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HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS

News HP plans that EDS will continue to be led after the deal closes by EDS chairman, president and CEO Ronald Rittenmeyer, who will join HP's executive council and report to Hurd. HP has completed a $13.9bn deal to create one of the world's largest...

Tags: saas, hp, eds

[13 May 2008]

Video app the highway to healthy roads

News Hampshire County Council is trialling an extension to its road management systems with an asset-counting application based on video capture. The council is piloting the Yotta DCL MARCHpms pavement management system to process video data on its road...

Tags: video, road, hampshire

[12 May 2008]

Bournemouth to be UK's first Fibrecity

News Bournemouth Borough Council is no stranger to a high fibre diet - H2O laid sewer fibre as a back-up network for the council last year. The race to become the UK's first 'Fibrecity' has been won by the seaside resort of Bournemouth, better known for...

Tags: h2o, fibre, bournemouth

[08 May 2008]

Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats

News In Harrow, one of the first councils to trial the technology from May last year, it has already helped the council save more than £330,000 by exposing about 43 people on the wrong benefits. A lie detector test that has slashed benefit fraud by more...

Tags: dwp, benefits, lie detector

[07 May 2008]

CIOs are driving the green agenda

News Meads added: "Certainly I'm seeing equally the number of CIOs that I'm meeting are the green ambassador or at least sitting on a green council because it's recognised they have a role to play. CIOs are increasingly becoming "green ambassadors...

Tags: cisco, green, cios

[01 May 2008]

Geographic database opens doors to private sector

News The NLPG has been used by public sector organisations - such as the police, fire service and county council - for the past four years but is now available for private sector groups to subscribe to. A national geographical electronic database is now...

Tags: local authorities, database

[30 Apr 2008]

New president takes the reins at Socitm

News Newham Borough Council's CIO was confirmed in the role at the society's AGM held at the British Library. Steel has been at Newham Council since 1989 and previously worked for Morgan Grenfell (now Deutsche Bank).

Tags: cio, newham, local government, richard steel

[29 Apr 2008]

Hacking 'goodies' get industry body

News The aim of the council is to standardise ethical penetration testing and provide professional qualifications for the testers. The Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (Crest) made its public debut this week at the Infosecurity Europe...

Tags: body, industry, hacking

[25 Apr 2008]

Croydon inks £83m deal with Capgemini

News Croydon Council has signed an extension to its IT outsourcing deal with Capgemini, worth an estimated £83m over five years. The new deal runs until 2013 and covers all the council's IT and telecoms infrastructure and networks, 4,000 desktop PCs and...

Tags: outsourcing, capgemini, croydon

[23 Apr 2008]

Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?

News He said in a speech before the Atlantic Council: "I certainly can't afford to bid against Microsoft [for Yahoo]. In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover bid, the software maker has set a Saturday deadline for Yahoo!

Tags: microsoft, aol, time warner, yahoo

[22 Apr 2008]

WEEE takes council computers to Africa

News Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive for the responsible disposal of computer hardware, while also helping parts of the world in need of a tech boost.

Tags: weee, africa, computer aid, council

[21 Apr 2008]

St Albans council signs £2.5m desktop contract

News St Albans District Council has signed a £2.5m, seven-year contract for desktop support with Northgate Information Solutions.silicon.com Public Sector The contract is part of a move for the council, which serves more than 130,000 citizens, to adopt...

Tags: desktop, northgate, council

[17 Apr 2008]

BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash

News A statement from BT said: "As EU ministers gather for the informal Competitiveness Council meeting on 14 April they should be acutely aware that the current telecoms regulatory regime is not supporting the international competitiveness of EU...

Tags: eu, ec, telecoms, bt

[08 Apr 2008]

Local gov't CIOs to set national agenda

News The Local Government CIO Council met for the first time on 1 April after being set up by local government IT group the Society of IT Management (Socitm). The group will meet three times per year and report to the main Government CIO Council...

Tags: john suffolk, socitm, cio

[02 Apr 2008]

Computing museum at risk of being thing of the past

News The museum is considering a couple of options for a new short-term relocation but Webb said it ideally wanted a permanent base and was appealing to the owners of its building, Swindon Borough Council, to be allowed to stay on after the university...

Tags: history, museum, computer history

[01 Apr 2008]

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

News Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council 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...

Tags: cio jury, e-crime, cio, crime

[18 Mar 2008]

Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction

News Janet Callender, CEO of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council said websites are increasingly underpinning frontline services and improve efficiency. The number of visitors to council websites sites increased by more than 10 per cent in the past 12...

Tags: socitm, online, web services, local government

[04 Mar 2008]

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

News Some early adopter customers include General Motors, Newham Borough Council and Tube Lines. Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Server 2008 has been given a cautious welcome by customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched Windows Server 2008 this...

Tags: microsoft, cio jury, windows server 2008, cio

[28 Feb 2008]

Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists

News 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 Congestion Charge could benefit from...

Tags: congestion, cars, cctv, schemes

[26 Feb 2008]

SMS gets Oxfordshire residents out of deep water

News Oxfordshire County Council is rolling out a mobile text alert system to warn residents across the county if their homes are at risk from flood water following heavy rain. John Kelly, the council's emergency planning officer, said it is vital to...

Tags: text, oxfordshire, flood, sms

[26 Feb 2008]

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