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Thursday, December 09, 2010
Cobol skills drought persists amid mainframe migrations Cobol skills remain in demand among banks and govnerment departments, but the traditional mainframe platform is under pressure from modern Unix, Windows and Linux systems
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Intel laptop chip shortage worsens The chipmaker hopes to meet demand for Arrandale chips by the end of this quarter. The shortage involves the same chips analysts and companies fretted about last month, Intel's Arrandale laptop microprocessors, including some Core i3 and Core i5 chips
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Clear benefits to open source, UK survey says Fifty four per cent of businesses in the U.K. said the benefits of open source outweighed any negative aspects, and Gartner predicts 80 per cent of software will have open source components by 2012
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Understanding the ICT skills shortage There are indications from this year's MIS 100 that the skills shortage is becoming less of a concern for IT management. However, it seems equally clear this is not due to shortages lessening, but to IT management simply coming to terms with an environment of constant shortage.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Gov'ts must intervene to end IP address shortage, says OECD For years the IT industry has warned faster action needs to be taken on the shrinking number of Internet Protocol addresses available. Now the OECD warns there could be an economic impact if countries don't act
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Are CIOs heading for extinction? At the CIO Association of Canada's recent Peer Forum in Toronto, debating the future of the CIO was a hot topic. CIO Canada editor Dave Carey discusses highlights of the event.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Close the IT generation gap As IT veterans make their exit, companies are finding it hard to find new recruits. We talk to a longtime Hbc exec and an up-and-comer to explore the differences in attitude and expectations
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Notebook computer industry faces parts shortages Call it the battery recall backlash: laptop demand is still high but the supply of components is not. Don't expect to see a lot of special discounts on mobile over the next five months
Thursday, May 10, 2007
The IT 'skills shortage' squabble – A tale of five perspectives Is there really an acute IT skills shortage in Canada? Read what Canadians from various walks of life - and who feel deeply about the issue - have to say.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Canadian IT needs a new coat of spackle, say analysts The information technology (IT) industry in Canada needs an image makeover to save companies here from a looming skills shortage according to analysts and labour consultants.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Teens target for creative recruitment Erin Ruiz is a tech-savvy 17-year-old from Toronto who spends most of her spare time in front of a computer. But when asked whether she wants to make a career in Information Technology, the answer is, “Probably not.” 
Monday, August 21, 2006
PC demand spike causes Intel chip shortage A spike in PC demand has created a new shortage of Intel Corp. chipsets, potentially reviving an issue blamed for causing the company to lose market share to rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) last year.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
The outlook for IPv6 in enterprise networks When I’m not at the beach, the slower office environment of summer is a good time to catch up on industry trends. Over the years, I’ve been most fascinated by the inexorable “have to happen” trends that never materialize — Open Systems Interconnections is my favorite example.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Skills shortage cuts deep in govt IT shops It's official: Australia's skills shortage is back with IT managers confirming they are working longer hours and struggling to retain staff. 
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Technology to the rescue Canadians’ access to health care when they need it – with shorter wait times – is a problem best solved by information technology because it is beyond most bureaucrats’ bailiwick, according to one private sector prognosticator.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
RFID expertise ranks highly with employers With two years experience working with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in a supply chain setting, Erwin Veer is part of an elite group. Veer is the global RFID coordinator for Ahold, the Dutch food retailer that is parent to multiple supermarket chains in the U.S., including Stop & Shop and Giant Food. Ahold, based in Zaandam, the Netherlands, is among the early adopters looking to introduce RFID technology to supply chain processes. 
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
SOA skills shortage stalling promise of new era A critical skills shortage is holding back the widespread use of service oriented architectures (SOA) and the promise of a new era of interoperability, according Tony Clement, the Australian Wheat Board's (AWB) enterprise architecture and planning manager. 
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Q& A: Peter Bennet Even though he’s the manager of information systems for the City of Winnipeg, Peter Bennett says he’s not very interested in the technological aspects of IT. Instead, Bennett — who began his career in the public sector in 1978 as a city planner — says he is more interested in what IT can do to improve the delivery of services to his clients.
Monday, May 06, 2002
Ontario needs thousands of IT professionals In 2002, companies are looking to fill 38,000 IT jobs — 9,900 more that the available pool of workers, according to a comprehensive new study by the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), analyst firm IDC Canada, and Aon Consulting.
Wednesday, April 04, 2001
Study: IT labour gap shrinks, but not far enough The labour shortage that has dogged the IT industry for years appears to be lessening, although the problem is still a significant one, according to a study released Monday by a group that tracks such matters.
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