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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. Senior managers at QinetiQ, previously the Defence Evaluation and... [10 Jun 2008]
Web software to save schools time and money
News Given that an average primary school in the UK has an annual ICT budget of around £10,700, this would be significant. The Ministry of Defence has also signed up to use G2 in its schools - which cater for the children of service workers located... [11 Jan 2007]
CIO Jury: IT budgets on the rise in 2007
News Mark Saysell, IT director at Coutts Retail Communications UK, said: "In an ever increasing competitive market the IT budget like every other part of the business is under increasing focus to deliver more for less. [06 Dec 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Prince2
Cheat Sheet The public sector - as you may have noticed - doesn't exactly have a great track record where it comes to delivering IT projects on time or within budget. Essentially it is a methodology that uses a set of best-practice guidelines to help managers... [07 Nov 2006]
Staffordshire councils save millions by joining forces
Case Study Although at first there were a few teething problems, Loveless said they were to be expected given the scale of the project and that overall it came in under budget, though "slightly late". SC used a CRM system built by Oracle and specifically... [04 May 2006]
Public sector must wake up to CRM
News Nelson admitted healthcare might be one area where keeping matters in-house carries a perception of greater security but he said his company is making major in-roads into school systems and other public sector areas where budget, total cost of... [24 Mar 2006]
National Audit Office to examine government IT
News PAC chairman Edward Leigh said: "Far too often, major IT-enabled projects in government departments are late, well over budget, or do not work at all - an enormous waste of taxpayers' money. According to an article published by the NAO, the study... [20 Jul 2005]
Hardware recycling bill to increase IT costs by 10 per cent
News The survey of 250 of IT users also revealed those managers in the know believe the introduction of the directive could cost them up to five per cent of their total IT budget. The not-for-profit organisation claims the public sector should be... [06 Aug 2004]
CIO Jury: Is it time to increase spending on IT again?
News David Jemitus, Government Planning Portal head of IT, also pointed out that along with the higher budget come higher expectations on returns and benefits on the end product. If you are a CIO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in... [17 Mar 2004]
Hard-up IT departments fight for cash
News Minton said: "More than one third of respondents said that two things are keeping them awake at nights - the thought of losing their jobs, and the thought of more budget cuts. Corporate spending has increased somewhat this year, alongside stronger... [10 Sep 2003]
Devil's Advocate: "If I ruled the world..."
Comment The biggest single IT budget in the land is yours to spend. That gives us a budget of about £25bn, or a good £100m every working day. First of all, what sort of budget do we have to play with? Even with that tempting budget of £100bn a day, the job... [02 Apr 2002]
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