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IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services, Ashford Borough Council Chris Ford, IT director, Nottingham City Council Only four of the 12 IT chiefs said they feel tech... [02 Sep 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... [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... [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... [01 Jun 2009]
Apple is not lost without Steve Jobs
News Chris Ford, IT director, Nottingham City Council Florentin Albu, ICT manager, Eumetsat IT leaders are confident Apple will remain successful following Steve Jobs' decision to step down... [27 Jan 2009]
New Year's honour for web science pioneer
News Hall is the first non-American president of the Association for Computing Machinery and is a member of the prime minister's Council for Science and Technology. She is also a founding director of the Web Science Research... [02 Jan 2009]
Welwyn Council to save millions with £31m outsourcing deal
News From next January, Steria will take over the provision of ICT, council tax, benefits, customer contact centre, reception and switchboard services from the council in a contract that the... [05 Nov 2008]
Birmingham to "enrich lives" through tech
News Birmingham City Council's technology transformation project is being driven by the need to improve the services that citizens receive across the city. Speaking in Birmingham, deputy... [08 Aug 2008]
Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile As head of ICT at Leeds City Council, Dylan Roberts leads 345 IT professionals delivering operational services and IT capital programmes. Prior to joining Leeds City... [11 Jun 2008]
Local gov't CIOs to set national agenda
News Members of the Local Government CIO Council include, among others: Peter Bole, head of ICT commissioning at Kent County Council; Richard Steel, CTO Council member and... [02 Apr 2008]
The CIO shopping list
Comment CIO Agenda respondent Steve Williams, head of ICT for Sunderland City Council, said: "I suspect that SOA will deliver brilliantly for some organisations but fail the majority. Pressure... [26 Mar 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing... [18 Mar 2008]
Recycling kit the way to greener IT?
News Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director for London-based publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said: "Southwark council has an... [18 Feb 2008]
Microsoft licensing value under scrutiny
News Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council The costly Enterprise Agreements include free product updates and support over the three-year lifetime of the deals but the lack of... [15 Nov 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News Peter Ryder, head of ICT, Preston City Council The number of full-time undergraduates studying IT courses in the UK has fallen by a third since 2002 to 75,000 students in 2006, according... [11 Oct 2007]