Cyber security is one of the hottest topics and fields in IT right now. Sadly, it's also suffering from a huge lack of skilled professionals. One of the reasons is that it's viewed as one of the most complex sectors and that traditionally is tied to a university...
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Sheryl Sandberg says it’s important to hire for skills not specific experience
Hiring the right people is one of the biggest challenges for any company. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has some advice coming from Meg Whitman, current CEO of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Sheryl Sandberg has had quite an impressive career. From politics to building a...
AI won’t replace humans in IT and HR, but it can help them a lot
Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen by many as not only the future, but the end of a lot of jobs, including in IT. Actually, AI can help devs in many ways. AI can be an aid to IT pros and HR. There are many possibilities to use this technology. For example, the...
A third of UK IT workers say they need more training to progress in their careers
By this time it should come to no surprise that IT workers actually value trainings and want them. So much, that a lot of them think they need more and more. Computer Weekly's annual survey for the UK shows a startling proof of this. 32.7% of IT employees in the UK...
Companies in the Benelux region are going in the right direction for their trainings
Companies in the Benelux region are heading the right way when it comes to providing trainings for their employees. Still, more work is needed in several areas. The data comes from Computer Weekly's annual salary survey. It shows that companies in the region are...
The Middle East IT industry suffers from a lack of employer-providing trainings
The debate whether company-provided trainings are actually beneficial or not will always go on. But new data from the Middle East shows how important trainings really are. The data comes from the Computer Weekly Salary Survey 2017. It features responses from 650 IT...
VR, AR and other Realities coming to learning and trainings
There are a lot of new technologies coming that can have a profound effect on learning ant trainings. Virtual and Augmented Reality tech are at the front of them. VR and AR are going to open a lot of doors and have a true potential to change the way we learn new...
A woman in her 50s shows it’s never too late to change careers and jump into IT
The IT industry is traditionally seen as a place where the young thrive. But this doesn't mean that if you're older you have no chance in succeeding. Gillian Reynolds-Titko is in her 50s but that didn't stop her from changing her career and jump straight into the IT...
Is e-learning better than traditional learning
It's 2017 and a lot of people are talking about the vast changes modern technologies have on life. But something has remained virtually the same - education. The basics of it haven't changed - you go to a classroom and listen and watch a teacher. You take notes, then...
Can you use analytics to improve your workforce and how
Organizations often focus their analytics toward external parameters. You can use similar techniques to improve your workforce. But should you? The short answer is "yes", but of course, there's a caveat. You can't rely entirely on analytics to create a data-driven...
Well trained employees are vital for a company’s cyber security
You may have the best cyber security tech on the planet, but it won't do much if your employees make critical and avoidable mistakes. They are the weakest link in most companies when it comes to cyber security. This is why most breaches actually happen after...
How to prevent a burnout in your IT employees
Job burnouts are a common problem in these days. This doesn't mean that they should be viewed as "normal" and that "it happens". There are solutions. According to a 2016 survey by Robert Half Technology among more than 2500 CIOs, 81% of CIOs think the amount of...












