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Nasa supercomputer gets rocket power

News Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… Video: CIO Agenda 2008 Naked CIO: The true cost of IT Why IT must escape the belt-tightening Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities diams... [09 May 2008]

Channel:
Servers
Tags:
petaflop, performance, upgrade, supercomputer

Galileo phones home

Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps

Channel:
Applications
Tags:
ria, java, sun

NHS hearing testers to get improved data transfer

News We were driven by a need to improve information governance here. The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is to implement a data integration project to improve the chances of spotting hearing... [21 Nov 2007]

Channel:
Public Sector
Tags:
data integrity, data integration, nhs, skills

Volkswagen slashes IT costs

News Ostrowski said: "We [internally] are really in a governance role. But the overhaul isn't just about cutting IT costs and there is a programme to redesign and simplify VW's business processes. Europe's... [12 Jun 2007]

Channel:
IT Director
Tags:
volkswagen

RIM chairman resigns over stock options

News RIM is now instituting a new stock option granting process and splitting the roles of chairman and chief executive, so as to be "consistent with current best practices in corporate governance". Balsillie or his delegates... [06 Mar 2007]

Channel:
PDAs
Tags:
balsillie, blackberry, rim, stock options

CEOs: Understand IT better - or else

News Speaking at the launch of the report, Ian McCaig, lastminute.com CEO, said governance is key to getting much of the change - which he described as "accelerating, not steady state" - right. He set up a... [05 Mar 2007]

CIOs under pressure to deliver growth in 2007

News By comparison the CIO's immediate priorities remain internally focused on IT services, IT governance, improving the links between business and IT, and demonstrating the value of IT. Dave Aron, VP of research for... [14 Feb 2007]

New Barclays COO to lead IT cost-cutting drive

News She will also lead strategy, vendor management, governance, quality assurance and reporting, and the co-ordination of the IT agenda with the bank's HR and finance groups.silicon.com Financial Services [27 Sep 2006]

Microsoft and Cisco bond over security

News Cisco also announced a new marketing effort in Canada and the US with SAP, to specifically address governance, risk and compliance (GRC) business processes and IT control issues. Cisco, known for its aggressive... [07 Sep 2006]

'Open Source Solaris' - coming soon, from Sun

News As part of preparations, the company working out legal concerns, establishing a mechanism to take outside contributions, and discussing the proper governance model for the open source project, company executives said. [14 Sep 2004]

NHS IT bodies get organisational overhaul

News Executive Agency status will provide us with the strong accountability and governance necessary for a programme of this size and scale - along with the flexible management arrangements necessary to... [22 Jul 2004]

Channel:
Law & Policy

Ditch PeopleSoft CEO, says shareholder advisor

News After a thorough investigation by ISS [Institutional Shareholder Services], the leading proxy adviser, they came out very strongly in favour of PeopleSoft's governance. Our board is a model of corporate... [18 Mar 2004]

Internal power battles causing costly spending "black holes"

News Graeme Opie, research director at Vanson Bourne, said the issue of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility may force purchasing and procurement to the board level. That is a corporate... [10 Mar 2004]

Channel:
IT Director

MoD writes off £118m on ditched IT system

News A post project evaluation review identified poor financial governance, weak benefits management, poor communications, poor risk management and weaknesses in the scrutiny and approvals process. But the NAO report... [03 Nov 2003]