browett is set to become senior vice president of retail at iPhone and iPad vendor

31 Jan 2012

Back to the drawing board for school ICT

Channel players have reacted positively to the scrapping of the school ICT curriculum and are unconcerned about any potential effect on revenues

26 Jan 2012

Industry bodies team up on new badge for storage pros

CompTIA and SNIA unveil what they hope will become the gold standard for data storage professionals

19 Jan 2012

Top staff hold all the cards

Recruitment specialist CRS and a range of channel players explain why a limited talent pool means top performers can command top dollar next year

21 Dec 2011

SQL skills in demand for 2012

December figures from the IT Job Board reveal an appetite for SQL, with London still the main hub for recruitment

16 Dec 2011

Channel players back calls to overhaul IT curriculum

Industry onlookers call for more focus on skills relevant to the workforce to alleviate talent gap

08 Dec 2011

Citrix schools 500th VAR sales head in partner academy

Virtualisation vendor celebrates landmark in channel training

15 Nov 2011

Former FAST chief bangs IT asset management drum

John Lovelock is keen to enlist UK resellers as he heads up new body IAITAM

11 Nov 2011

Cyberoam goes back to school

India-based UTM vendor announces UK education drive with NESCOT college

20 Sep 2011

UK jobs market suffers as business confidence falls

Gloomy double bill of research gives UK plc little cause for optimism

15 Aug 2011

Security skills drought hits channel

Demand for talented penetration testing staff increasingly outstripping supply, report warns

04 Aug 2011

Cisco to lose 11,500 staff

Job-cutting drive and sale of manufacturing facility will cost vendor more than $1bn

19 Jul 2011

Magirus takes VMware online

Distributor claims to be first to offer online training to European partners

18 Jul 2011

Recruitment firm cautions blasé VARs

Resellers urged to shore up their reputations as employers

06 Jul 2011

Channel Guess Who

Can anyone guess the identity of this seasoned UK channel exec?

28 Jun 2011

Former Graydon UK head Martin Williams passes away

Highly respected credit information chief fought a short battle with cancer and sadly died yesterday

23 Jun 2011

Showing that they care

Proud prizewinners stand out for Comms-care

10 Jun 2011

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Smart working in the 21st century

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Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn