Stories about: Sapphire Technologies

Two Australian IT recruitment firms have joined forces which will bring together expertise to provide service support across all IT&T recruitment areas.

Golf balls run amok and ping around a warehouse in an amusing new DHL commercial. A distraught warehouse manager phones the shipping giant to reroute correspondence and packages, while a booming voice pledges that DHL has adopted a renewed focus on customer service -- a promise that will extend clear down to IT personnel manning help desks and scrambling to provide technical support.

Pity the poor, ambitious IT professional. With technology more important to the bottom line than ever, you'd think there'd be career opportunities up the wazoo. But the suits don't really understand what you do for a living. And they hold the keys to the executive washroom. So, while you're down in the server closet saving the company's bacon on a daily basis, these guys are upstairs in the corner offices with the nice view.

Vedior North America isn't just dabbling with software delivered as a service. It's betting the farm on the model. The $US1 billion company is in the process of implementing Bullhorn's hosted staffing and recruiting software across its myriad business units.