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Companies Need Older Workers: Here’s Why (Reuters)

The demographic trend is no secret: the populations of the United States and other major industrial countries are getting older, and fast. That means workforces are aging too, but ... More

Tata Communications Partners with Singapore Telecom Operator MyRepublic (Business Standard)

To offer new range of mobile services in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia, Tata Communications is working with the Singaporean TelcoTech platform company MyRepublic ... More

Avanade Launches in Ireland with Plans to Create 100 Jobs (Irish Times)

Avanade has launched in Ireland with plans to create 100 jobs over the next 12 months. The Seattle, US, headquartered consultancy intends to hire people whose skills reflect market... More

Successful In Sweatpants? The Pros and Cons of Working From Home (HITS)

Job seekers are enticed by work from home options but are aware of the pitfalls, suggests new research from global staffing firm Robert Half. More than three quarters of profession... More

How AI is Making an Entry Into the Freelance Economy (Forbes)

It’s becoming difficult to find an industry where AI isn’t already making or expected to make an impact. The freelance economy is no exception. Smart technologies have entered ... More

Qumulo Raises Another $93 Million for Scale-Out Storage for Enterprises (VentureBeat)

Seattle-based Qumulo said the money will help it get through the next phase of “hyper growth” as it helps enterprises balance the demands and costs of public and private clouds... More

10 Most Difficult IT Jobs for Employers to Fill (CIO)

Jobs related to cutting-edge technology such as AI, VR and machine learning can be so forward-looking that education programs can’t keep up with pipeline demands, while others su... More

Cisco’s Journey to Digital Transformation (Chief Marketer)

Cisco is in the middle of a digital transformation, and that means morphing into a customer centric organization. “It’s no longer digital marketing, it’s marketing in a digit... More

8 Biggest IT Management Mistakes (CIO)

When you're in charge of enterprise technology, the risks are much higher and the fallout from mistakes can be much worse. ... More

Wipro Infra Sets Up Industrial Automation Unit in India (Economic Times)

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, a part of Wipro, has set up an industrial automation unit to gain a large pie of the near $400 million manufacturing automation market for IT serv... More

Wipro Localizing More in U.S. (Financial Express)

Wipro is “localising more” in the US and more than half of its workforce in the country now consists of locals, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer Rishad Premji said, asser... More

8 Top-Paying Process and Project Management Skills (CIO)

From CMMI to Scrum, certain process and project management skills command a premium. Here are the eight that pay the best.... More

What is a Business Analyst? A Key Role for Business-IT Efficiency (CIO)

The business analyst position requires both hard skills and soft skills. Business analysts need to know how to pull, analyze and report data trends, and be able to share that infor... More

Why You Need to Map the Employee Journey (CMS World)

It’s common for organizations to focus heavily on customer experience, mapping every touchpoint, maniacally trying to improve each interaction and analyzing how every step impact... More

Salesforce Launches Innovation Center in London for Customers and Partners (IT Pro)

Salesforce today made good on its promise to help UK businesses innovate and digitally transform by officially opening a dedicated centre at its London headquarters. Andrew Lawson,... More

The 7 Fundamentals of IT Consultant Success (CIO)

Thinking of becoming an IT consultant? That might not be a bad idea — if you’ve developed the skills and experience needed to help clients deliver successful projects. Compa... More

openSAP Celebrates Five Years and 2.5 Million Enrollments (HITS)

SAP today announced the five-year anniversary of the openSAP platform, an online learning platform that has trained more than 630,000 individuals from over 200 countries. One of... More

3 Key Challenges for the New GDPR Compliance Officer (IM)

With the May 25 General Data Protection Regulation deadline almost upon us, some organizations are still searching for the right talent to manage their compliance strategies. Wheth... More

AWS Commits to Improving Cloud Skills of 100,000 People in Europe During 2018 (CW)

Speaking in Brussels this week, Teresa Carlson, the cloud services giant’s vice-president of worldwide public sector, described the cloud skills gap as a major barrier to innovat... More

6 Hot Digital Transformation Trends, and 4 Going Cold (CIO)

Digital transformation has moved beyond a nice-to-have to let’s get cracking. Once a top priority for early adopters and cutting-edge enterprises, digital transformation has move... More

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