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FEMALE TECH REPRESENTATION YET TO ACHIEVE LIFT OFF , NEW REPORT SHOWS

Latest figures from the 2016 Women in IT Scorecard research , published by BCS , The Chartered Institute for IT and the Tech Partnership , show that women ’ s representation in the sector remains largely static despite continuing strong growth in job opportunities .
According to the report , women make up just 17 per cent of IT professionals , a figure essentially unchanged over the three years the report has been made available . Tracing this back through the education system , the roots of this underrepresentation are clear : women account for 56 per cent of all graduates , but only 17 per cent of graduates in IT related subjects ; they account for 52 per cent of all apprenticeships , but just 19 per cent of tech apprenticeships ; girls take 26 , per cent of ITrelated A-Levels ; and 36 per cent of IT-related GCSEs .
‘ Employers have long been concerned about the lack of women in technology ,’ commented Karen Price , CEO of the Tech Partnership . ‘ But it is now a real priority . If we ’ re to sustain the growth of this vital , high value sector , we must attract bright , hard working people of both genders and from every background . We can ’ t afford to miss out on half the population .’
Women ’ s representation in the IT sector remains largely static despite continuing strong growth in job opportunities .

IN BRIEF

LDiscovery , LLC , a provider of eDiscovery , data recovery and information governance solutions , has announced it has closed the acquisition of Kroll Ontrack , LLC . Serving 12,000 clients worldwide , including some of the world ’ s largest financial institutions , Fortune 1000 companies and Am Law 200 firms , the united organisation now has 43 offices in 19 countries with 12 data centres , 14 data recovery labs and approximately 1,300 employees . The combined organisation will be led by Chris Weiler , chief executive officer , Mark Williams , president and chief operating officer , and Douglas Strahan , chief financial officer .
The Zero Outage Industry Standard Association has announced that IBM has joined the association as a founding member to provide a common framework for IT-Quality with a focus on platforms , people , processes and security . Within the next few weeks all partners will continue to work together to specify new guidelines for the industry standard which will be published on the association ’ s website zero-outage . com . During the association ’ s first board of directors meeting on 25th November 2016 , Stephan Kasulke , SVP global Quality at T-Systems International has been voted as new chairman of the board of directors for the Zero Outage Industry Standard association .
Equinix has announced that it has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium ( IIC ), the global , member supported organisation that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ). Membership provides Equinix opportunities to engage and contribute to innovation , best practices and evolution initiatives the industrial Internet is achieving .

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