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We believe in being both a recruitment partner and business partner; helping you attract, recruit, and retain the best talent for your company. With a genuine passion for the tech market, Eligo Technology has led the way in connecting the tech community, attending, sponsoring, and speaking at events worldwide.
What does that mean for you? We understand the right fit both culturally and technically for your company and often know exactly the right person for your requirements straight away. We're also the first place the best candidates come to for insight and job opportunities.
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Eligo consultants really understand the technology space, and are exceptionally attentive to client requirements, constantly refining their approach according to feedback. A standout service.
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Eligo's insight into the candidate market is invaluable and the consultants have a real grasp of what we are looking for.
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What makes Eligo different is the amount of time they invest in getting to grips with my company's requirements - not only in terms of the technologies but also the cultural requirement.
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The Eligo technology team are a breath of fresh air. It's refreshing to work with agents who understand my craft, and who take the time to understand me as a person and what it is I am looking for. If you are working with Open Source technologies and you aren't part of the Eligo family, then you should be.
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We worked with Eligo on two challenging hires; we couldn’t have asked for better support. Following a detailed briefing session with us on the role, our culture and needs they immediately understood our talent requirements. We were quickly presented with a strong bench of candidates, helping us employ two exceptional staff members to very specific briefs and in short order.
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They are a pleasure to work with and I would certainly recommend them to anyone looking for assistance in finding top talent.
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iDirect primarily engaged Eligo to utilise their network of Front End focused technical talent. Whilst performing well in this area, what really impressed me was their dedication to assisting the organisation across the board, including roles a lot of front-end recruiters would consider way out of their remit. Great service and excellent delivery from Eligo recruitment.
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Eligo has shown great enthusiasm and efficiency in providing the quality candidates we need. They invest time to fully understand our culture and take a real interest in what we do as a business. With new projects around the corner, we're looking forward to working more closely with Eligo to increase our recruitment drive.
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Eligo take the time to understand the environment and the culture of your business which shows in the quality of the candidates they put forward. They have found a number of gems for us and now Eligo are the only recruiter I go to when looking to fill a position in my team.
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Eligo are one of those rare agencies in the technical recruitment industry that care and understand about the importance of communities in Open Source and other technical disciplines. They are an advocate of getting people into the right place and are constant supporters of community events.
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Recruiters have a pretty bad reputation in the Open Source community. But Eligo consultants are a shining example of what a recruiter should be.
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Eligo is an exclusive partner of CV-Library and helps to support us with our technical recruitment, particularly with the harder to fill, senior roles. Rick has really taken the time to get to understand our team and the needs of the business, and as a result, is able to provide us with truly exceptional candidates. We've seen really positive results using Eligo and would definitely recommend it's services to others.
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Not only has Eligo helped us to successfully build our Perl team, but they have been a constant support to me in my role. They are always there with advice on our market and support me in what I'm trying to achieve. We've now been to events with Rick which has increased our brand within the market.
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Anne Rooke from Eligo has been responsible for bringing a wealth of IT talent to Dr Logic and has for the most part staffed our Company over the last few years! Working with Anne is almost like having an in-house recruitment specialist; she understands us like no other recruiter we’ve worked with and keeps one step ahead so that when we do have a requirement she often has someone earmarked for us already! Anne is professional but so easy to talk to she feels more a friend of the business than a supplier; she even popped across with Eligo beers for the team when we celebrated our 15th birthday earlier this year. It’s great having someone like Anne who understands the sort of talent we seek; she has an uncanny knack of finding the best people for our team, time and time again and I would have no hesitation in recommending her as a first class recruiter.
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Video interview: Eligo and KPMG discuss the Midlands tech scene
On a clear sunny day on the 3rd floor of Crossways building in Birmingham, I was joined by Tim Kay, Head of Technology & Media at KPMG. I invited Tim to speak about the current situation of the Midlands technology scene and what followed was an insightful discussion covering; The challenges midlands businesses face The lack of investment for start-ups and early-stage businesses in the area Talent and skills shortages Exciting plans for the 5G rollout We also discussed the Midlands history in relation to the industrial revolution and manufacturing, retaining technology talent in the area and the plans for the future of tech in the Midlands. Take a look at the full interview below. I’d love to know what you thought of the talk and if you have anything to add in relation to the topics discussed, get in touch with me at rick@eligo.co.uk. .
