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The article focuses on information and communication technology consulting firm Auticon that employs technology consultants with autism. It mentions that the company receives funding from multinational conglomerate firm Virgin Group and the nonprofit Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to employ more autistic adults. It also presents the views of Ray Coyle, chief executive officer at Auticon, on importance of variety and diversity in a workforce.

The article looks at enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS), as of 2013, focusing on businesses' process of selecting a provider, implementing the change, and taking advantage of the SaaS adoption to improve their business processes. It notes that many businesses benefit from using the services of a specialized consultant to help with SaaS selection and integration.

The article presents news briefs related to the information technology (IT) industry. The high income and spending habits of shopaholic IT consultant Andy Nicolau has been exposed on national television of Great Britain. The lack of build in security in web enabled coffee making machines is leaving its users prone to hackers' attacks. Snails are delivering electronic mail at their own pace for visitors to the web site RealSnailMail.

The article reports that top information technology (IT) project consultants are facing big pay cuts as the market becomes swamped with less qualified professionals. According to PM3 Consulting, which provides project managers fears of an economic downturn are forcing project managers in the digital, telecommunication and media industry to cut their rates. Steve Pragnell, chief executive at PM3 says that new management consultants are pouring into the market and it is becoming flooded with some first-rate people looking for contracts.

The article reports that salaries of information technology (IT) consultants have increased 17% over the last one year and it has increased the demand for IT consultants. Salaries have leapt after a boom in public sector outsourcing and private sector mergers and acquisitions. Consultancies have embarked on aggressive recruitment drives in recent months to cope with the merger and acquisition business, but skills are now in very short supply. A record growth in merger and acquisition activity in 2006 has fueled demand for external consultants to integrate IT systems. At the same time, management consultants are in demand in the public sector as more organizations cut back in-house staff and outsource more IT development to the private sector.

Information technology (IT) consultancy firms are in business to maximise their returns, but in the more unscrupulous firms, this pursuit will often drive them to exploit their clients' weaknesses, primarily, their lack of IT knowledge and skills. One of the best examples of this is the use of super-users during software testing. Super-users are the client's own employees. Therefore they understand their own business processes and have been provided with limited software training. Software testing is a profession, it requires skilled people with software expertise and a knowledge of business processes. Super-users should be used to provide low-level training, support, and act a medium of communication to fellow end-users.

Microsoft Corp. used Comdex to announce that it is deploying its Smart Screen anti-spam technology across its e-mail platforms. Early versions of the spam-filtering technology, which was developed by Microsoft Research, have already been introduced in Outlook 2003, MSN 8 and Hotmail. It will also be available in a new add-on for Exchange Server 2003 called Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at anti-virus firm Sophos, said, "Microsoft is taking spam seriously. That means that other business users get the message that spam is a real security issue."

Reports that the British National Audit Office has criticized information technology (IT) management consultant Kellogg Brown and Root for cost overruns on a government IT project. Appointment of the company to manage the national IT program of the British National Health Service.

Reports on plans of cash machine operator Link to offer technology consultancy and network provision services in Great Britain and overseas. Decision of Link to use its national automated teller machine network.