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Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News A spokesman for Accenture said: "We did an evaluation of commercial and other aspects and decided not to continue in pursuit of the framework. I is for Identity and Passport Service The first contracts to be awarded will be for the replacement of... [25 Jan 2008]
Wanless calls for NHS IT review
News Just £500,000 has so far been spent on evaluation and Wanless said Connecting for Health, the NHS agency responsible for the NPfIT, should be subject to "detailed external scrutiny and reporting". The new report claims that despite the increased... [12 Sep 2007]
Qantas springs towards in-flight text
News The Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) has given the thumbs-up for a limited evaluation of GSM mobile phones and GPRS devices but only for one commercial aircraft. The spokesman said global roaming rates for SMS and email will be... [23 Apr 2007]
ID theft: Which banks do best?
News ID theft prevention had the most weight in evaluation. Mystery callers, for example, phoned banks to try out the customer service representatives, Van Dyke said. A report into which US financial institutions best protect their customers against... [26 Sep 2006]
NHS IT risks failure, warn angry angels
News Whitehall needs to work harder to ensure nurses are involved in the development and evaluation of IT programmes, she said. Earlier this year a National Audit Office report warned that more needed to be done to win the hearts and minds of health... [24 Aug 2006]
Robot spy planes get £16m government boost
News The investment forms part of the £32m Astraea (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment) programme. The government said that development of unmanned craft could "revolutionise" police and fire service surveillance... [18 Jul 2006]
eBay blocks Google's Checkout
News Please note that eBay's evaluation relates only to whether a particular service is appropriate for the eBay marketplace. eBay has blocked customers from using Google's recently launched online payments service, Checkout. [10 Jul 2006]
Online auction slashes 41 per cent off gov't IT price tag
News The OGC also claims it is the first online public sector auction to use "transformational" bidding, which factors in a supplier's qualitative evaluation as well as price. The technical elements of the auction were managed by service provider... [08 Jun 2006]
Racist blog writer gets community service
News The conditions include counselling sessions to correct his resentment towards Malays, which is said to stem from an incident relating to the death of his brother, psychiatric evaluation and follow-up to address his brother's death, and 180 hours... [24 Nov 2005]
Capita and IBM make £500m Birmingham shortlist
News The council received four excellent proposals and after an intensive evaluation process it was felt that the proposals from Capita and IBM offered the best fit to the council's needs. The business transformation plans and future service delivery... [30 Jun 2005]
Linux-shy public sector gets open source test lab
News Access to the laboratory service is free for public sector bodies, who can configure the suite of test machines to their own specifications for open source evaluation trials. A new laboratory has opened in Manchester that will allow government... [20 Jun 2005]
EU could veto anti-terror proposals
News Should the Council's proposal unexpectedly obtain a majority, the requirement for a review of the measures in the form of an evaluation after three years in force should be incorporated into the text, so that the actual effectiveness of the... [02 Jun 2005]
Newham shows off first fruits of Microsoft deal
News The deal between the council and Microsoft, signed last year, followed an evaluation of the benefits of Linux and Microsoft’s technologies - which concluded that Microsoft offered the best value. Newham also plans to use technologies such as... [31 Mar 2005]
Microsoft's Passport to Longhorn
News A Microsoft spokeswoman said: "'Info-card', a code name for a technology Microsoft previewed at the 2003 PDC, is one of many efforts currently under development and evaluation. Unlike Passport, there's no big identity service in the sky," he added. [29 Mar 2005]
Swansea settles on Capgemini for 10-year outsourcing
News The deal has been backed by the council's ICT Evaluation Group. The announcement ends months of speculation over the future of the Service@Swansea programme, with ITNet having been in the fray to pick up the contract - now finally valued at £99m... [17 Dec 2004]
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