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UK degree to include legacy app migration

UK Cobol specialist is aiming to make IT graduates aware of the importance of skills in legacy applications Read more »

IBM adds to mainframe's Java flavour

IBM is bringing more of its WebSphere middleware suite to the mainframe, part of ongoing investments to keep the venerable server modern and cost-effective. Read more »

IBM eyes programming for the masses

IBM is working on a project, called QEDwiki, that takes a stab at a long-held industry promise: end-user programming. Read more »

AIIA: Indian outsourcing threat can help Australia

Australian companies are slowly but surely outsourcing more of their programming projects to countries like India -- but this could mean better jobs for Australian coders, according to the Australian Information Industry Association. Read more »

Sun's McNealy swings at rivals

Scott McNealy, the Sun Microsystems chief executive who has become something of a punching bag as his company fights back to profitability, threw some punches of his own on Tuesday. Read more »

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What's more important to become an IT consultant: education or experience?

What does it take to become an IT consultant? You need a good mix of book smarts and on-the-job knowledge -- with a dash of something else. Read more »

Are key performance indicators a true measure?

Some managers love to look solely at numbers when assessing performance, and key performance indicators are right up their street. But how useful are they in the context of software development? Read more »

Top five problems in IT business: Rational VP

We talked to Hayden Lindsay, IBM Rational's vice president of enterprise tools and compilers about enterprise modernisation. He identified five key factors that are inhibiting business responsiveness. Read more »

Explore alternative languages for .NET development

You can leverage your existing programming skills to build .NET applications using a number of alternative languages (besides C#, VB.NET, or J#) for the .NET Framework. Read more »

What are you worth?

What are the skills you need to keep in demand? We asked employers, recruitment agencies and training companies what skills will be in demand for 2006 and beyond. Read more »

The Web as a platform

As a gross over-generalisation, software developers don't care much for the latest trends in fashion. Read more »

Java jams: five IDEs tested

We put five of the most popular Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) up against each other. Find out which tool is tailor made for your development requirements. Read more »

Making an open source living, part 1

Running a business based on open source software is possible, as we found out when we interviewed Steven Noels, a Belgian consultant and member of the Apache Software Foundation. Read more »

Licensing developers won't work

Tony Healy writes why proposed compulsory licensing of IT professionals by the Australian Computer Society are flawed. Read more »

Digging code: Software archaeology

At first glance, business software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure. Read more »

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.NET doesn't have to mean VB.NET or C#

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- It’s funny... when people think about the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) they tend to think in terms of either VB.NET or C#. Read more »

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