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Technology Industry June News Update – #Issue6
In our June Technology news update, we cover BBC's new scheme encouraging women in tech, SME's losing out on Tech talent, Brexit is a top concern for UK tech workers. As well as news that AI will kill off 20m manufacturing jobs, Adobe trains AI to detect Deepfakes and MoD helps itself to police biometric data. Encouraging women in tech, attracting talent as an SME and Brexit concerns for UK Tech workers BBC launches scheme to get women into tech careers The BBC has launched a new training scheme aimed at women who are looking to move into a career in software engineering. With the technology sector being predominately male-dominated the Step into Tech scheme aims to help increase the number of women working in the industry. The training covers working with websites, applications, cloud-based services and databases as well as introducing candidates Read more about BBC launching a new training scheme aimed at women here Broadcast Now (04/06/2019) SME's losing out on top tech talent to big tech companies In a battle to recruit top tech talent, SME's are losing out to the big tech with three quarters of CIO's believing it to be more challenging for SME's to attract tech talent because they prefer to work for larger tech businesses. In response to this nearly half of CIO's are planning to train and upskill existing staff, with 37% admitting they would turn to the temporary recruitment market. Click here to read more about SME's losing out on top tech talent to big tech companies UKTN (19/06/2019) Impact of Brexit is the top concern for UK tech workers According to a new report by CW Jobs, the impact of Brexit is causing the most concern for IT professionals. The report reveals that despite 89% of tech professionals having a positive outlook, over a third 38% list the political landscape as their biggest concern for the industry. The current UK tech workforce is in a good place, with confidence in the skills and new technologies it has at its disposal, but that confidence is at risk from external factors, political or economic. Click here to read more about the Impact of Brexit being a top concern for UK tech workers UKTN (25/06/2019) The AI market soars but is also set to affect the future of the manufacturing job market Robots will kill off 20m manufacturing jobs by 2030 According to a report from Oxford Economics has stated that the rise of AI, machine learning, and robotics will lead to the loss of up to 20 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by 2030. Since 2000 around 1.7 million jobs have already been lost to robots, these include 260,000 jobs in the US and 400,000 jobs in Europe and 550,000 jobs in China. Click here to read more about the report claiming robots will kill of 20m manufacturing jobs by 2030 Tech Republic (26/06/2019) AI software market soars amid digital transformation boom In the midst of firms investing in AI, revenue from AI software soared more than 63 percent to $846m last year. According to research firm Gartner, Robotic process automation (RPA) which provides AI tools for businesses, is now the fastest growing segment of the enterprise software market, with revenue set to reach $1.3bn in 2019. Read more about the increased growth in the AI software market here City A.M. (24/06/2019) Adobe trained AI detects photoshopped images Adobe has partnered with researchers from the University of Claifornia to train an AI to detect when images have been photoshopped. The convolutional neural network was trained to spot changes made to images using Photoshop's Face - Aware Liquify feature. The feature is designed to adjust and exaggerate facial features, which is harmless when used to make someone appear happier in a photo or ad. However such features can also be exploited. Click here to read more about Adobe training AI to detect deepfake images Artificial Intelligence News (17/06/2019) Attacks against UK phone networks and biometrics accessed without permission Hackers attack global mobile phone networks According to a report, hackers targetted mobile phone networks around the world to snoop on specific users. Not only did they gain access to these networks, but they could also have shut them down if they had wanted to. They collected call records, geo-location of various individuals from a selection of countries across Europe, the middle east and Asia. Read more about Hackers attacking mobile phone networks here BBC News (25/06/2019) MoD is helping itself to police fingerprint databases without legal authority The Ministry of Defence has been unlawfully comparing fingerprints it takes during overseas military operations with the UK police and immigration databases without any legal right to do so. In his annual report, Biometrics commissioner Pual Wiles has said that the Ministry of Defence has been searching the police national fingerprint database without a 'clearly defined lawful basis' and that inter-government searching of databases should be properly regulated. Click here to read more about MoD accessing police fingerprint databases without legal authority The Register (27/06/2019) Nokia warns UK over using rival Huawei's 5G kit Nokia has warned the UK to be wary of using Huawei's 5G equipment, stating the kit has vulnerabilities that meant it posed a risk to 5G networks. Nokia and Ericsson are competing with Huawei to sell next-generation telecoms equipment and Nokia are suggesting that their equipment are a "safer bet" for mobile operators. Click here to read more about Nokia warning UK over using Huawei 5G kit. BBC News (28/06/2019) Upcoming Technology Industry Events PerlCon 2019 - 07/08/2019 - 09/08/2019 PerlCon 2019 is the 20th edition of the annual European Perl Conference also known as YAPC:: Europe and TPCiR, taking place in Riga, Latvia. Find out more here Deep Learning Summit 2019 - 19/09/2019 - 20/09/2019 Discover advances in deep learning and smart artificial intelligence from the world's leading innovators at the Deep Learning Summit in London 2019. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you have a news article you would like featured in our industry news or would like to work with Eligo Technology to produce content please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you want to hear more news about the technology jobs market, contact us at rick@eligo.co.uk or follow us on twitter at @Eligchlo. You can also check out our page for the latest jobs in development, data, digital marketing, testing, IT support and more.
