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RSS MPSystems Integrator Modernizes Telephone Billing System in India
White Paper The platform includes four Intel Xeon MP Processors plus Intel Server Management hardware and software technologies in each of the Sai-assembled Unix database servers anchoring the billing systems in 10 BSNL regional... [30 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.01.09
Round-Up Don't worry about it - just ask your nearest Tory MP… The less connected you are, the more productive you'll be. At least, that's how it works for the Round-Up. Rather than offering the ability to work harder, a... [30 Jan 2009]
Six-month 'kill or cure' deadline for NHS IT project
News PAC member Conservative MP Richard Bacon told silicon.com it is time to dump the centralised rollout of CRS. The Department of Health (DoH) must turn around the multibillion pound Care Records Service within six months... [27 Jan 2009]
The nine DWP projects that are 15 years behind schedule
News The figure was revealed in a written answer to Parliament by Jonathan Shaw, minister for disabled people, following a question by Mark Harper, Conservative MP for Forest of Dean. Nine major IT projects underway at the... [21 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.01.09
Round-Up Yes, it's asteroid enthusiast and Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire, Lembit Opik. But before any of those fuming denizens of middle England (who haven't already rushed off to write a letter to their local... [16 Jan 2009]
£71m clawed back from IT tax credits chaos
News In 2008 chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Edward Leigh MP, warned that "HMRC must be prepared to return to the courts" to recoup the full amount from EDS if it was not repaid by the end of 2008. [06 Jan 2009]
Department for Transport "incompetence" over shared services
News Edward Leigh MP, chairman of the committee, was even more direct in his criticism. The Department for Transport (DfT) has been accused of "stupendous incompetence" in its implementation of a shared services centre that... [16 Dec 2008]
The 11 IT projects costing DWP £1.6bn
News The DWP has revealed which IT projects are being worked on along with how much each one is costing in response to a parliamentary question from Mark Hoban MP, shadow financial secretary to the Treasury. [24 Nov 2008]
PM speaks out on Nasa hacker plight
News During Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, David Burrowes, the Conservative MP for Enfield, Southgate asked: "Will the Prime Minister ensure that extradition arrangements are changed so that... [21 Nov 2008]
'No lost memory sticks' shocker for gov't dept
News Figures prior to 2001 are not available, Goggins said in response to a question by Paul Holmes, Lib Dem MP for Chesterfield. While seemingly a week doesn't go past without another government data loss as a result of a... [18 Nov 2008]
Qualcomm Brews up an SDK for mobile OS
News Brew Mobile Platform (MP) was unveiled in 2007 as part of the Open Screen Project, an Adobe-led organisation whose members also include UK-based mobile chipmaker ARM, and whose aim is to bring a consistent application... [18 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News Conservative MP Nigel Evans said: "That amount of money may not be enough and the government may need to look at that again. Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake added: "There are concerns about whether £7m put... [05 Nov 2008]
No e-voting for 2009 elections, pledges gov't
News In a written answer to Parliament, MP Michael Wills, minister of state for the Ministry of Justice, said there are no plans to embrace e-voting in the short term. As the US gets ready to head to the polls, the UK... [24 Oct 2008]
Origin of Route Explosion in Virtual Private Networks
White Paper A common VPN technology uses MultiProtocol extensions for the Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) and MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS). MPLS tunnels provide traffic isolation, whereas MP- BGP... [01 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News E-crime policing in the UK is broken, according to one MP spearheading a new cyber crime fighting taskforce. Former deputy home secretary, MP Alun Michael, told silicon.com that insights from industry as... [15 Sep 2008]
