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Police to get thousands more mobiles
News The government is to spend an extra £25m to put thousands more mobile devices in the hands of police to further reduce paperwork and give officers on-the-spot access to info when out on patrol. Back in May, policing minister Tony McNulty announced... [22 Jul 2008]
eBay fined €38m over fakes
News A French court has ordered the online auction giant eBay to pay €38.6m to luxury goods powerhouse LVMH, parent company of Louis Vuitton handbags, according to Reuters. LVMH, along with other luxury-brand groups such as Hermes and Tiffany & Co, has... [01 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wireless jelly
Comment Written in a London coffee shop with the five-bar signal problem and dispatched via a free wi-fi node later the same day. You know how it is: you're in a coffee shop working online and using the free wi-fi service. [13 Jun 2008]
"Mega" outsourcing deals decline
News Companies are shying away from outsourcing "megadeals" in favour of spreading smaller contracts between several suppliers. The number of outsourcing contracts worth more than $1bn fell from 12 in 2006 to 10 last year, according to figures from... [11 Jun 2008]
BlackBerrys on the beat
News Thames Valley Police is rolling out 1,100 BlackBerry smart phones to its police and community support officers. The initiative is part of the £50m Home Office and National Policing Improvement Agency funding announced last week for 10,000 hand-held... [03 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Patrolling the mean streets of London on a Friday evening isn't where you would usually find a CIO but then not many CIOs get to experience front line service in the way the Metropolitan Police Service's director of information management Ailsa... [02 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News Police across the UK will receive mobile data devices to be used on the beat as part of a £50m investment from the government. The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and will see around 10,000 handheld computers distributed... [27 May 2008]
ITN consortium in frame for Teachers TV
News A consortium led by ITN is in final negotiations over a £50m, five-year contract from the government to provide on-demand video content to teachers.silicon.com Public Sector Get the latest public sector news straight to your inbox. [14 Mar 2008]
Tech to cut red tape and leave police to police
News A shake-up of UK law enforcement promises to use technology to deal out more swift and efficient justice. Virtual courts, handheld police computers and joined up crime-fighting computer systems will all be brought in under the review of policing by... [08 Feb 2008]
BNP Paribas in £50m outsourcing deal
News French banking giant BNP Paribas has signed a five-year, £50m contract with Atos Origin for IT services in France and the UK. The deal is with BP²I, a joint venture between BNP Paribas and IBM set up in 2003 to oversee the provision of the bank's... [10 Jan 2008]
Call centre to create 1,000 jobs up North
News Up to 1,000 jobs will be created with the opening of a UK call centre in the North of England serving major telecoms companies. Garlands Call Centres, which had a £50m turnover last year, will open the centre in South Shields in Tyneside in April... [03 Jan 2008]
Top 10 outsourcing stories of the year
News Outsourcing made the headlines in 2007 with some huge deals both signed and terminated and the continued rise of the homegrown Indian IT services players competing against the traditional industry heavyweights. [18 Dec 2007]
Hughes Electricals automates online enquiries
News Hughes Electricals has added an automated customer enquiries service to its website, halving the staff resource needed to answer customers questions over the crucial Christmas period. The electrical goods retailer operates 34 stores and five... [16 Nov 2007]
Online Wall Street Journal goes sub free
News Rupert Murdoch plans to give away the digital version of The Wall Street Journal for free, making News Corp the latest company to steer away from paid subscriptions. Agenda Setters 2007 - Top 20 Find out who made it into silicon.com's Agenda... [14 Nov 2007]
Stories of the Month - September 2007
News Futuristic technologies and data security really grabbed the attention of readers in September, and interviews with several significant UK tech decision-makers also got people clicking. News that a successful pilot of lie detector voice recognition... [28 Sep 2007]