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Technology Industry May News Update – #Issue5
In our May Technology news update, we cover Vodafone's start date for Birmingham 5G rollout, Huawei soars to the second spot for global phone sales, a review of UK migration rules calls for more Developer Jobs, Amazon invests in Deliveroo, Stack Overflow suffers a data breach, UN study reveals AI devices reinforce gender bias and Facebook sues a dev app over data misuse. Vodafone announces start date for 5G services in Birmingham Vodafone will be switching on its superfast mobile technology on July 3rd in Birmingham, along with plans to launch the 5g service across Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent and ten other locations by the end of the year. Last September Birmingham and the West Midlands were selected to trial the new technology, which is set to transform industries such as health services, online video streaming and gaming. It will also play a huge role in the development of new technology such as driverless cars and mobile virtual reality applications. Read more about Vodafone announcing the start date of its 5G services in Birmingham. Birmingham Mail (14/05/2019) Apple and Samsung sales slump as Huawei’s rise Apple and Samsung collectively sold almost 17.5 million fewer smartphones globally in the opening quarter of 2019 than they managed a year ago, and with the release of latest shipment numbers, it looks as Huawei is moving ever closer to the top spot. Despite being publicly rejected from the US market, Huawei’s progress in the past year has been in China and the successful expansion of its business in Europe. Read more about Huawei’s rise in sales against Apple and Samsung The Verge (01/05/2019) Stack Overflow confirms data breach Stack Overflow was subject to a data breach this month and has confirmed that user data was accessed during the cyber-attack. The hacker gained access to their systems by exploiting a vulnerability in a build deployed to the development tier of stackoverflow.com. Stack Overflow is one of the world’s largest online communities where coders and developers congregate to share knowledge and job opportunities. Read more here about the data breach of Stack Overflow Computer Business Review (21/05/2019) Study finds 72% of cybersecurity professionals consider leaving their jobs Cybersecurity professionals in the UK are struggling to hold back the ever-increasing wave of threats with limited resources, leading many to consider quitting their jobs. These findings come from a survey of over 300 specialists working in large UK organisations with 500 employees or more. 79% of respondents said they were facing a lack of resources both technical and human – despite the security threats faces by all businesses. Read more about the looming cybersecurity crisis with 72% of professionals considering leaving their jobs CloudPro (28/05/2019) Review of UK migration rules calls for more Developer Jobs to be fast-tracked The Migration Advisory Committee that advises the UK government on immigration policy, has recommended that they include more programming and software development jobs on the shortages occupation list. Making it easier for employers to bring in skilled tech talent from outside of the EU. The widening of programming roles on the SOL could be a boon for UK start-ups looking to expand their talent base. Read more here about including more programming and software development jobs on the SOL TechCrunch(29/05/2019) Amazon leads $575 million funding round for Deliveroo Amazon has invested in British delivery start-up Deliveroo, taking the total funding raised to $1.3 billion and making it one of the best-funded start-ups in Europe. Deliveroo CEO has said that “This new investment will help Deliveroo to grown and offer customers even more choice, tailored to their personal tastes, offer restaurants greater opportunities to grow and expand their business and to create more flexible, well-paid work for riders. Read more about Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo here Business Insider (17/05/2019) UN study finds female AI voice assistants reinforce gender bias According to a UNESCO study, AI-powered voice assistants with female voices are perpetuating harmful gender biases. The report states that “because the speech of most voice assistants is female, it sends a signal that women are…docile helpers, available at the touch of a button.” In many communities, this reinforces the commonly held gender biases that women are subservient and tolerant of poor treatment. Read more about the AI-powered voice assistants reinforcing gender bias here BBC (21/05/2019) Facebook sues app developer over data misuse Facebook has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against South Korean social media analytics firm Rankwave. The firm allegedly abused Facebook’s developer platform’s data and it is also refusing to cooperate with the social platform’s mandatory compliance audit and Facebook’s request that it deletes the data. Facebook has already suspended Rankwave’s apps and associated accounts and is now looking for the court to get it to comply with the data audit and deletion. Read more about Facebook suing app developer over data misuse here Naked Security by SOPHOS (15/05/2018) Upcoming Technology Industry Events WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2019 - 06/06/2019 The WOODSTOCK of developers will take place in the CityCube of Messe Berlin Find out more here London Tech Week 2019 - 10/06/2019 London Tech Week 2019 connects international communities from across the spectrum to address how access to tech for all can have a profoundly positive impact in society and business. Find out more here EdTechXEurope 2019 EdTechXEurope is the leading thought leader summit bringing together executive-level investors, innovators and industry influencers from European and international education companies. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you have a news article you would like featured in our industry news or would like to work with Eligo Technology to produce content please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you want to hear more news about the technology jobs market, contact us at rick@eligo.co.uk or follow us on twitter at @Eligchlo. You can also check out our page for the latest jobs in development, data, digital marketing, testing, IT support and more.
