Record number of European companies to cut IT outsourcing spending
The latest 2023/2024 European IT Sourcing Study, conducted by Whitelane Research, reveals that 15% of European organisations are planning to scale back their IT outsourcing expenditures, up from 12% in 2023. According to Whitelane, the study, conducted with over 2,000
Cisco and University of Ottawa equip engineering students with job-ready IT and cybersecurity skills
Cisco, a worldwide leader in networking and security, and the University of Ottawa have announced a partnership to better prepare students for careers in the technology industry. Funded by Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program, Cisco will integrate industry-recognized Cisco Certified
Italy tests AI-assisted teaching in schools to boost IT skills
By Alberto Chiumento, and Marta Di Donfrancesco ROME (Reuters) - Italy is introducing artificial intelligence in its schools as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government explores new ways to close the country's digital skills gap with other European Union members. Education Minister Giuseppe
Without backup plans, global IT outages will happen again
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) - Elements of Friday’s global IT outage, which grounded planes and hit services from banking to healthcare, have occurred before and until more contingencies are built into networks, and organisations put better back-up plans in place,
The Cloud Computing opens career opportunities for women
Cloud Computing: According to a study by the Synergy Research Group, $74 billion was spent on cloud infrastructure in the last quarter of 2023. This represents a 20% increase compared to the last quarter of 2022, which is indeed the
Julius Baer suffered IT crash last week
By Noele Illien ZURICH (Reuters) - Julius Baer suffered an outage that prevented customers and bankers from accessing its systems on Feb. 16, but quickly restored full service, the Swiss bank said on Friday in response to a report by Bloomberg. “Julius
India’s Wipro slides, weighs on IT peers, on weak revenue forecast
By Varun Vyas BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of Wipro dropped to a three-month low and weighed on other Indian IT companies on Thursday after the country's fourth-largest IT services provider forecast the slide in IT services revenue would get worse this
Volkswagen: production up again after IT issues resolved
By Christoph Steitz BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen said on Thursday that a major IT outage was resolved overnight and its global production network was up and running again, allowing production to proceed as planned. A spokesperson for the German carmaker said the
Lufthansa IT meltdown strands thousands of passengers
Lufthansa logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Ilona Wissenbach and Hakan Ersen FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An IT failure at Lufthansa stranded thousands of passengers and forced flights to Germany's busiest airport to be cancelled