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RSS pac in newsCRM projects learn from mistakes of the past
News But users have learned their lessons from the mistakes and are adopting a more pragmatic approach, according to the research from Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC). PAC said the mid-market potential is... [30 Aug 2006]
CRM top of retailers' IT to-do list
News As a result, retailers will up their spending on customer relationship management programmes, according to research by analyst house Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC). PAC consultant Henrietta Lacey told... [08 Aug 2006]
Heatwave topples MySpace
News In order to pacify MySpace users, the "site down" notice was accompanied by a Flash game of Pac-Man. A record-breaking heatwave which crippled power systems throughout California shut down MySpace.com for nearly 12... [24 Jul 2006]
£4.7bn Whitehall efficiency savings questioned
News The government claimed that £6.4bn of efficiency gains had been achieved by 31 December 2005 but parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has cast doubt on these figures. The... [20 Jul 2006]
Emails probed in "cash for honours" swoop
News As part of the investigation, police have requested more than 1,000 papers to support the three police enquiries with the Constitutional Affairs Committee, the Electoral Commission and the Public Administration Committee... [12 Jul 2006]
MPs slam NHS IT delays
News NHS CEO Sir Ian Carruthers and NHS director general of IT Richard Granger were grilled on the Connecting for Health programme by MPs during a heated Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting at the House of Commons this... [27 Jun 2006]
Oracle set to open China support centre
News Oracle is opening a support centre in China. The Dalian Global Support Center will not only service China, Korea and Taiwan but also future expansions in Asian Pacific, the company said. It will be one of Oracle's 18 global service... [23 Jun 2006]
£500m Libra courts IT project fiasco
News A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing yesterday saw Conservative MP Richard Bacon quiz Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) accounting officer Alex Allan about the system's rollout timeline and jump in price,... [22 Jun 2006]
Data services' take-up lacklustre - even in Asia-Pac
News Even some of the most mobile-savvy markets in the world are shunning mobile data services, analysts have found. New research by IDC has discovered that non-SMS data services in the Asia-Pacific region are used by less than 10 per cent of... [03 Mar 2006]
Can IT save public sector billions?
News In December last year, The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) released a report, Achieving Value for Money in the Delivery of Public Services, that claimed despite many high-profile IT failures over the last decade, many... [20 Feb 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in public sector IT
News A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned that government agencies don't take the review process seriously enough. Poor decisions about IT investments have left motorists stuck in traffic jams, according to... [19 Dec 2005]
Whitehall failing to learn from decade of IT disasters
News The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, Achieving Value for Money in the Delivery of Public Services, says that despite the PAC's reviews of many high-profile IT failures over the last decade many... [06 Dec 2005]
Flagship £64m NHS e-booking system is "12 months late"
News The government had pledged to offer patients the e-booking service by 1 January 2006 but NHS chief executive Sir Nigel Crisp told MPs at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing this week that while patients will still... [01 Nov 2005]
Foot and mouth IT systems need improvement, warn MPs
News The latest Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report by MPs into the foot and mouth outbreak says not enough progress has been made by the Department for Education, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in preparing for any future... [01 Nov 2005]
The 11 companies that run 80 per cent of government IT
News These figures come from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) earlier this year, though the PAC reckons the supplier base has recently broadened so that 11 companies now provide 80 per cent of government IT. [27 Oct 2005]