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Technology Industry April News Update – #Issue4
In our April technology news update, we cover cybersecurity growth programmes in the UK, MP's challenge social platforms on hate speech, Slack plans for IPO, NatWest's launches first biometric card, Microsoft's trillion market valuation and more! A UK first for cybersecurity growth, millions using the same unsecure password and cyber attacks on businesses soar 20 scaleups join UK cyber security growth programme Tech Nation, the UK’s leading network for tech entrepreneurs has announced 20 fast-growth cyber scaleups that have been accepted onto their first national cybersecurity growth programme. The 6-month Tech Nation Cohort is funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with the aim to help to accelerate the growth of the UK’s most exciting cyber security businesses. Click here to read more about the 20 scaleups joining the new cybersecurity growth programme (Tech Nation) 17/04/2019 UK Cyber Security Centre finds millions using 123456 as a password When was the last time you updated your password? A new study has found that despite the increase of cyber-attacks over the years, millions of people are still using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts. Analysis by the UK’s national Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) found 123456 as the most widely used password on breached accounts. Click here to read more about the analysis by the National Cyber Security Centre (BBC) 20/04/2019 Cyber attacks on businesses soar to 235 per cent this year A new report finds the number of cyber threats to businesses has soared 235 per cent in the last year, with small businesses still the most at risk. According to the report by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes consumer data is more easily available in bulk from business targets. Cybercriminals are using increasingly clever means of attack to get even more value from targets through the use of sophisticated Trojans, adware and ransomware. Click here to read more about the rise in cyber attacks on businesses (City.A.M) 25/04/2019 Hate-speech still an issue across social platforms and work chat app slack files for IPO MP’s challenge Facebook, Twitter and YouTube over hate speech on their platforms UK MP’s expressed their frustrations at the social tech giants, with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube facing tough questions about why they still fail to remove hate speech from their platforms. Representatives of all three social platforms said they were improving policies and technology and increasing the number of people working to remove hate speech. However, despite repeated assurances that the social platform’s systems were improving, MP’s remained unimpressed. Click here to read more about the issue of hate speech across social platforms (BBC) 24/04/2019 Workplace chat app Slack plans to go public The workplace chat app Slack has plans to go public, after hitting 10 million daily users across more than 600,000 organisations. The public offering won’t raise money for Slack but it will allow existing shareholders to begin selling their stock. The chat app has reported a rapidly growing revenue of $400.6 million from $105.2 million over the past 3 fiscal years. Click here to read more about Slack’s plans to go public (The Verge) 26/04/2019 UK Tech at the centre of socially responsible tech and biometric innovation New study reveals UK strength of ‘tech for social good’ companies. According to a new study by Tech Nation, the UK is the global centre for socially responsible technology innovation. ‘Tech for social good’ companies were worth £2.3 billion in 2018 with a turnover of £732 million – much larger than the amount generated by the manufacture of consumer electronics in the UK (£634 million). The UK department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has partnered with the Social Trust to kickstart a fund of up to £30 million. Click here to read more about ‘tech for social good’ companies in the UK (UKTN) 24/04/2019 NatWest launches first biometric card for contactless NatWest will be launching a trial with the first biometric card in the next few weeks, allowing shoppers to verify payments above the usual £30 contactless limit using their fingerprint rather than having to enter a pin number. The bank is working with digital security company Gemalto, Visa and Mastercard to bring the biometric service to users in the UK. Click here to read more about the first biometric bank card (City A.M) 11/03/2019 Microsoft updates and trillion market valuations and a new tech hub in Birmingham Microsoft releases latest .NET Framework Microsoft has updated its software framework with new and improved features with the release of .NET Framework 4.8. The new version includes an improvement of the JIT through bug fixes and code generation-based performance optimisation that was based on .NET Core 2.1. The update is available for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Click here to read more about Microsoft’s latest .NET framework (SD Times) 22/04/2019 Microsoft hits $1 trillion market valuation Microsoft has seen it's stock market value top $1 trillion (£774bn) and is not the most valuable company in the US after reporting better-than-expected sales and profits. Microsoft is well known for its Windows operating system, but