Driven by enormous advances in communications technology, the Telecoms industry offers a huge wealth of IT job opportunities, in terms of the skills required and the roles within it.
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Augmented reality is a way of fusing the real and the virtual world by overlaying digital data on to real-world analogue views. Find out what skills you need to break into this cutting-edge field.
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The Solaris Unix-based operating system became one of the most widely used servers for websites during the internet boom.
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PHP is a scripting language that was designed for web development and can be embedded into HTML. It’s free software and is currently used on over 20 million domains for both front-end and back-end web development.
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Large companies have embraced Linux, including the BBC and various government departments, creating more demand for specialists in this field.
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Java technology is popular with virtually every business sector, making Java and J2EE among the most popular skills within the IT industry.
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Software development is a dynamic working environment where the ‘family of C’ programming skills (C, C++ and C#) are widely sought after.
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At the cutting edge of IT, the banking and finance sector has some of the best jobs of all the sectors.
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ASP.NET is a programming framework designed to improve the process of website development. Unlike ASP, it doesn’t limit the specialist to VBScript and Jscript, but in fact supports over 25 .NET languages.
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Business Intelligence is a growing tool for business. How is IT involved and what are the required skills?
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More generous tax credits for product research and the government's creation of Enterprise Zones stand to encourage IT research and development activity. We spoke to some IT pros working at the bleeding edge to find out what a career in R&D is like from the inside.
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You've decided that a career in IT is for you. But how do you tell which role matches your particular skills? Use our guide to see which roles suit you best.
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Developing and testing apps for mobile devices is vastly more complicated than for PCs. Part 2 of the mobile special checks the must-have skills and know-how.
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Fancy a funky job with creative as well as technical challenge? Look no further than the UK’s interactive entertainment industry. It’s bigger than its film or music counterparts, while the visual effects sector is growing the fastest of all. Get the lowdown.
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Growth in demand for IT professionals surged to 8% for two consecutive quarters in 2010, outpacing recruitment of colleagues in other professions. The latest data from CWJobs reveals growth for six consecutive quarters.
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