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Vertex bags a £40m Brum Council deal
News Birmingham City Council has extended a contract with Vertex for call centre services in a deal worth £40m. The extension comes immediately after a joint venture between Birmingham City Council and Capita - called Service Birmingham - was contracted... [05 Jun 2008]
Council Improves Project Planning With New Technology
White Paper Birmingham City Council is responsible for delivering a large and complex range of services ranging from Housing, Social Care, and the highway infrastructure through to dealing with abandoned vehicles, to the city's 1 million customers. [02 Dec 2007]
Leading CIOs make shortlist for top award
News Those in the running for the Public Sector award include Birmingham City Council, the Humberside Police and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. Top execs from companies including the AA, Tesco and Unilever will be battling it out for the title... [23 Jul 2007]
Techies lack communication and leadership skills
News Birmingham City Council is one organisation in the middle of a massive change programme. Its £250m Service Birmingham joint venture between the council and outsourcing company Capita aims to save the city £1bn over the next 10 years. [27 Jun 2007]
Giant network slashes costs for council
News Birmingham City Council is implementing a £10m network to connect the city's council offices, libraries and schools. Andrew Mackey, head of networks at Service Birmingham the department building the network, said: "It's about being able to put... [16 Apr 2007]
Brum to extend Linux rollout?
News Birmingham City Council is mulling an extension to its open source software deployment, which was criticised last year for falling short of expectations. Birmingham City Council is supporting the National Open Centre, an organisation that was... [06 Mar 2007]
Amsterdam splashes cash on desktop Linux trial
News In the UK, Birmingham City Council spent more than half a million pounds on evaluating Linux before abandoning the project earlier this year. Other departments will follow suit if the trial is successful, the council said. [03 Jan 2007]
Did Microsoft undercut open source in Brum?
News Microsoft has insisted it did not slash its software prices to encourage Birmingham City Council to abort its Linux project. Birmingham City Council is slightly less clear on this point. Bob Griffiths, international secretary at Socitm, the... [24 Nov 2006]
Birmingham goes for blanket wireless access
News Consumers will be able to access info from Birmingham City Council via the network's portal, while those looking for a more traditional web experience can buy access from BT Openzone. Birmingham is the latest city to get blanket wi-fi, beginning in... [16 Nov 2006]
Open source finds a home in Brum
News Founding partners of the NOC include the National Computing Centre, Birmingham City Council and the council-led Digital Birmingham initiative, which aims to build an IT future for a city with an industrial past. [25 Oct 2006]
Birmingham seals mega SAP deal
News Birmingham City Council (BCC) has signed the largest ever local government software deal with SAP as part of the city's massive transformation project. The deal is part of the Service Birmingham joint venture between the city council and UK... [23 Oct 2006]
Cities rise to the £7m digital challenge
Case Study Diane Downey, assistant head of ICT at Sunderland City Council told silicon.com the council is "trying not to target one particular group". Michael Edwards, deputy leader of Nottingham City Council, told silicon.com GameCity's aim was to "get... [02 Oct 2006]
Munich finally flicks the Linux switch
News In the UK, Birmingham City Council is trialling open source desktops, while Bristol Council is deploying StarOffice. The city of Munich has finally started to migrate to Linux on the desktop, a year later than planned. [26 Sep 2006]
Pay-by-text parking comes to York
News City of York council has signed up mobile operator O2 and parking payment company Verrus to let drivers pay for their parking via a mobile call or SMS. Peter Evely, head of network at City of York council, said the system has streamlined parking... [05 Sep 2006]
BT kick-starts wireless cities project
News Pricing details aren't yet available but Andrews indicated this would depend on the council and the services involved. The cities taking part so far are Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool and Westminster. [18 May 2006]
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