it makes more money from its Azure cloud services and Office software package. Click here to read more about Microsoft’s trillion market evaluation (CNET) 24/04/2019 The Economist set to launch new Birmingham tech hub The Economist is planning to set up a new technology innovation unit in Birmingham, as it looks to boost in-house support for its digital services. The new site, which will be the companies first site outside of London and, comes as a growing number of businesses are looking to invest in the rapidly expanding tech scene in the West Midlands. Click here to read more about The Economist's new Birmingham tech hub (City.A.M) 11/04/2019) Upcoming tech events TNW 2019 - 09/05/2019 TNW 2019 is a two-day festival that showcases industry-leading speakers, panel discussions, and workshops. Find out more here Mobile Growth Summit - 15/05/2019 MGS UK is a one-day, non-vendor conference which aim to help you to connect with and learn from mobile growth and brand marketing professionals. Find out more here Digital transformation Conference - 15/05/2019 The Digital Transformation Conference brings together leaders spearheading digital initiatives in their organisations to offer insights, education and case studies on what can be a confusing environment. Find out more here We Are Developers World Congress - 06/06/2019 The event serves as a networking opportunity between leading technology companies and the European developer community. Find out more here Eligo Articles and News Tips to reduce stress at work With April being Stress Awareness Month it’s a better time than any to promote mental health in the workplace. And with news that the economic and social cost of mental health problems in the UK amounts to more than £100bn every year and with around 70m work days lost due to sickness absence, companies can’t afford to ignore mental health issues in the workplace! Take a look at some of these handy tips to help reduce stress at work Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you have a news article you would like featured in our industry news or would like to work with Eligo Technology to produce content please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you want to hear more news about the technology jobs market, contact us at rick@eligo.co.uk or follow us on twitter at @Eligchlo. You can also check out our page for the latest jobs in development, data, digital marketing, testing, IT support and more.
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On a clear sunny day on the 3rd floor of Crossways building in Birmingham, I was joined by Tim Kay, Head of Technology & Media at KPMG. I invited Tim to speak about the current situation of the Midlands technology scene and what followed was an insightful discussion covering; The challenges midlands businesses face The lack of investment for start-ups and early-stage businesses in the area Talent and skills shortages Exciting plans for the 5G rollout We also discussed the Midlands history in relation to the industrial revolution and manufacturing, retaining technology talent in the area and the plans for the future of tech in the Midlands. Take a look at the full interview below. I’d love to know what you thought of the talk and if you have anything to add in relation to the topics discussed, get in touch with me at rick@eligo.co.uk. .
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In our June Technology news update, we cover BBC's new scheme encouraging women in tech, SME's losing out on Tech talent, Brexit is a top concern for UK tech workers. As well as news that AI will kill off 20m manufacturing jobs, Adobe trains AI to detect Deepfakes and MoD helps itself to police biometric data. Encouraging women in tech, attracting talent as an SME and Brexit concerns for UK Tech workers BBC launches scheme to get women into tech careers The BBC has launched a new training scheme aimed at women who are looking to move into a career in software engineering. With the technology sector being predominately male-dominated the Step into Tech scheme aims to help increase the number of women working in the industry. The training covers working with websites, applications, cloud-based services and databases as well as introducing candidates Read more about BBC launching a new training scheme aimed at women here Broadcast Now (04/06/2019) SME's losing out on top tech talent to big tech companies In a battle to recruit top tech talent, SME's are losing out to the big tech with three quarters of CIO's believing it to be more challenging for SME's to attract tech talent because they prefer to work for larger tech businesses. In response to this nearly half of CIO's are planning to train and upskill existing staff, with 37% admitting they would turn to the temporary recruitment market. Click here to read more about SME's losing out on top tech talent to big tech companies UKTN (19/06/2019) Impact of Brexit is the top concern for UK tech workers According to a new report by CW Jobs, the impact of Brexit is causing the most concern for IT professionals. The report reveals that despite 89% of tech professionals having a positive outlook, over a third 38% list the political landscape as their biggest concern for the industry. The current UK tech workforce is in a good place, with confidence in the skills and new technologies it has at its disposal, but that confidence is at risk from external