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RSS embarking in news£273m in IT projects axed by UK
News Almost £300m-worth of public sector IT projects have been binned in the UK, sparking accusations the government is embarking on the schemes without proper thought. In a series of written answers to parliament, it was... [20 Oct 2008]
BAT lights up £26m SAP savings
News Colman - who expects the programme to be finished by the third quarter of 2009 - advised other tech departments thinking of embarking on a similar project to "never give up" on trying to get exec buy-in. [02 Oct 2008]
Killer robots terror warning
News China, Russia and India are also embarking on the development of unmanned aerial combat vehicle - with China believed to be able to match the US robotic programme. Forget the cuddly C3P0 and R2D2 - the robots of the... [28 Feb 2008]
Indian outsourcing leads to law firm layoffs
News After embarking on a review of its IT operations at the end of last year, the law firm has now signed a £10m deal with Indian outsourcing company HCL. London-based law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is to make almost half of... [11 Jul 2007]
Shared services help tech innovation
News Bridget Taylor, chief executive of Suffolk Council's Customer Service Direct (CSD), said local authorities face huge political, structural and cultural challenges when embarking on major changes, such as implementing new... [19 Apr 2007]
Building society begins million pound IT overhaul
News The Kent Reliance Building Society (KRBS) is embarking on a million pound overhaul of its IT and network infrastructure. The infrastructure refresh is aimed at allowing the KRBS to increase the size of its outsourced... [18 Aug 2006]
City IT pay rates top £1,000 per day
News But this doesn't mean the City is embarking on a hiring frenzy, he warned: "I don't thing that clients are willing at the moment to look at people that don't have a financial services background. Top IT workers in the... [21 Feb 2006]
General Motors in $15bn IT outsourcing bonanza
News US car giant General Motors (GM) is embarking on a $15bn IT outsourcing bonanza that will see major restructuring of key contracts and some work previously handled by EDS handed to other suppliers. GM's 10-year deal with... [03 Feb 2006]
C&W picks up £1.9m Travis Perkins contract
News The building materials supplier is embarking on a one-year agreement worth £1.9m to the telco - though it estimates it will save £400,000 over that period. Travis Perkins has turned to Cable & Wireless to drive down its... [19 Oct 2005]
Murdoch casts his net over online search
News The company is embarking on a major expansion on the internet aimed at coalescing its online properties around a main portal based on the assets of Fox Interactive Media, he said. News Corp is in talks to buy a stake in... [15 Aug 2005]
Will your boss be giving you a home PC?
News The vendors have done a good job, on paper, of creating a managed service for organisations embarking on HCI and I am sure that this will encourage greater take-up. UK IT bosses have heaped praise upon the Home Computing... [15 Feb 2005]
RFID faces staff shortage
News Hundreds of companies around the globe embarking on radio frequency identification (RFID) projects will soon face a shortage of workers proficient in the emerging technology, according to the trade group Computing... [01 Dec 2004]
Mobile tech will take over businesses by 2007
News Before embarking on a deployment CIOs need to get their strategy right, according to Meta Group, and decide how they will be able to measure the success of the mobile technologies. Businesses have finally promoted... [20 Oct 2004]
Striking Swansea IT workers return to work
News The report by Walker Morris Solicitors supports Unison's allegation that the council ignored its own procurement policies by failing to undertake an appraisal and testing of in-house services before embarking on a change... [11 Oct 2004]
Security experts urged to join charity appeal
News The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is embarking on a mission to help charities by offering its expertise in security and auditing to those charitable organisations who are struggling to meet compliance... [23 Sep 2004]
