Recruitment lobby group

Gender separation across the ICT industry has had a significant impact on salaries in the sector, with women working in technical roles paid up to 28 per cent less than their male counterparts, according to innovation by the Information Research and Contract Recruitment Association.

According to the data, ICT attracts a significant number of applications from younger women, nevertheless, the proportion varies greatly depending on the role. Women aged 25-34 make up 13 per cent of help desk applications, 33 per cent for business or process analyst roles, during 58 per cent account for ICT trainer roles.

"But women are better paid and represented in collaborative or communicative fields, just as ICT training or business development, than are their male counterparts."

IT organizations spend the majority of their resources on maintenance in other words than on business-aligned value-add innovations. Going forward, clients are seeking IT solutions that simplify IT, reduce complexity, increase resource utilization, and shorten the time to provision and deploy new services.

This paper provides a snapshot of what is happening in the arena of cloud computing. What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What does it mean to a business owner or executive? How does it affect the workplace? What are the payoffs and the pitfalls? Is it actually ready for "prime time"?