factors, political or economic. Click here to read more about the Impact of Brexit being a top concern for UK tech workers UKTN (25/06/2019) The AI market soars but is also set to affect the future of the manufacturing job market Robots will kill off 20m manufacturing jobs by 2030 According to a report from Oxford Economics has stated that the rise of AI, machine learning, and robotics will lead to the loss of up to 20 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by 2030. Since 2000 around 1.7 million jobs have already been lost to robots, these include 260,000 jobs in the US and 400,000 jobs in Europe and 550,000 jobs in China. Click here to read more about the report claiming robots will kill of 20m manufacturing jobs by 2030 Tech Republic (26/06/2019) AI software market soars amid digital transformation boom In the midst of firms investing in AI, revenue from AI software soared more than 63 percent to $846m last year. According to research firm Gartner, Robotic process automation (RPA) which provides AI tools for businesses, is now the fastest growing segment of the enterprise software market, with revenue set to reach $1.3bn in 2019. Read more about the increased growth in the AI software market here City A.M. (24/06/2019) Adobe trained AI detects photoshopped images Adobe has partnered with researchers from the University of Claifornia to train an AI to detect when images have been photoshopped. The convolutional neural network was trained to spot changes made to images using Photoshop's Face - Aware Liquify feature. The feature is designed to adjust and exaggerate facial features, which is harmless when used to make someone appear happier in a photo or ad. However such features can also be exploited. Click here to read more about Adobe training AI to detect deepfake images Artificial Intelligence News (17/06/2019) Attacks against UK phone networks and biometrics accessed without permission Hackers attack global mobile phone networks According to a report, hackers targetted mobile phone networks around the world to snoop on specific users. Not only did they gain access to these networks, but they could also have shut them down if they had wanted to. They collected call records, geo-location of various individuals from a selection of countries across Europe, the middle east and Asia. Read more about Hackers attacking mobile phone networks here BBC News (25/06/2019) MoD is helping itself to police fingerprint databases without legal authority The Ministry of Defence has been unlawfully comparing fingerprints it takes during overseas military operations with the UK police and immigration databases without any legal right to do so. In his annual report, Biometrics commissioner Pual Wiles has said that the Ministry of Defence has been searching the police national fingerprint database without a 'clearly defined lawful basis' and that inter-government searching of databases should be properly regulated. Click here to read more about MoD accessing police fingerprint databases without legal authority The Register (27/06/2019) Nokia warns UK over using rival Huawei's 5G kit Nokia has warned the UK to be wary of using Huawei's 5G equipment, stating the kit has vulnerabilities that meant it posed a risk to 5G networks. Nokia and Ericsson are competing with Huawei to sell next-generation telecoms equipment and Nokia are suggesting that their equipment are a "safer bet" for mobile operators. Click here to read more about Nokia warning UK over using Huawei 5G kit. BBC News (28/06/2019) Upcoming Technology Industry Events PerlCon 2019 - 07/08/2019 - 09/08/2019 PerlCon 2019 is the 20th edition of the annual European Perl Conference also known as YAPC:: Europe and TPCiR, taking place in Riga, Latvia. Find out more here Deep Learning Summit 2019 - 19/09/2019 - 20/09/2019 Discover advances in deep learning and smart artificial intelligence from the world's leading innovators at the Deep Learning Summit in London 2019. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you have a news article you would like featured in our industry news or would like to work with Eligo Technology to produce content please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you want to hear more news about the technology jobs market, contact us at rick@eligo.co.uk or follow us on twitter at @Eligchlo. You can also check out our page for the latest jobs in development, data, digital marketing, testing, IT support and more.
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In our May Technology news update, we cover Vodafone's start date for Birmingham 5G rollout, Huawei soars to the second spot for global phone sales, a review of UK migration rules calls for more Developer Jobs, Amazon invests in Deliveroo, Stack Overflow suffers a data breach, UN study reveals AI devices reinforce gender bias and Facebook sues a dev app over data misuse. Vodafone announces start date for 5G services in Birmingham Vodafone will be switching on its superfast mobile technology on July 3rd in Birmingham, along with plans to launch the 5g service across Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent and ten other locations by the end of the year. Last September Birmingham and the West Midlands were selected to trial the new technology, which is set to transform industries such as health services, online video streaming and gaming. It will also play a huge role in the development of new