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RSS it staff aimingTop 10 outsourcing stories of the year
News Not surprisingly offshoring was also high on the outsourcing agenda and although India continues to dominate that market, China is snapping at its heels along with a raft of smaller countries all aiming to find their... [18 Dec 2007]
Top 10 skills stories of the year
News As the year progressed, the Blair years took on a Brown hue and government placed new emphasis on skills: replacing the Department of Trade and Industry with a new Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills -... [17 Dec 2007]
Photos of the month - October 2007
Photo The project is also aiming to turn it into the most technologically advanced station in the world.silicon.com went along for a sneak preview - click here to have a look at what we saw. At the Asklepios... [31 Oct 2007]
Royal Mail opts for SAP to cut sourcing costs
News Royal Mail is aiming to save £300m on procurement costs by 2009 with the help of a hosted e-sourcing application from SAP. The SAP application went live in June after a relatively short two-phase implementation of just... [26 Oct 2007]
Photos: Hamburg's high tech hospital
Photo The IT team at Barmbek is also aiming to use technology to promote home care for patients. These screens are located in reception areas to help staff allocate facilities and space for... [18 Oct 2007]
Doubts over £13.3bn government efficiency savings
News The government's efficiency programme is aiming to achieve ongoing efficiency gains across the public sector of £21.5bn a year by the end of the 2007/2008 financial year and to reduce more than 70,000 Civil Service posts... [11 Oct 2007]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News The Border and Immigration Agency is aiming to use biometric measures for all non-visa nationals arriving from outside the European Economic Area by 2011. This makes it logistically easier for... [09 Oct 2007]
Tesco aims to cut data-centre carbon footprint
News These problems, combined with tag quality issues and slow scanning speeds, have delayed Tesco's RFID plans but the supermarket is still aiming to roll out the technology across 1,400 stores and 30 distribution centres... [25 Sep 2007]
NHS trusts to save £5.5m from outsourcing contract
Case Study The NWCPH - a procurement arm aiming to reduce NHS spending - has been working with Xerox for 12 months. Xerox] frees up potential frontline staff from messing about and trying to fix a printer so they... [14 Sep 2007]
Reuters inks £500m outsourcing deal
News Reuters is aiming to slash IT service delivery costs by a quarter through a £500m outsourcing deal with Fujitsu Services to roll out a standardised IT platform across its global... [16 Aug 2007]
Schools get lessons on biometric tech
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. It could allow pupils to register at the school gate, saving staff... [25 Jul 2007]
In-brief: iPhone rival launches, military RFID, Berners-Lee gong
News MusicStation says the handsets will be cheaper than the iPhone and predicts it will sell ten times more handsets than the 10 million Apple is aiming to ship over the next 12 months. A report by the Equal... [14 Jun 2007]
Eco-worries a green light for videoconferencing?
News Hook said: "With the cost of travel we have at the moment we think if we push it we could get it in three years but we are aiming for five. The union, which has two million members,... [31 May 2007]
Boots aiming to shave £30m off annual IT costs
News Health and beauty retailer Boots is aiming to cut the cost of running its IT operations by a third after completing a £300m, three-year modernisation programme. Just over £200m of that new investment... [25 Apr 2007]
Gov eyes more than £800m in public-sector consultant savings
News It is aiming for efficiency gains of 15 per cent this year and up to 30 per cent within three years, which could save the public sector a total of £810m. When hiring consultants, currently most... [15 Dec 2006]
