Member News

Is This Yahoo's Attempt To Steal A March on Google?

2013-04-04 10:00:00

The UK IT Association (UKITA) took notice last week, as many would have done, when Yahoo announced that they have purchased Summly from 17 year old entrepreneur Nick D'Aloisio. Nick himself has done particularly well out of the deal, with Yahoo paying an estimated £20 million in cash and shares for the company which they are now expected to shut down. view more...

E-skills Seek Apprenticeship Solution to IT Skills Gap

2013-03-20 13:07:42

The IT sector in the EU is projected to need an extra 900,000 professionals by 2015. It is apparent that more needs to be done to attract skilled workers into the IT industry. The UK IT Association has been encouraged by the European Commission’s creation of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs, but more needs to be done to close the IT skills gap. view more...

Live Budget Event

2013-03-19 13:59:19

Black Country businesses will be tapping into the knowledge of a panel of experts when a Budget event is held in Wolverhampton. Organisations from across the region are being invited to the event held by Wolverhampton Business Solutions Centre - based at the University of Wolverhampton Science Park on Glaisher Drive - to coincide with Chancellor George Osborne’s statement on Wednesday, March 20. view more...

See how easily you can make a difference – the benefits of Open Data

2013-03-13 16:05:00

At UKITA we always support research into Information and Communications Technology, and we think this project by Mr Reitano has much merit for our members and the wider IT community, as such we would urge as many of our members and followers as possible to complete the survey. And please feel free to pass this on to anybody else you feel would be interested. view more...

BIS call for interest: IASME

2013-03-11 11:54:49

With March seeing the beginning of a consultancy period for the Governments Cyber Security Organisational Standards, and given the recent events at Evernote we understand that is will be an area of concern for our members and their customers- read more on why we support the IASME standard. view more...

Grand Coalition launched with backing from industry Giants

2013-03-08 13:46:00

The Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs was formally launched on 4th March. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso called on Europe's digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to address the issue of 900,000 job vacancies that are expected to be unfilled in the IT Sector by 2015. view more...

Urgent-Act Today- Join Ukita and CIF in saving .cloud

2013-03-06 16:19:39

Urgent - You need to act today if you want to help keep .cloud open to all.Deadline is tomorrow to register your objection to a proposal to ...... The UK IT Association (UKITA) are joining with its strategic alliance partner the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) to try to prevent new Top Level Domains (TLD’s) becoming closed registered owner and controlled by large multi-national companies. view more...

The Evernote Hacking Debacle- What it Means to You!

2013-03-06 14:43:00

We take a brief look at the Evernote Hacking incident and consider how this will impact on SME's and, more importantly, what questions your customers will be asking you. view more...

Smart Cities or Just Data-Hungry.

2013-03-06 12:44:02

The news that telecoms firms globally will be making more money from data revenues than from traditional telephony by 2018 will not come as a revelation to many. Yet the lack of technology standards may prove to be a barrier to the connectivity of devices view more...

Don’t let the CLOUD get hijacked online!

2013-03-04 16:05:16

The UK IT Association have joined other industry voices to express concern at the prospect of the proposed new Top Level Domains becoming closed registers. view more...

50billion internet connected devices by 2020

2013-03-01 15:23:06

An amazing report just released by Cisco has projected that there will be an amazing fifty billion pieces of technology connected to the internet by 2020, a rise of over 400%. view more...

Europe Battling Digital Brain Drain

2013-02-26 12:32:19

The EU Digital Sector is fighting to keep hold of its brightest young talents as the skills gap widens. The EU has many young people with the appropriate skills, but the inability to match the talent digital youths with the abundance of IT jobs is leading to more and more young IT professionals to look elsewhere for employment. view more...

Grand Coalition Launched to Fix IT Skills-Gap

2013-02-25 17:20:24

• Industry Morally Obliged to Help Youths Find Work • Launch of Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs and Training • Andrew Corbett, MD of the UK IT Association, Comments view more...

SME’s invest wisely in E-invoicing

2013-02-21 14:40:30

• FPB survey highlights e-invoicing as key area for SME’s • 47% of members say they will be using e-invoicing within 12 months • Comment from Celeris Ltd, a UKITA member view more...

UK government projections fall short on 4G auction.

2013-02-21 14:00:00

The UK Government have been left red faced as the 4G auction raised £1.2billion less than they had forecast in their Autumn Statement. The £2.3billion auction saw Vodafone spend the most, bidding £790million to secure blocks in both available wavelengths. view more...

Broadband networks plan in tatters due to EU budget – SMEs disappointed

2013-02-20 16:50:26

The European Council reached agreement on EU expenditure for 2014-2020, and much of the cut in spending comes directly from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), a fund set up to increase technology take-up across the EU. Small and Medium Enterprises across Europe are alarmed that this could mean they fall behind competitors. view more...

BT Insist 2015 is Still Target for USC.

2013-02-20 16:40:14

The House of Commons is still busy debating the effect of the EU Budget cuts to the Technology sector, but BT are unconcerned, saying it will not impact on the UK's ability to deliver on the Universal Service Commitment. view more...

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