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Banks unprepared for EU payments directive
News Half of the banks surveyed said they had completed impact assessments on PSD but 85 per cent said no budget has yet been allocated for compliance costs. The cost of complying with the EU Payments Services Directive (PSD) could amount to €6bn over... [14 Jul 2008]
The Forestry Commission Logs on to assystNET
White Paper Responsible for protecting and expanding Britain's forests and woodlands, the Edinburgh-based Forestry Commission employs more than 3,000 staff spread throughout the UK and has an annual budget of some £100m. [03 Jul 2008]
College classrooms go high-tech
Case Study Around £2.7m of the college's £9m IT budget has been earmarked for audiovisual technology with interactive electronic whiteboard planned for all 150 classrooms. Oaklands College near St Albans is planning to offer its students the best in high-tech... [02 Jul 2008]
Tony Mather
CIO Profile In addition to managing a tech budget in excess of £100m per year and major IT-related programmes such as biometric visas, shared services and the Firecrest project to upgrade the FCO's entire IT infrastructure, Mather runs the information... [11 Jun 2008]
Taxpayer "lost" £90m on QinetiQ sell-off
News The Treasury was also criticised for giving the MoD an incentive to rush through the sale by promising to credit the department's budget with £250m if it was completed by March 2003. The sell-off of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) tech... [10 Jun 2008]
Boots aiming to shave £30m off annual IT costs
News Boots' current total annual IT budget is around £130m - split between £100m of 'keeping the lights on' run costs and £30m new investment. Our annual IT budget is going down year-on-year because as we assimilate some of the transformation spend, as... [25 Apr 2007]
Windows users 'paying $20 patent tax'
News A school with only 50 Windows machines - barely enough for one class of students - is paying $1,000 of its limited budget in patent tax, rather than buying books or other useful supplies. Every time businesses and consumers shell out for a copy of... [20 Apr 2007]
New media heralds age of participation
News With the relatively low cost of producing new media content, Ofcom predicts the PSP could make an initial impact with an annual budget of between £50m and £100m. Ofcom has proposed the creation of a new media organisation aimed at meeting public... [25 Jan 2007]
Firms 'wait and see' as MiFID deadline looms
News Jon Murphy, managing director of EA Consulting Services, told silicon.com while the technology job itself doesn't seem to be that taxing, "time is running out" and many companies haven't put budget aside for it yet. [28 Nov 2006]
Birmingham seals mega SAP deal
News The partnership was created earlier this year to work towards improving the efficiency and delivery of public services for the city, which has the UK's largest local authority annual budget at £2.9bn. [23 Oct 2006]
IBM backs $100m supercomputer centre
News The budget for the centre is roughly $100m. IBM, in conjunction with other companies, will help build a supercomputer centre at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the US. The centre is expected to develop new semiconductors and advancing... [12 May 2006]
Former US spy slams UK's ID card plans
News The US Real ID legislation was railroaded through Congress on the back of a budget bill, with virtually no debate or consultation, and all states must now have a standard driving licence by 2008. A former US spy turned leading privacy activist has... [23 Jan 2006]
Banks "race" to spend €100bn on updates
News The analyst said the project budget requirements for software and services would be huge - as much as €250m for some larger banks - so board-level negotiations could be tough. There's an important issue here though - although these appear to be... [13 Oct 2005]
Outsourcing remains high on CIO agenda
News Decreasing bonuses over the last couple of years have led to more CIOs saying they are unhappy with their remuneration packages but the average annual salary for someone with an IT budget of more than £100m is £229,000. [15 Jul 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Telecoms regulation explained
Comment The telecoms regulatory 'machine' is a vast one; UK regulator Ofcom's budget alone exceeds £100m and most telcos and larger internet service providers employ swathes of people across Europe, hoping to influence their national regulators and the... [16 Jun 2005]