technology such as driverless cars and mobile virtual reality applications. Read more about Vodafone announcing the start date of its 5G services in Birmingham. Birmingham Mail (14/05/2019) Apple and Samsung sales slump as Huawei’s rise Apple and Samsung collectively sold almost 17.5 million fewer smartphones globally in the opening quarter of 2019 than they managed a year ago, and with the release of latest shipment numbers, it looks as Huawei is moving ever closer to the top spot. Despite being publicly rejected from the US market, Huawei’s progress in the past year has been in China and the successful expansion of its business in Europe. Read more about Huawei’s rise in sales against Apple and Samsung The Verge (01/05/2019) Stack Overflow confirms data breach Stack Overflow was subject to a data breach this month and has confirmed that user data was accessed during the cyber-attack. The hacker gained access to their systems by exploiting a vulnerability in a build deployed to the development tier of stackoverflow.com. Stack Overflow is one of the world’s largest online communities where coders and developers congregate to share knowledge and job opportunities. Read more here about the data breach of Stack Overflow Computer Business Review (21/05/2019) Study finds 72% of cybersecurity professionals consider leaving their jobs Cybersecurity professionals in the UK are struggling to hold back the ever-increasing wave of threats with limited resources, leading many to consider quitting their jobs. These findings come from a survey of over 300 specialists working in large UK organisations with 500 employees or more. 79% of respondents said they were facing a lack of resources both technical and human – despite the security threats faces by all businesses. Read more about the looming cybersecurity crisis with 72% of professionals considering leaving their jobs CloudPro (28/05/2019) Review of UK migration rules calls for more Developer Jobs to be fast-tracked The Migration Advisory Committee that advises the UK government on immigration policy, has recommended that they include more programming and software development jobs on the shortages occupation list. Making it easier for employers to bring in skilled tech talent from outside of the EU. The widening of programming roles on the SOL could be a boon for UK start-ups looking to expand their talent base. Read more here about including more programming and software development jobs on the SOL TechCrunch(29/05/2019) Amazon leads $575 million funding round for Deliveroo Amazon has invested in British delivery start-up Deliveroo, taking the total funding raised to $1.3 billion and making it one of the best-funded start-ups in Europe. Deliveroo CEO has said that “This new investment will help Deliveroo to grown and offer customers even more choice, tailored to their personal tastes, offer restaurants greater opportunities to grow and expand their business and to create more flexible, well-paid work for riders. Read more about Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo here Business Insider (17/05/2019) UN study finds female AI voice assistants reinforce gender bias According to a UNESCO study, AI-powered voice assistants with female voices are perpetuating harmful gender biases. The report states that “because the speech of most voice assistants is female, it sends a signal that women are…docile helpers, available at the touch of a button.” In many communities, this reinforces the commonly held gender biases that women are subservient and tolerant of poor treatment. Read more about the AI-powered voice assistants reinforcing gender bias here BBC (21/05/2019) Facebook sues app developer over data misuse Facebook has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against South Korean social media analytics firm Rankwave. The firm allegedly abused Facebook’s developer platform’s data and it is also refusing to cooperate with the social platform’s mandatory compliance audit and Facebook’s request that it deletes the data. Facebook has already suspended Rankwave’s apps and associated accounts and is now looking for the court to get it to comply with the data audit and deletion. Read more about Facebook suing app developer over data misuse here Naked Security by SOPHOS (15/05/2018) Upcoming Technology Industry Events WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2019 - 06/06/2019 The WOODSTOCK of developers will take place in the CityCube of Messe Berlin Find out more here London Tech Week 2019 - 10/06/2019 London Tech Week 2019 connects international communities from across the spectrum to address how access to tech for all can have a profoundly positive impact in society and business. Find out more here EdTechXEurope 2019 EdTechXEurope is the leading thought leader summit bringing together executive-level investors, innovators and industry influencers from European and international education companies. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you have a news article you would like featured in our industry news or would like to work with Eligo Technology to produce content please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you want to hear more news about the technology jobs market, contact us at rick@eligo.co.uk or follow us on twitter at @Eligchlo. You can also check out our page for the latest jobs in development, data, digital marketing, testing, IT support and more.
