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Video app the highway to healthy roads

News Hampshire County Council is trialling an extension to its road management systems with an asset-counting application based on video capture. The council is piloting the Yotta DCL MARCHpms pavement management system to process video data on its road...

Tags: video, road, hampshire

[12 May 2008]

Bournemouth to be UK's first Fibrecity

News Bournemouth Borough Council is no stranger to a high fibre diet - H2O laid sewer fibre as a back-up network for the council last year. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 The race to become the UK's first 'Fibrecity' has been won by the...

Tags: h2o, fibre, bournemouth

[08 May 2008]

Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats

News In Harrow, one of the first councils to trial the technology from May last year, it has already helped the council save more than £330,000 by exposing about 43 people on the wrong benefits. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008

Tags: dwp, benefits, lie detector

[07 May 2008]

CIOs are driving the green agenda

News Meads added: "Certainly I'm seeing equally the number of CIOs that I'm meeting are the green ambassador or at least sitting on a green council because it's recognised they have a role to play. David Meads, operations director financial services for...

Tags: cisco, green, cios

[01 May 2008]

New president takes the reins at Socitm

News Newham Borough Council's CIO was confirmed in the role at the society's AGM held at the British Library. Socitm recently formed the local government CIO council to represent the interests of local governments to the main CIO Council.

Tags: cio, newham, local government, richard steel

[29 Apr 2008]

Local gov't CIOs to set national agenda

News The Local Government CIO Council met for the first time on 1 April after being set up by local government IT group the Society of IT Management (Socitm). The group will meet three times per year and report to the main Government CIO Council...

Tags: john suffolk, socitm, cio

[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 to justify IT budgets and get better value for money from tech...

Tags: cio agenda, tech, agenda, list

[26 Mar 2008]

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

News Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council That's the unanimous verdict of UK tech chiefs on silicon.com's CIO Jury IT user panel. All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign...

Tags: cio jury, e-crime, cio, crime

[18 Mar 2008]

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

News Some early adopter customers include General Motors, Newham Borough Council and Tube Lines. If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO...

Tags: microsoft, cio jury, windows server 2008, cio

[28 Feb 2008]

Recycling kit the way to greener IT?

Recycling kit the way to greener IT?

News Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director for London-based publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said: "Southwark council has an IT recycling team that we pay to dispose of kit. Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council

Tags: cio jury, green it, recycling, david

[18 Feb 2008]

Sussex Council outsources desktop role

News West Sussex County Council (WSCC) has signed a £14m desktop contract with services company Serco. The deal, which involves management of the council's desktop and printer estate, lasts seven years and is expected to save the authority 25 per cent...

Tags: public sector, serco, desktop, council

[13 Feb 2008]

The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group

Comment Lynch is also on mobile operator Orange's UK customer advisory council helping steer technical development and he also acts as an advisor to the aviation industry through his board position with a key software company in that market.

Tags: go ahead group, dave lynch, cios, wi fi

[30 Jan 2008]

Operational IT budgets to be squeezed in 2008

Operational IT budgets to be squeezed in 2008

News Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services, Ashford Borough Council But more than half (seven) of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they expect operational budgets to increase in 2008, with the same number saying their capital...

Tags: budgets, cio jury, cio, mark

[17 Dec 2007]

Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009

Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009

News Stuart Aitken, CIO, Medical Research Council Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services for Ashford Borough Council, said: "We will only upgrade when our business apps are no longer supported by XP. Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services...

Tags: microsoft, xp, cio jury, vista

[28 Nov 2007]

Microsoft licensing value under scrutiny

News Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who...

Tags: microsoft, licensing, cio jury, windows vista

[15 Nov 2007]

Taxman gets new CIO

News He will also join HMRC's executive committee and take Lamey's place on the government's CIO Council. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has appointed a new CIO to replace Steve Lamey, who has been promoted to a wider operating role as COO for the department.

Tags: cio50, cio, hmrc

[18 Oct 2007]

UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'

News Peter Ryder, head of ICT, Preston City Council If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should...

Tags: techies, skills, cio jury

[11 Oct 2007]

Stories of the Month - September 2007

News News that a successful pilot of lie detector voice recognition technology is being used to combat benefit fraud by Harrow Council in Greater London, was an example of innovative use of tech to tackle a common problem.

Tags: iplayer, europe, contactless payment, vista

[28 Sep 2007]

Are 'naked PCs' cheaper for businesses?

Are 'naked PCs' cheaper for businesses?

News Stuart Aitken, CIO at the Medical Research Council, said: "Do we really want the burden of building every machine, getting all the drivers etc? Stuart Aitken, CIO, Medical Research Council Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer service at Ashford...

Tags: windows, pcs, cio jury

[27 Sep 2007]

Make tech greener, CIOs told

News Speaking at a European e-government conference in Lisbon, Cabinet Office minister Gillian Merron called on the UK's CIO Council to reduce the carbon footprint of government computers and improve the sustainability of public sector IT.silicon.com...

Tags: government, cio, green

[21 Sep 2007]

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