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RSS allowanceWhat the Budget means for the tech industry
News This year's budget also introduced an Annual Investment Allowance of £50,000 for all businesses and improved green initiatives. The Budget has received a guarded welcome from the tech industry, which praised the increase in R&D credits but insists... [22 Mar 2007]
India rebuts work visa 'abuse' allegations
News Most of those - 79 per cent - were granted to Indian IT workers being transferred to work on contracts in the UK, prompting allegations from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) that some of the Indian offshore outsourcing... [26 Feb 2007]
BP pioneers 'DIY IT' scheme for employees
News Oil giant BP is pioneering a "digital consumer" initiative that will give some employees an allowance to buy their own IT equipment and take care of their own support needs. The project, which is still at the pilot stage, gives select BP staff an... [11 Oct 2006]
CIO Forum: 'Young people will kill off the IT department'
News Cochrane, formerly CTO and head of research at telco BT, envisages an enterprise where workers are given an 'allowance' to spend on IT in exchange for giving up the right to tech support - a scheme that was pioneered at BP by silicon.com Agenda... [26 Sep 2006]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
Leader One surprise Agenda Setter already shaping corporate IT is BP VP Jim Ginsburgh (17), who was chosen for his ground-breaking scheme of giving employees an allowance in exchange for not using the company's IT support. [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
AS Analysis One surprise Agenda Setter already shaping corporate IT is BP VP Jim Ginsburgh (17), who was chosen for his ground-breaking scheme of giving employees an allowance in exchange for not using the company's IT support. [25 Sep 2006]
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AS Profile This led to the ground-breaking 'digital allowance' scheme whereby select BP employees are given a set amount of money to take care of their own computing needs in exchange for not using the company's IT service and support teams. [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: A tale of two IT chiefs - Tesco vs the NHS
Leader Many cite a sense of 'public duty' or - as Granger calls it "moral motivation" - while the pension scheme and generous holiday allowance can make it an attractive package. Just how much is an IT director worth these days? [30 May 2006]
Tracking children: Mobile's next big thing?
News Alerts are sent to parents and kids when the limit is reached, allowing parents to either increase the allowance or restrict the phone's use. Disney has created a call control centre that can be accessed either on the parents' handsets or from a... [10 Apr 2006]
CERTI Nord Optimises the Storage of Its Administrative Documents WithLegato DiskXtender
White Paper In 2000, following requests from four of the seventeen Family Allowance Offices it works with, CERTI Nord decided to put in place a common electronic document management system (GED). CERTI NORD is the IT centre of the French Social Security... [02 Feb 2006]
Jobcentre IT failing 40 per cent of claims
News Strathie said that initially when the system was introduced only 22 per cent of Job Seekers Allowance claims were processed electronically, although this figure has now increased to 60 per cent. Jobcentre Plus computer systems are failing to... [30 Jan 2006]
Online car tax renewals extended across UK
News The DVLA system checks the driver and vehicle details through links with other external databases including the motor insurance database, the Post Office, local authorities, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, the Driving Standards Agency... [10 Jan 2006]
Third of government helpline calls go unanswered
News One of the worst individual helplines is the Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance number where 79 per cent of calls went unanswered. More than a third of all calls to government helplines and call centres have gone unanswered in the... [09 Dec 2005]
Jobcentre fails to answer benefit calls
News The CMS was designed to change the way people claim benefits and move data into the government's Income Support Computer and Jobseeker's Allowance Payment Systems. The government is failing to answer the phone to jobseekers, after it rolled out a... [23 Nov 2005]
Novell gets a new man for EMEA
News On Tuesday, Novell disclosed in a regulatory filing details of Francese's compensation for the year: a salary of $450,000 with a bonus between $225,000 and $450,000; a $300,000 signing bonus; an annual $250,000 cash allowance to pay for housing... [07 Oct 2005]
