government special report
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News John Suffolk, CIO, UK government Go to the CIO50 special report where you can read the CIO profiles, view the full list of 50; and navigate to see the top 10 CIOs; the top female CIOs; and breakdowns by financial services, retail and public sector. [11 Jun 2008]
Tech innovation goes global
Comment A location might also be chosen because it offers a vast number of software engineers - or because its population has access to free wi-fi and cutting-edge government services. In the rest of this special report you can find more analysis of the... [03 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Price of panic
Comment In fact if it's managed properly, IT can be almost entirely strategic - with the exception of the wonderful rules and regulations stifling innovation enforced by Her Majesty's Government. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 [03 Jun 2008]
Video app the highway to healthy roads
News It can identify road furniture, such as signage, street lighting, road markings bus lanes and speed cameras and can be integrated with existing asset management systems to provide performance benchmarks on road maintenance to the statutory... [12 May 2008]
Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT
News These computational workhorses and their predecessors at the Met Office Hadley Centre crunched through global data to produce evidence for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, whose predictions of a 0.2C temperature rise per... [09 May 2008]
UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change
News The government is to lead the way in Green IT by launching a national strategy to cut computer-related carbon emissions. Government CIO John Suffolk announced the Green IT Strategy, saying it would be scrutinised by ministers over the next eight... [08 May 2008]
Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case Study At home, not only is the resource helping to bring more people onto the digital superhighway but it has provided a valuable resource for local schools to use to engage the parents of the children in their care as they attempt to become centres for... [08 May 2008]
Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats
News Councils will be able to apply for a share of the £1.5m that the government has made available for the latest pilots. The government says benefit fraud has dropped from £2bn in 2001 to £0.8bn in 2006/07. [07 May 2008]
Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for eight million more
News The government recently backed a one year extension of a tax break for software companies and Mittal said he hoped the government would create more Special Economic Zones, where companies enjoy other tax benefits. [06 May 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]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News Other voters were slightly less draconian in their views with 31 per cent suggesting company bosses should be fired for losing data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data... [14 Feb 2008]
Government deal for 'best buy' telecoms suppliers
News The government has set up a bulk-buying framework agreement with key telecoms and networking suppliers aimed at securing discounts for central and local public sector bodies on contracts worth a total of £500m. [02 Jan 2008]
Stories of the year
News BBC iPlayer row: The government speaks… The government has now agreed to data security spot checks across all departments and ministers are calling for an ID cards review. The comments were made after Frank Abagnale, the one-time confidence... [14 Dec 2007]
Indian tech revenue to hit new heights
News But he added there will be medium and short term challenges that need to be addressed by the industry, government, academia and Nasscom. Special Report: Inside India The Indian tech sector will generate $50bn in revenues during the 2007-08... [04 Jul 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo Many of the CIO big-hitters were there including UK government CIO John Suffolk (left), LCH Clearnet CIO Martin Taylor (centre) and Vicky Maxwell Davies, partner at CIO headhunter firm Boyden UK. Check out the CIO50 special report to find out who... [27 Jun 2007]
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