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RSS Commons HouseOutsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Photo credit: sander.duivestein via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons Licence). Increasing numbers of businesses are moving their systems onto cloud computing platforms: analyst house... [19 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News Photo credit: BullionVault via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) Financial services is not making the steepest cuts, however: that honour goes to the agriculture mining and construction industry... [04 Nov 2009]
Rid your business of weak passwords and get collaborating
Comment Weak passwords, the key to IT insecurity (photo credit: Mirko Macari via Flickr under the following Creative Commons Licence) Such services are provided on a subscription basis in the cloud without the overheads... [15 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Photo credit: ansik via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) With high-resolution video becoming increasingly affordable, we do now have an increasing number of viable options for replacing physical... [13 Oct 2009]
London Stock Exchange picks MillenniumIT as TradElect replacement
News London Stock Exchange (photo credit: jam_90s via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) LSE director of information and technology David Lester said that as well as serving existing and new clients,... [16 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing
Cheat Sheet India is the destination of choice for offshoring (photo credit: voobie via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) Delivering services from offshore can further drive down costs thanks to cheaper labour... [11 Sep 2009]
The rules of outsourcing: 'I don't want to have a dog and bark myself'
News Photo credit: apdk via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) First up, choose carefully what it is you outsource and what you keep in-house, said Woodman - as getting this balance... [14 Aug 2009]
Code red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News Willis, who is chair of the House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee, also asked that Bletchley Park be recognised as "the birthplace of the modern computer". A Liberal... [24 Jul 2009]
Preventing data loss - what's needed
Comment The UK's MPs may rue the day a disk listing details of their expenses was leaked to the Daily Telegraph from the House of Commons Fees Office earlier this year, but they were going to be made public at... [16 Jun 2009]
Olympics tickets to double as Tube tickets, cash?
News Post will publish its guidance on the subject, Technology for the Olympics, in the House of Commons Library in July, where it will be used to provide policy guidance for MPs. The London 2012 Olympics... [29 May 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News The bill had a rocky passage through the House of Commons and faced fierce opposition in the House of Lords. The House of Lords Constitution Committee said the UK had... [15 Apr 2009]
Westminster insiders on why gov't IT is doomed
News John Hemming, member of the select committee on the modernisation of the House of Commons, said reports into projects by government agencies and parliamentary committees are often little more than... [26 Mar 2009]
Facebook slams gov't snooping plans
News Kelly was responding to a speech made by Home Office security minister Vernon Coaker on 18 March at a meeting of the House of Commons Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee. Social-networking site... [25 Mar 2009]
BBC to help pay for broadband to every home?
News There are multiple answers," he told the House of Commons Business and Enterprise Committee. The BBC could help the rollout of super-fast broadband access under the government's Digital Britain plan. The... [11 Mar 2009]
Indian tech giants to transform UK government?
News Shadow deputy leader of the House of Commons and group vice chairman Shailesh Vara said: "When it comes to getting contracts for Britain we can't rely on the old links because our competitors - the US,... [16 Feb 2009]
