Categorised as: In The Workplace & News
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Survey reveals Irish employees’ bad tech habits News
23.05.2012 Research conducted by Amárach Research for Microsoft shows Irish employees’ lack of concern for data security and protection. -
Employment law becomes accessible with the Irish HR Law app News
11.05.2012 A&L Goodbody has launched Ireland’s first dedicated HR law app, a resource for professionals, lawyers and senior executives. -
Yahoo! to hold an organisation reshuffle meeting next Tuesday? News
06.04.2012 Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is apparently planning to brief staff next Tuesday about his long-term vision for the ailing internet company, Reuters reports.Categories: Web, IT Organisation, IT Management, Internet, In the Workplace, Financial Results, eCommerce -
US senators seek probe into Facebook passwords and employers News
26.03.2012 Two US senators are reportedly planning to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether employers who ask for access to employees’ Facebook accounts are, in fact,...Categories: Careers and Employment, Consumer Tech, Finding a Job, Government, Graduate, In the Workplace, Internet, Multimedia, Social Media, Web, Web 2.0 -
Ireland’s 2020 workplace and new IT demands – Cisco head News
22.03.2012 With one in three students and young professionals apparently now viewing the internet as being as vital as air, water and food, Cisco’s country manager for Ireland Adam Grennan... -
Ireland’s 64pc surge in applications for third-level tech and science courses News
09.03.2012 Students in Ireland appear to be catching on to the future career opportunities in science and technology. The CAO has released its latest figures, showing a 64pc surge in the... -
Workers don't want to be corporate executives - survey News
17.02.2012 While workers want to be successful in their careers overall, not a single one of them wants to be a corporate executive, Intelligent Office’s Work IQ survey suggests. In fact,... -
Hiccuping cat among late excuses at work - survey News
12.01.2012 One in six employees will be coughing up an excuse this week as to why he or she was late for work and some of those excuses will be quite, er, creative, a survey by US jobs... -
Most managers dislike employees texting in sick News
13.12.2011 Workers are doing away with picking up the telephone and ringing in sick and are instead sending their bosses a text message letting them know they won't be into work. This may...Categories: Careers and Employment, Communications, In the Workplace, Jobs, Management, Social Media -
Consumerisation of IT forcing IT departments to respond - survey News
13.12.2011 The consumerisation of corporate IT - as employees bring their own devices and applications into the workplace - is one of the biggest challenges and opportunities facing... -
75pc of European firms will never recover lost data News
23.11.2011 Three-quarters of businesses in Europe will never recover data lost when computers crash. A pan-European survey found that 54pc had either lost data or suffered downtime or both... -
Irish firm Lynch Medical Supplies prepares for EU growth News
07.11.2011 Irish medical-tech firm Lynch Medical Supplies (LMS), which manufactures sports injury products for the healthcare and medical industries, is to invest heavily in a new central...Categories: Bio Tech, CIO, Economy, Financial, Global CIO, In the Workplace, Jobs, Life Sciences, Management, R&D -
Microsoft - Best Multinational Workplace News
28.10.2011 Microsoft has been deemed Best Multinational Workplace in the world, in Great Place to Work's inaugural list of the Top 25 World's Best Multinational Workplaces. -
Dissatisfaction at work grows - Mercer survey News
25.10.2011 A new survey by Mercer, conducted between Q4 2010 and Q2 2011 among 30,000 workers in 17 markets, including 1,000 workers in Ireland, reveals that a rising number of employees...Tags: -
Irish firms start to see fiscal benefits of carbon reporting News
18.10.2011 Irish business leaders are starting to put sustainability and carbon reporting at the core of their business-planning strategies, recognising both the challenges and the... -
Intel awards new Women in Technology scholarships News
18.10.2011 Intel in Shannon continued its focus on promoting science and engineering in the local area by holding its sixth annual Women in Technology (WIT) award ceremony recently. Four...Categories: Jobs, In the Workplace, Engineering, Education, Digital Media, CIO, Careers and Employment -
Cloud, green tech, shared services: key greening strategies for UK govt? News
27.09.2011 The UK government’s draft Greening Government ICT Strategy will provide the UK ICT industry with significant opportunities in the areas of green technologies, cloud computing...Categories: Web, Virtualisation, Unified Communications, Telecommunications, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Renewable Energy, Recycling Services, Online Business, Networking, Mobility, Mobile, Jobs, In the Workplace, Hosting Services, Hardware, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, ERP & Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Digital 21, Data Management, Data Centre, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications, Green Tech, CIOTags: ICT, Security, Outsourcing, Data centres, Green Jobs, Green Economy, Green Tech, Cloud Computing, Cloud -
Dow Jones sustainability indexes reveal tech winners and losers News
14.09.2011 Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, US utility giant PG&E, Dutch telecommunications provider Royal KPN N.V are just some of the firms that have been dropped from the 2011 Dow...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Science, Risk Management, Research, Renewable Energy, Recycling Services, R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Mobile, Management, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, IT Management, Investments, Internet, In the Workplace, Green Computing, Green, Government, Global CIO, Financial Services, Financial Results, Financial, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Green Tech, CIO, Bio Tech -
Businesses lose US$70k a year through staff social networking News
16.08.2011 The average company with 52 employees pays out US$65,000 per year for non-work-related social media activity, according to a new social media cost calculator developed by a... -
Salary levels in Ireland stabilised in 2010 News
05.08.2011 Recruitment consultants Hays revealed salary levels for newly-recruited professionals stabilised in 2010, with some niche positions where recruits are in short supply witnessing...Categories: Salary and Benefits, Jobs, In the Workplace, Graduate, Finding a Job, Economy, Contract, Careers and Employment