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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... [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... [18 May 2006]
The death of the IT department - and how you can survive it
News Speaking at the Government UK IT Summit, Glyn Evans, director of business solutions and IT at Birmingham City Council warned: "Unless IT people grasp the transformation agenda they will... [11 May 2006]
'Academy' builds business case for Linux in gov't
News Birmingham City Council is the lead authority on the project which began last year. Other OSA initiatives include a National Open Development Environment to allow collaboration between... [02 Mar 2006]
UK cities to get blanket wi-fi coverage
News People wanting to use the wireless network will then have to pay one of the ISPs for access and revenues will be split between the Cloud, the local council and the ISPs. Residents of Birmingham,... [03 Jan 2006]
Capita beats IBM to £424m Birmingham IT deal
News Capita has beaten IBM to a massive IT services contract with Birmingham City Council worth £424m over the next ten years. Birmingham City... [05 Dec 2005]
Capita and IBM make £500m Birmingham shortlist
News Birmingham City Council has shortlisted two consortia led by Capita and IBM as the preferred bidders for a strategic 15-year IT outsourcing partnership worth more than £500m. Stephen... [30 Jun 2005]
Linux-shy public sector gets open source test lab
News The NCC is part of the Open Source Academy consortium, which also includes Birmingham City Council, Bristol City Council, Cheshire County... [20 Jun 2005]
Trial aims to explode open source 'risk myths'
News Birmingham City Council has started a giant trial of open source software on desktops and servers, intended to determine whether open source really delivers benefits. The... [17 May 2005]
Public sector going mad for outsourced IT spend
News In February, Birmingham City Council embarked on the largest local authority IT outsourcing programme in the UK, with a scheme worth more than £500m to cover business transformation, the... [29 Jun 2004]
ITNet nicks £32m Coventry outsourcing deal off Siemens
News Other Unison concerns include the council's agreement to pay for the redundancy packages rather than ITNet paying, and the possibility that staff will now have to work from Birmingham rather than Coventry. [23 Mar 2004]
Brummies tackle burglars with wireless alarms
News A spokeswoman for Birmingham City Council told silicon.com that almost 200 house break-ins were reported in Aston last year and that the five-year project, which has just started... [14 Jan 2004]
Sun set on Microsoft market, telco trials and tribulations, schools in crisis and a fishy tale
News Back on UK shores, comes news in the Guardian that Birmingham city council is turning to the web to ease its teacher shortages crisis. The council will employ video... [06 Feb 2001]
INTET hosts live SAP for Europe's largest local authority
News Birmingham City Council's general ledger system goes live today in the UK's largest local government SAP implementation to date. The £4m system from ITNET will provide access for 2,000... [08 Oct 1999]
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