Three-quarters of non-tech workers want a job in IT – what’s stopping them?
Profile: Bryan Glick
For a long time, people working in IT laboured under the knowledge that nobody from outside IT was interested in what they do because it’s all too technical - a bit boring and geeky. It’s been impossible to have a conversation about tackling the long-term skills shortages in IT without...
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NICs increase is least of the tax worries for public sector IT contractors as IR35 fears grow
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The otherwise obscure topic of taxation for the self-employed hit the headlines this week after chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond announced in his latest Budget a...
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UK government’s digital strategy has to be welcomed – but it could have been so much more
Profile: Bryan Glick
The very best thing about the government digital strategy is that it exists. The areas covered by the strategy are vitally important for the UK’s economic future...
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Government must not ignore the historic international nature of UK IT
Profile: Bryan Glick
We didn’t hear much about the digital economy during the recent political party conferences. Prime minister Theresa May made a throwaway comment in her big set-piece...
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Remaining in the EU is essential if the UK wants to be a global technology leader
Profile: Bryan Glick
Here at Computer Weekly, we want what’s best for the UK tech sector and the people who work there – that’s why we believe that remaining in the European Union (EU) is vital at such a critical time in the transformation of our industry. But...
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The future is here, now – if only our political and business leaders had the vision to see it
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If you had the time-travelling opportunity to read the forthcoming issue of Computer Weekly magazine just a few years ago, you might have assumed it was a review of BBC Tomorrow's World. There's 0 Comments
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We need coordination between old economy job cuts and digital economy job creation
Profile: Bryan Glick
BT has one of its main contact centres in a tower block in Swansea city centre - it's the highest office building for miles around, just a short stroll to the sea front. From its upper-floor windows you can see across Swansea Bay to the lights and smoke from the giant steel works in neighbouring...
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All of us need to play our part to influence the role of technology in the UK economy
Profile: Bryan Glick
Influence is a wonderfully subjective measure by which to gauge successful people in the UK technology scene.
Influence can be negative as well as positive. You might be influenced by a particular IT leader, while others may see the same person as thoroughly lacking the quality. 2 Comments
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Buy vs build and the rise of open source are driving digital transformation
Profile: Bryan Glick
One of the defining characteristics of digital transformation for most organisations is the realisation that software development is a core business activity. For much of the 1990s and 2000s, building your own software was something to be outsourced - often to low-cost offshore providers. "We're...
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Immigration is a dirty word – but it’s one IT has to address to solve digital skills gap
Profile: Bryan Glick
The political climate in the UK makes it difficult to talk about immigration and its effect on the IT sector, given the wider sensitivities around the subject. But it's a topic that needs to be considered if the UK is to make the most of the opportunity to become a world leader in the digital...
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