ICT
RSS ICTPaving the Way for a Dynamic and Mature ICT Infrastructure in Education: A Case for Schools in Emerging Markets
White Paper It addresses the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) with a model proposition to support the evolution of the IT infrastructure for education based on Gartner's Infrastructure Maturity Model. [13 Jul 2009]
Microsoft wants to be teacher's pet with new software deal
News The agreement requires educational institutions to pay licence fees for all computers that can technically run Microsoft software - their "eligible ICT estate" - whether they actually do so or not. In addition, the... [08 Jul 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News The call for green IT loans comes one year after the Greening Government ICT report, which set Whitehall the target of making government computer systems wholly carbon neutral by 2020. The leader of Parliament's IT... [29 Jun 2009]
Recession-struck UK drops in 'e-readiness' rankings
News The UK has dropped sharply in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) annual 'e-readiness' league table, as the recession harmed many countries' ability to use ICT for social and economic development. [22 Jun 2009]
£23m pot of gold for tech-bamboozled SMEs
News The money, which will come from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) along with regional development agencies, will be used for "piloting a range of business support interventions for SMEs to assist them to exploit... [17 Jun 2009]
iPhone has no place in business say CIOs
News For Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services at Ashford Borough Council, the main reason to avoid the iPhone is the fact it's not available from the Council's corporate mobile telephony provider. Rob Neil, head of... [16 Jun 2009]
KBC Utilizes HP Software's Open Architecture to Streamline Merger - Achieves Avoidance of 78 FTEs and 456% ROI
White Paper After the 1998 merger, the company had to consolidate three separate IT organizations, integrating a myriad of management suites that made up its combined ICT (Information and Communications Technology) infrastructure. [12 Jun 2009]
The City of Arnhem Improves Service With Digital Planning Archive
White Paper In order to meet future information and communication technology requirements in terms of openness, availability, and security, Arnhem, a city of 144,000 located in the east of the country required a robust, flexible ICT... [12 Jun 2009]
Enabling Modern Healthcare: The Role of IT in Raising Productivity, Improving Outcomes and Supporting Patient-Centric Services
White Paper This paper looks at the current trends in healthcare, outlines some of the areas where ICT is being used to provide better healthcare services, and describes Fujitsu's global healthcare experience. The healthcare... [11 Jun 2009]
Windows 7: 'It's not you, it's just bad timing'
News Florentin Albu, ICT manager at Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) explained: "It is more difficult to justify the cost of the upgrade unless dependencies coming from the... [10 Jun 2009]
Windows 7 next year? "You must be joking"
News Florentin Albu, ICT manager at Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), said his organisation would not be rolling out Windows 7 in launch year if it can be avoided. [02 Jun 2009]
Glyn Evans
CIO Profile Before joining Birmingham City Council, Evans worked as head of e-services for the London Borough of Camden following a period serving as head of ICT for the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough. Glyn Evans has helped save... [01 Jun 2009]
Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile Dylan Roberts is chief officer, ICT, of Leeds City Council - where he steers a 345-strong team of business and IT pros engaged in transformation programmes at a national, regional and city level. Despite being on the... [01 Jun 2009]
David Wilde
CIO Profile Wilde has been in his current role since July last year, where is he responsible for the council's new ICT strategy. Before David Wilde joined Westminster City Council as CIO, he held a number of public sector roles,... [01 Jun 2009]
Special Needs School at the Forefront of Building Schools for the Future Initiative
White Paper Charlton School in London needed to update its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure to better serve its community of special needs students with moderate to severe learning difficulties. [30 May 2009]
