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IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News Neil Bath, group head of information services, Brewin Dolphin Securities This is backed up by the latest poll of silicon.com's CIO Jury panel of IT chiefs - the majority of whom said they are planning to reduce spending on IT contractors. [28 Mar 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. That's the unanimous verdict of UK tech chiefs on... [18 Mar 2008]
Operational IT budgets to be squeezed in 2008
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services, Ashford Borough Council The downward pressure on operational IT costs will continue in 2008 but those savings could free up budget for increased levels... [17 Dec 2007]
Stockbroker invests in data hosting
News Brewin Dolphin head of information services, Neil Bath, said: "On 7 July two years ago the G8 summit in Edinburgh was the scene of big protests. The company now uses a specially designed hosted data centre, described by Bath as a highly secure... [22 Aug 2007]
Terror and regulation bigger risks than IT
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services, Ashford Borough Council Terrorist attacks, competition and regulation are all bigger threats to businesses than the risks posed by technology failure. [05 Jul 2007]
Remote and mobile working tech "essential"
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Responding to silicon.com by email - while on on the train from Paddington to Bath - Kevin Fitzpatrick, CIO at Sodexho UK, said: "One of the crucial items is a culture that understands and accepts... [18 May 2007]
CIO Essentials: ID theft, wobbly keyboards and Google
News This week we hear from Neil Bath, IT director at Brewin Dolphin Securities. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the... [08 May 2007]
CIO Jury: The 'joined-up' enterprise is a reality
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Broadband connectivity, mobile devices and collaboration tools are making it easier for organisations to share data and information across different departments and systems, according to UK IT chiefs. [22 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: Is VoIP secure enough for business?
News Neil Bath, IT director at Brewin Dolphin Securities, said the main concern to date has been the use of a single network for voice and data - the 'all the eggs in one basket' approach. Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities [16 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: IT budgets on the rise in 2007
News That view is backed by Neil Bath, IT director at Brewin Dolphin Securities. Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-man CIO Jury IT user panel this week said they expect their IT budgets to increase in... [06 Dec 2006]
CIO Jury: Do businesses spend too much on IT?
News A lot of unnecessary spend is also driven by the incessant push by hardware and software vendors to upgrade, according to Neil Bath, IT director at Brewin Dolphin Securities. Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities [06 Oct 2006]
CIO Jury: Software licensing 'too complex'
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Neil Hammond, head of IT at British Sugar, said the complexity is due to the differing licensing conditions between suppliers, the complexity within the agreements themselves and "trip" clauses that... [16 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: Adapt or die, IT departments warned
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities The role of the IT department will dramatically change over the next five years and will morph into a hybrid corporate function focusing more on business processes and customer service than... [10 May 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses shun Windows on Macs
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Apple this week released a public beta version of software that lets Microsoft Windows XP run natively on Intel-based Macs but IT bosses say they'd still rather stick with PCs for corporate desktop... [06 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: Bosses snub cheap overseas IT labour
News Neil Bath, IT director, Brewin Dolphin Securities UK bosses have raised questions about the extent of the country's IT skills shortage, claiming they haven't yet been forced to recruit IT staff from overseas in order to plug skills gaps in their IT... [10 Mar 2006]
