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Datacentres: The temples of IT
Comment Quocirca was recently shown around Equinix's LD4 datacentre, which is located west of London and opened in October 2007. The awesome scale of today's datacentres can only be appreciated by touring them. [08 Sep 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News Dr Edgar Whitley, reader in information systems at the London School of Economics and co-author of two LSE reports on the ID cards scheme, said the argument that high street biometric enrolment could be both secure and... [08 Jul 2009]
CIO Job Report: June's job moves and CIOs wanted
News Current Transport for London CIO Phil Pavitt will join HM Revenue and Customs from this September. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and changes with our regular CIO Job Report. [30 Jun 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News The report cites the example of one local government body already making savings through investment in green IT: the London Borough of Hillingdon, which reduced IT operating costs by investing in efficient IT. [29 Jun 2009]
Next stop HMRC: How TfL CIO will shake up the taxman
Comment From September, current Transport for London (TfL) CIO Phil Pavitt - who featured on this year's silicon.com CIO50 - will take over HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) £1bn IT department from acting CIO... [26 Jun 2009]
Catherine Doran
CIO Profile It will include improvements to the accuracy, accessibility and quality of journey information for passengers, the renewal of out-of-date CCTV systems on routes into London, a new digital system to improve comms between... [02 Jun 2009]
Exclusive: HMRC names new CIO
News Transport for London (TfL) CIO Phil Pavitt has been appointed the new CIO of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). He also managed the tech move of about 2,500 staff from TfL's surface transport business unit into a single... [02 Jun 2009]
In-flight broadband 'to take off this year'
News Back in January British Airways announced plans to launch an in-flight wireless service later this year - for emails, internet browsing and SMS, on an all-business-class route from London City airport to New York JFK. [08 May 2009]
Revealed: Secrets to outsourcing success
News Diageo gradually shifted more financial support services from its offices in London to Budapest, such as the treasury function and centralised reporting. UK multinationals have this week laid bare their sometimes rocky... [01 May 2009]
BT deal 'has killed risk of NHS IT walkout'
News BTGS has been renegotiating one such deal - its existing £1bn contract to link up and standardise all of the NPfIT computer systems in the London area, which analysts say have become loss making, partly... [06 Apr 2009]
Police launch £1bn-worth of e-crime investigations
News The City of London Police (Colp) force has launched £1bn-worth of computer crime investigations over the last year, it was revealed this week. During its first year in operation as the National Lead... [25 Mar 2009]
CIO Job Report: Movers and shakers
News Based in central London with a £180,000 salary, the role will involve overseeing around 1,400 staff and a £1bn annual budget, as well as looking after one of the largest outsourcing contracts in the UK. [27 Jan 2009]
Is this make or break for £12.7bn NHS IT project?
News A £1bn contract to link up and standardise all of the NPfIT computer systems in the London area, due to run until 2013, is thought to be among these final two, according to director of analyst house... [22 Jan 2009]
Kiln builds a bigger insurance data pot
Case Study Five years ago, the family-owned insurance and reinsurance company decided to move away from its reliance on Lloyds of London and expand globally. Locke said: "We've just about done London and now we are... [09 Oct 2008]
Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment That state-of-the art tech vision is evident at the recent move of around 2,500 staff from TfL's surface transport business unit into one single building near London Bridge station with thin client (reducing login times... [29 Jul 2008]
