Matthew Brown Quotes (11 Quotes)

Security and compliance requirements should boost IT spending by financial services firms, while resurgent demand for networking technologies should give the telecoms sector a shot in the arm. Unemployment has hit new lows. Two years ago, 13 of IT contractors went more than 90 days on average between contracts now only 3 experience this level of uncertainty and difficulty in finding work.

He said this form was not meant for the bona fide working news media photographers.

Logic dictates contractors can't be self-employed and employees simultaneously. It might only be a matter of time before we see truly joined up government, whereby claims by contractors for employment rights automatically trigger tax investigations.

It's a great feeling. We'll celebrate it tonight but then we have to get back to business.

The question for government is whether it can compete long term with a resurgent financial services industry in terms of getting the skills. If key IT staff are poached by the City, there could be serious consequences for the government's IT agenda.

It's just time for another change, for me to start my life over. I have a job and a couple of offers. The money's nice. People like me, treat me right.

In 2004, just 54 of contractors were predicting their earnings to rise, while 20 were predicting a fall in earnings, compared to only 3 now. For the last few years public sector IT spending has been a substitute for subdued spending in the private sector - but 2006 is set to be a year of strong growth across the board.

In the mobile search market, a lot of business models are being tested, but it is not clear which will be viable.

Mobile search is an area of keen interest to both users and vendors.

Early last Friday evening, some elected officials sat in a room at the Bradley County Courthouse and admitted to each other that they didn't know what to do with 20 million. It was a meeting of the County Finance Committee, but this was the first time they had ever faced such an issue. I'm just walking into an ocean, ... An ocean I've never seen before.

We have to get the job done. We've got a certain time we've got to get LaSalle Street open, and we've got to hit that date.