Demand for IT skills is still strong in the finance sector, despite the credit crunch

IT Jobs in the City releases skills in demand data

IT professionals are still being hired by financial institutions despite the uncertain economic outlook. Recent data released by financial online recruitment specialists, IT Jobs in the City (www.itjobsinthecity.com) reveals the following:

• A steady demand for positions within commodities, with an increase over 50 percent in positions advertised from October 2007
• An increase in demand for quantitative analysts Read more: Demand for IT skills is still strong in the finance sector

ClinPhone Completes Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Inspection

(Nottingham UK, 2 June 2008). ClinPhone, the world’s largest Clinical Technology Organization (CTO), has received the GCP Inspection Statement to complete the latest Inspection by the GCP Inspectorate of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

The MHRA is an executive agency of the Department of Health and was established in April 2003 from a merger between the Medicines Control Agency and the Medical Devices Agency. The agency is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe. Read more: ClinPhone Completes Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) I

Technology Problems & Difficult Clients & Suppliers are Top Anxieties

YouGov/Trend Micro survey suggests small businesses need to be more aware of growing electronic crime threat

2nd June, Marlow, UK -- A new You Gov survey into British UK small business attitudes to operational business anxieties reveals that technology not working (42% of all respondents) is the number one work issue that causes anxiety, alongside with difficult clients and suppliers (42%) which cause the same level of concern. Heavy workloads (30%), tight deadlines (26%) and long hours (19%) were the next highest ranking issues causing concern. Read more: What is Giving UK Small Businesses Nightmares?

Trend Micro Announces a Safer, Smarter and Simpler Next-Generation Worry-Free™ Security for Small Businesses

Worry-Free™ Business Security 5.0, now with integrated Web threat protection, shields company assets and reputation against the upsurge in cybercrime and Web threats.

Marlow, UK – June 2nd, 2008 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet content security, announced today a major new release of the company’s Worry-Free Security solutions that tackles the changing needs of small businesses and the evolving Web threat landscape they face. Worry-Free Business Security 5.0, the next generation of the flagship Trend Micro Worry-Free Security that was first introduced to the small business market over 4 years ago, is designed to be: Read more: Trend Micro Announces a Safer, Smarter & Simpler Next-Generation Worry-Free™