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In our April technology news update, we cover cybersecurity growth programmes in the UK, MP's challenge social platforms on hate speech, Slack plans for IPO, NatWest's launches first biometric card, Microsoft's trillion market valuation and more! A UK first for cybersecurity growth, millions using the same unsecure password and cyber attacks on businesses soar 20 scaleups join UK cyber security growth programme Tech Nation, the UK’s leading network for tech entrepreneurs has announced 20 fast-growth cyber scaleups that have been accepted onto their first national cybersecurity growth programme. The 6-month Tech Nation Cohort is funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with the aim to help to accelerate the growth of the UK’s most exciting cyber security businesses. Click here to read more about the 20 scaleups joining the new cybersecurity growth programme (Tech Nation) 17/04/2019 UK Cyber Security Centre finds millions using 123456 as a password When was the last time you updated your password? A new study has found that despite the increase of cyber-attacks over the years, millions of people are still using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts. Analysis by the UK’s national Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) found 123456 as the most widely used password on breached accounts. Click here to read more about the analysis by the National Cyber Security Centre (BBC) 20/04/2019 Cyber attacks on businesses soar to 235 per cent this year A new report finds the number of cyber threats to businesses has soared 235 per cent in the last year, with small businesses still the most at risk. According to the report by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes consumer data is more easily available in bulk from business targets. Cybercriminals are using increasingly clever means of attack to get even more value from targets through the use of sophisticated Trojans, adware and ransomware. Click here to read more about the rise in cyber attacks on businesses (City.A.M) 25/04/2019 Hate-speech still an issue across social platforms and work chat app slack files for IPO MP’s challenge Facebook, Twitter and YouTube over hate speech on their platforms UK MP’s expressed their frustrations at the social tech giants, with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube facing tough questions about why they still fail to remove hate speech from their platforms. Representatives of all three social platforms said they were improving policies and technology and increasing the number of people working to remove hate speech. However, despite repeated assurances that the social platform’s systems were improving, MP’s remained unimpressed. Click here to read more about the issue of hate speech across social platforms (BBC) 24/04/2019 Workplace chat app Slack plans to go public The workplace chat app Slack has plans to go public, after hitting 10 million daily users across more than 600,000 organisations. The public offering won’t raise money for Slack but it will allow existing shareholders to begin selling their stock. The chat app has reported a rapidly growing revenue of $400.6 million from $105.2 million over the past 3 fiscal years. Click here to read more about Slack’s plans to go public (The Verge) 26/04/2019 UK Tech at the centre of socially responsible tech and biometric innovation New study reveals UK strength of ‘tech for social good’ companies. According to a new study by Tech Nation, the UK is the global centre for socially responsible technology innovation. ‘Tech for social good’ companies were worth £2.3 billion in 2018 with a turnover of £732 million – much larger than the amount generated by the manufacture of consumer electronics in the UK (£634 million). The UK department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has partnered with the Social Trust to kickstart a fund of up to £30 million. Click here to read more about ‘tech for social good’ companies in the UK (UKTN) 24/04/2019 NatWest launches first biometric card for contactless NatWest will be launching a trial with the first biometric card in the next few weeks, allowing shoppers to verify payments above the usual £30 contactless limit using their fingerprint rather than having to enter a pin number. The bank is working with digital security company Gemalto, Visa and Mastercard to bring the biometric service to users in the UK. Click here to read more about the first biometric bank card (City A.M) 11/03/2019 Microsoft updates and trillion market valuations and a new tech hub in Birmingham Microsoft releases latest .NET Framework Microsoft has updated its software framework with new and improved features with the release of .NET Framework 4.8. The new version includes an improvement of the JIT through bug fixes and code generation-based performance optimisation that was based on .NET Core 2.1. The update is available for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Click here to read more about Microsoft’s latest .NET framework (SD Times) 22/04/2019 Microsoft hits $1 trillion market valuation Microsoft has seen it's stock market value top $1 trillion (£774bn) and is not the most valuable company in the US after reporting better-than-expected sales and profits. Microsoft is well known for its Windows operating system, but it makes more money from its Azure cloud services and Office software package. Click here to read more about Microsoft’s trillion market evaluation (CNET) 24/04/2019 The Economist set to launch new Birmingham tech hub The Economist is planning to set up a new technology innovation unit in Birmingham, as it looks to boost in-house support for its digital services. The new site, which will be the companies first site outside of London and, comes as a growing number of businesses are looking to invest in the rapidly expanding tech scene in the West Midlands. Click here to read more about The Economist's new Birmingham tech hub (City.A.M) 11/04/2019) Upcoming tech events TNW 2019 - 09/05/2019 TNW 2019 is a two-day festival that showcases industry-leading speakers, panel discussions, and workshops. Find out more here Mobile Growth Summit - 15/05/2019 MGS UK is a one-day, non-vendor conference which aim to help you to connect with and learn from mobile growth and brand marketing professionals. Find out more here Digital transformation Conference - 15/05/2019 The Digital Transformation Conference brings together leaders spearheading digital initiatives in their organisations to offer insights, education and case studies on what can be a confusing environment. Find out more here We Are Developers World Congress - 06/06/2019 The event serves as a networking opportunity between leading technology companies and the European developer community. Find out more here Eligo Articles and News Tips to reduce stress at work With April being Stress Awareness Month it’s a better time than any to promote mental health in the workplace. And with news that the economic and social cost of mental health problems in the UK amounts to more than £100bn every year and with around 70m work days lost due to sickness absence, companies can’t afford to ignore mental health issues in the workplace! Take a look at some of these handy tips to help reduce stress at work Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you have a news article you would like featured in our industry news or would like to work with Eligo Technology to produce content please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you want to hear more news about the technology jobs market, contact us at rick@eligo.co.uk or follow us on twitter at @Eligchlo. You can also check out our page for the latest jobs in development, data, digital marketing, testing, IT support and more.
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