modernisation
RSS modernisationShared Services: The Practicalities of Local Council Cost Reduction
White Paper Local government in the UK has been undergoing modernisation initiatives centred on IT. With so much progress having been made, attention is now turning to how IT managers can reduce costs without disrupting the progress... [16 Nov 2009]
UK web snooping plans: Full steam ahead
News Under the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), the government wants communications service providers to store details of all web communications, including emails and IMs conversations. The UK government has... [11 Nov 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News The strategy will be one of simplification, standardisation and modernisation," Vincent said. Following its sale by parent company Ford last year, car maker Jaguar Land Rover has had to face the thorny problem of cutting... [26 Oct 2009]
'Completely unworkable': The plans to track your web habits
News The London Internet Exchange (Linx), which counts ISPs among its 330-plus internet partners, on Tuesday severely criticised the government's plans, known as the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP). [05 Aug 2009]
U.K. Engineering Consultancy on Track to Visible Project Management With New Portal
White Paper As a key supplier to Network Rail - the owner of U.K.rail infrastructure - Atkins is heavily involved in the ongoing modernisation of the network. Atkins is Europe's biggest multidisciplinary consultancy and the largest... [25 Jul 2009]
BT lands £99m comms deal with Ministry of Defence
News The commencement of this service for defence represents a logical and significant step forward in the continuing modernisation and rationalisation of the fixed communication network infrastructure which began in 1997,"... [17 Jul 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]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News The £12.7bn NHS IT modernisation scheme has seen technical difficulties and parts of it are years behind schedule. Cutbacks in technology spending are the wrong remedy for the NHS in an economic downturn, according to a... [22 Jun 2009]
Web snooping plans unworkable, say critics
News The Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) calls for internet service providers to record the traffic details of all web communications. A government plan to allow the intelligence services to monitor all UK web... [18 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Only slightly less contentious is the Interception Modernisation Programme, the government proposal for ISPs to retain details of all communications over the internet, including email and social networking activity, in a... [10 Jun 2009]
Steve Palmer
CIO Profile In addition Palmer is overseeing the Hillingdon Improvement Programme, which is aimed at shifting the council away from modernisation to a more fundamental transformation approach. Steve Palmer was named in the CIO50 in... [03 Jun 2009]
Joe Harley
CIO Profile He has overall responsibility for a £3bn IT programme that underpins the comprehensive modernisation of the department's public services - with examples of the latter including the launch of the Internet Job Bank and... [03 Jun 2009]
Gerry Pennell
CIO Profile Before joining LOCOG, Pennell was CIO for Co-operative Financial Services and the Co-operative Group, helping to head a significant programme of modernisation and change. Gerry Pennell is leading the team that will... [01 Jun 2009]
David Lister
CIO Profile 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. David Lister joined the National Grid in... [01 Jun 2009]
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Comment During his career, the National Grid CIO has overseen more transformations than style guru Gok Wan, building a global tech platform and cutting IT costs for news agency Reuters and bringing home a £300m technology... [29 May 2009]
