leeds chiefs
Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists
News Photos: When tech chiefs rock out. Leeds City Council is reported to be interested in testing the technology on its car-pool lanes. A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London... [26 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News That's the verdict of two-thirds of UK IT chiefs in silicon.com's CIO Jury 12-strong IT user panel, whose verdict is that outsourcing doesn't save money. And Ted Woodhouse, former IS director at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "I have... [31 Jan 2008]
CIO Jury: The Linux desktop is dead
News Despite the love-hate relationship that many organisations have with Microsoft, its products are now relatively stable, well-supported and secure, according to Ted Woodhouse, director of IT strategy at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. [08 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: Do businesses spend too much on IT?
News Ted Woodhouse, director of IT strategy at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said there is too much spend and not enough delivery. Ted Woodhouse, director of IT strategy, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [06 Oct 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses face ID management headache
News A "radically new approach" to identity management is needed to address increasingly complex corporate network ID and access headaches, according to leading IT chiefs. Ted Woodhouse, director of IT strategy at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust... [21 Sep 2006]
CIO Jury: No hurry to upgrade to Windows Vista
News Microsoft is set to finally release Windows Vista early next year but IT chiefs say they are in no hurry to upgrade to the new operating system. There would be few, if any, immediate benefits of an early upgrade to Vista, according to Ted Woodhouse... [29 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: Software licensing 'too complex'
News But Ted Woodhouse, director of IT strategy at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said the issue is not complexity but differential licensing costs. Ted Woodhouse, director of IT strategy, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [16 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: Are IT chiefs underpaid?
News CIOs don't earn enough money and should have better structured remuneration packages for performance-related bonuses, according to UK IT chiefs.silicon.com's own annual Skills Survey found this week that one in five CIOs earn more than £110,000... [24 May 2006]
CIO Jury: Bosses snub cheap overseas IT labour
News But 11 out of the 12 IT chiefs on silicon.com's CIO Jury IT user panel said they haven't found it necessary to recruit IT workers from abroad in order to plug IT skills gaps here in the UK. Although the NHS is known for recruiting doctors and... [10 Mar 2006]
CIO Jury: Bosses bored by election business pledges
News That was the verdict of silicon.com's CIO Jury user panel of IT chiefs when we asked them if they thought any of the parties had presented a coherent policy on issues including the economy, regulation, tax, IT and skills. [05 May 2005]
CIO Jury: Apple 'irrelevant' to businesses
News Cost was an issue highlighted by other IT chiefs. A couple of IT bosses, including Ted Woodhouse, IT director at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said the only reason there are few malware exploits for Apple software is down to a lack of market... [19 Jan 2005]
How CIOs mitigate VoIP's risks
Comment The UK's IT chiefs voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposition that the cost benefits and flexibility associated with VoIP outweigh the risks of the 'eggs in one basket' scenario associated with single point of failure, and so here we... [09 Sep 2004]
