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CIO Profile This includes an IT budget of almost £140m, supporting all the tech needs of Network Rail's 17,500 employees spread across 460 locations around the country. Of the change she says: "One of the interesting things for me when I moved from BT to... [11 Jun 2008]
Manchester on the road to high tech transport
News Manchester is aiming to develop a world class transport system complete with high tech road charging technology and travel smartcards. The city has secured £1.5bn of government funding to significantly improve its public transport, which includes... [10 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment Other pre-conference discussions featured representatives of the high tech sector in Pakistan, Malaysia and China. Tech Hotspots: The list 1. When I was at the conference of Indian tech body Nasscom earlier this year I was stunned by the sheer... [03 Jun 2008]
Tech innovation goes global
Comment Or perhaps a city has developed renown for its expertise in particular areas of high tech, such as wireless or security. To make it onto the Tech Hotspots list a city has to be judged to be a leader according to a number of criteria. [03 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom
Comment Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities ¦ Recession fears hit IT... [16 May 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo Bangalore is India's most famous offshore location but the city of Hyderabad is also one of the country's tech hotspots, and silicon.com went to see it first hand this month. While the landscaped campuses live up the 'high-tech' name, the road... [28 Apr 2008]
Olympic tech getting fit for Beijing 2008
Case Study The contract Atos Origin has with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the largest IT contract in sport and Beijing will be the fourth games where the company has run the IT infrastructure - the first being the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt... [16 Apr 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo This is the home of one of India's biggest IT companies, Wipro, at the Electronics City high-tech business park in Bangalore, India.silicon.com visited Bangalore last month and got a tour of the sprawling campus, which is home to around 15,500 of... [02 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News Click on the links below to see photo galleries of the cities and companies visited.¦ Satyam's IT campus ¦ Hyderabad's tech parks ¦ Bringing tech to rural India ¦ High-tech on the streets of Pune ¦ Pune - the new Bangalore? [31 Mar 2008]
High speed TGV trains get online
News But despite the cost involved in designing and implementing the high tech wireless web infrastructure on its trains - SNCF has poured €19m into the venture to date - and the gamble of whether travellers will be willing to put their hands in... [26 Mar 2008]
The CIO shopping list
Comment Pressure to justify IT budgets and get better value for money from tech investment are the key issues driving tech spending over the next year, according to silicon.com's exclusive CIO Agenda 2008 survey. [26 Mar 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated national police e-crime unit, following the government's decision to hand over the now defunct National High-Tech Crime Unit... [18 Mar 2008]
Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts
News Click on the links below to see photo galleries of the cities and companies visited.¦ Satyam's IT campus ¦ Hyderabad's tech parks ¦ Bringing tech to rural India ¦ High-tech on the streets of Pune ¦ Pune - the new Bangalore? [11 Mar 2008]
Sharia insurance firm signs £87m Capita deal
News Click on the links below to see photo galleries of the cities and companies visited.¦ Satyam's IT campus ¦ Hyderabad's tech parks ¦ Bringing tech to rural India ¦ High-tech on the streets of Pune ¦ Pune - the new Bangalore? [04 Mar 2008]
Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing
News Click on the links below to see photo galleries of the cities and companies visited.¦ Satyam's IT campus ¦ Hyderabad's tech parks ¦ Bringing tech to rural India ¦ High-tech on the streets of Pune ¦ Pune - the new Bangalore? [03 Mar 2008]
