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RSS public sectorWho's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News The news comes against a background of high-profile infections, with a number of public sector bodies being hit by the Conficker worm. Conficker has in the past infected several public... [05 Oct 2009]
'New tech? Not for me': CIOs running scared in the recession
News Consequently the tech market is feeling the pinch: IT purchases by business and the public sector in Western and Central European countries are forecast to shrink 6.3 per cent year-on-year in 2009,... [02 Oct 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of £16bn, the importance of government CIO John Suffolk cannot be overstated. Panellists said Suffolk is a pair of safe hands... [30 Sep 2009]
Nandan Nilekani
AS Profile Before stepping down as co-chairman of Infosys to take up his government role in July he was helping Infosys expand its offerings for the financial sector, which provides a sizeable portion of the company's $4bn-plus... [30 Sep 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile As CEO of e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for business and information technology, it's Karen Price's job to nurture and grow the nation's IT skills. The Agenda Setters judges were impressed with Price's success... [29 Sep 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News At the moment the public sector is spending £16bn a year on IT procurement and that is going to about eight different companies, clearly there are some issues there," he said. In February the CIO Council... [29 Sep 2009]
Google's $10m change-the-world prize: 16 themes chosen
News Work toward more socially conscious tax policies: "Fund the most promising efforts to make the tax system more transparent and better at supporting societal sustainability and development.User ideas in this category highlight tax policy... [28 Sep 2009]
HM Treasury strikes five-year IT services deal
News The Flex framework will see Fujitsu offering shared services to a range of public sector organisations, allowing the public sector to save money by sharing software... [25 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.09.09
Round-Up Of course, the public sector pigeons carrying civil service memory sticks would be half blind and have no sense of direction. A lot of people think their broadband service is bad. You probably think your... [18 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News Mark Davison, head of public sector at IT services company Getronics, said: "If the central government estate is to be carbon-neutral by 2012 as the target states, there needs to be far greater progress... [16 Sep 2009]
Activity-Based Cost Management in the Public Sector: Enabling "More for Less" Initiatives With Fact-Based Decision Making
White Paper This paper discusses the pressures for improved cost accounting in government, misapprehensions and other sources of resistance against ABC/M, and successful applications of this system in the public... [16 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for independently monitoring how ID cards are used by private companies and public sector organisations, as... [14 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing
Cheat Sheet Outsourcing deals are widespread throughout both the private and public sector. The public sector is predicted to increase the amount it spends on IT services by 4.3 per... [11 Sep 2009]
How green credentials are shaping IT contracts
Comment It's not uncommon for the breach of an ethical code to be used by a customer in either the private or the public sector as the opportunity to renegotiate, or even terminate, a contract. In both the... [10 Sep 2009]
Time for businesses to open up - or else
Comment It's only a matter of time before the open imperative hits every sector, as some of the world's biggest companies are already realising. the father of the web is encouraging organisations to put all... [03 Sep 2009]
