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• IT giants back tech training portal for disrupted workers

  ​No matter your profession – be it ​providing legal services​ or ​flipping burgers​ – your work will inevitably be affected by automation and algorithms.

• New innovation hub set to hatch in Melbourne in early 2017: Cognizant

  ​The Government of Victoria’s Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, Philip Dalidakis, has welcomed the creation of an innovation hub in Melbourne, which aims to help businesses win in the digital economy.

• In a turnabout, Disney ABC TV cancels plans to outsource IT jobs

  Just two weeks ago, the Disney ABC Television Group told a team of approximately 30 to 35 application developers that they were being laid off. Their jobs were being moved to an IT contractor with large offshore operations. Some were told their last day would be at the end of July.

• How to Close the Technology Skills Gap

  The first two articles in this series on the technology skills gap focused on numbers. Lots of numbers. Numbers of Americans unemployed and underemployed. Numbers of open jobs that firms cannot fill because they claim applicants do not have the needed skills. And the shocking numbers earned by American students in international assessment examinations that rank them 32nd in the world in mathematics and 22nd in science. Not a beneficial return on investment for another stunning number: the $600 billion American taxpayers spend annually on public education in the United States.

• 3M, Infor in legal battle over millions in software fees

  In a case that hinges on interpretations of software contract language and the respective rights of customers and vendors when it comes to third-party support organizations, 3M wants a court to declare that it doesn't owe Infor millions of dollars in fees.

• IT outsourcing: Study highlights impediments to innovation

  A survey of European CIOs reveals that 67 per cent of IT leaders say they rely on outsourcers to turn ideas into new and improved processes, but just a third actually measure the impact of innovation delivered by their service providers.

• Cognizant buys project management consultant PIPC

  IT services company, Cognizant, has acquired global program management consultancy, PIPC Group, to expand its project management skills base.