Growing demand for mainframe skills

IBM introduced the Mainframe Skills Council during its recent SHARE conference, to provide a forum where global organisations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce for the mainframe platform. In addition to IBM, the council includes organisations...

Software engineers set to make full use of AI code assistants

By 2028, 75% of enterprise software engineers will use AI code assistants, up from less than 10% in early 2023, according to Gartner. Sixty-three percent of organisations are currently piloting, deploying, or have already deployed AI code assistants, according to a...

HR professionals ready to embrace AI

A new global report from Sage reveals that HR professionals are prepared to embrace AI to ease the burden of admin jobs, take away time consuming tasks and, ultimately, ease burnout. The annual report – The Changing Face of HR – surveyed over 1 000 HR...

Global coal fleet inches up

Global operating coal capacity grew by 2% in 2023 – with China driving two-thirds of new additions – and a small uptick was seen for the first time since 2019 in the rest of the world, according to Global Energy Monitor’s annual survey of the global...

EV charging beyond the utility grid

Electric vehicles are no longer a niche oddity but fully mainstream, with many automotive manufacturers announcing targets to phase out ICE (internal combustion engine) construction in favour of BEVs (battery electric vehicles). Passenger cars are not the only sectors...

Research breakthrough could enable future 6G comms networks

A breakthrough development in wireless communication technology could help deliver the ultra-fast and software-controlled 6G networks of the future, researchers say. A team led by researchers from the University of Glasgow has developed an innovative wireless...