it director programme modernisation
Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland
News Prior to that, Lister was at Boots, where he overhauled the health and beauty retailer's IT strategy with a £300m modernisation programme and major outsourcing deal with IBM. The Edinburgh-born Lister, named one of the UK's top CIOs last year, has... [01 Apr 2008]
NHS network pilot to cut call costs
News The N3 broadband backbone is part of the £12.4bn NHS IT modernisation programme and is key to the delivery of new services such as electronic prescriptions and the Picture Archiving and Communications digital X-ray system. [06 Dec 2007]
The CIO revolution in public sector IT: The next phase
Comment His report offers a potential bridge between the investment in IT modernisation and the need for business change driven from the very top of government. This requires that the CIO has a capable and professional IT team behind him or her and an... [31 Aug 2007]
Boots axes IT chief
News Under former CIO David Lister - now at Reuters - Boots began an overhaul of its IT operations in 2001 as part of a £300m programme that included a huge SAP rollout, a new pharmacy system and the modernisation of the in-store IT infrastructure. [02 Aug 2007]
The CIOs transforming government IT
Comment The Transformational Government report and Varney review have once again thrust IT up the government agenda, from big modernisation programmes such as NHS IT to the push for shared services. Back in the corridors of Whitehall, given the historical... [27 Jun 2007]
The CIOs transforming government IT
CIO Analysis The Transformational Government report and Varney review have once again thrust IT up the government agenda, from big modernisation programmes such as NHS IT to the push for shared services. Back in the corridors of Whitehall, given the historical... [06 Jun 2007]
Boots aiming to shave £30m off annual IT costs
News Health and beauty retailer Boots is aiming to cut the cost of running its IT operations by a third after completing a £300m, three-year modernisation programme. In an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Rob Fraser, IT director at Boots, said the... [25 Apr 2007]
The McCue Interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment At Boots' sprawling headquarters campus a short journey off the M1 in Nottingham IT director Rob Fraser is, unsurprisingly, reluctant to talk about the private equity takeover bids and turns the subject instead to the role technology has played in... [25 Apr 2007]
Southwark signs £26m outsourcing contract
News It is hoped the modernisation programme will save the council £3m across the five-year term of the contract, with further annual savings of £230,000 forecast for the reduced amount of energy the IT infrastructure will use.silicon.com Public Sector [19 Mar 2007]
Morrisons plans £110m IT revamp
News A spokeswoman for Morrisons told silicon.com the IT revamp is part of its £450m modernisation spend and this is the main driver behind the technology overhaul. The IT upgrade programme will be an in-house effort: a new management information... [16 Mar 2007]
NHS hits 18,000 broadband connections target
News The N3 broadband backbone which is part of the £12.4bn NHS IT modernisation programme has passed a key milestone after hitting the target for connecting 18,000 sites two months early. Richard Granger, director general of the NHS Connecting for... [08 Feb 2007]
NHS IT spending will reach £12.4bn
News Spending on the giant NHS IT modernisation project is likely to reach £12.4bn by 2014, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO said the programme - the UK's biggest ever IT project - has the "potential to generate substantial benefits... [16 Jun 2006]
Interview: NHS IT director general Richard Granger
Comment That's NHS IT chief Richard Granger's response to the mounting criticism of the 10-year £7bn Connecting for Health (CfH) modernisation programme, which has been described as the largest civil IT project in the world. [26 May 2006]
NHS IT chief warns against local budget cuts
News The financial meltdown in some healthcare authorities across the country will not hit funding for the rollout of the £7bn Connecting for Health (CfH) modernisation programme, according to NHS IT director general Richard Granger. [25 May 2006]
NHS hits million electronic prescriptions milestone
News Click here to read about the nine projects at the heart of the NHS IT modernisation programme. More than a million prescriptions have now been transmitted electronically as part of the £6.2bn modernisation of NHS IT systems. [16 May 2006]
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