England in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up In fact, as serendipity would have it, news this week manages to combine all of middle England's obsessions: fast internet access, property and what the Joneses are up to. We British love our broadband. [23 Oct 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high profile and controversial IT projects in the UK, ranging from organising IT security at the London 2012 Olympic Games to the Impact... [10 Jul 2009]
Real-world business intelligence
Comment B&B uses its BI systems for a variety of information management tasks ranging from calculating risks on mortgage lending to providing regulatory reporting to authorities such as the FSA and the Bank of England. [05 Jun 2009]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile He is passionate about the importance of robust IT infrastructure and while at the helm of Socitm continued its support for the continued rollout of Government Connect, a secure network linking central government and every local... [03 Jun 2009]
Christine Connelly
CIO Profile Connelly recently pledged to end delays to the introduction of electronic medical records across England, saying that if there is not significant progress in delivery by November 2009, the DoH will move to a new plan for... [01 Jun 2009]
Legal Eye: How to save money with offshoring
Comment With the Bank of England's policy of sustained quantitative easing driving down the value of the pound, the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations must be considered. Looking to save money from offshoring? [26 May 2009]
How e-coding can prevent NHS slip-ups
Comment The DoH policy recommends that the GS1 System of coding be adopted throughout the healthcare system in England. How can electronic coding help hospitals? GS1 UK's Gary Lynch counts the ways… A survey we ran recently in... [20 May 2009]
Is offshoring to blame for job losses?
Comment This week thousands of protestors are taking to the streets of London, besieging the Bank of England and generally causing mayhem in response to the G20 economic summit currently underway. The recession has brought on... [02 Apr 2009]
"I'm not an out and out technology person"
Comment Boss' business comprises 2,800 staff and contractors based in 280 offices across England - and the CIO has to make sure that each and every one of them has access to flexible and reliable communications. [09 Mar 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.02.09
Round-Up It only took a light dusting of snow to bring the south of England to a slippery, sliding halt earlier this week. You may have noticed. As the snow came down, mobile usage went up. Monday between 7am and 8.30am saw a... [06 Feb 2009]
Editor's Blog: Working from home is snow joke
Comment I wouldn't say the public infrastructure of the South of England is particularly used to this amount of snow we've had today, hence some pretty widespread working from home. It's not always the events of high drama that... [02 Feb 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.01.09
Round-Up It's a collective combined 'harrumph' and 'tut' coming from the heart of middle England, upon hearing the news. But before any of those fuming denizens of middle England (who haven't already rushed off... [16 Jan 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New password theory
Comment The access code to the main vault at The Bank of England is probably only two characters which may well be written on a Post-It and visible to all on a notice board close by Written at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and... [22 Dec 2008]
NHS IT to benefit Southern England - at last
Comment After the contact termination, there has been speculation that BT or CSC (the prime contractor in the North of England) would take over the contract for the South. But Alan Brown says mental health care in one region is... [30 Oct 2008]
Inbox: YouTube surveillance, skills gap, Naked speak
Comment George A Smith, North West England A foundation degree course will launch at colleges in England this autumn aimed at boosting sought-after tech skills and addressing the nation's IT skills gap. The... [11 Aug 2008]
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