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RSS health in news£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
News Of these organisations more than 200 were private companies and 209 were NHS health trusts and bodies. Earlier this year the high level of losses among NHS trusts prompted the ICO to write to the Department of... [12 Nov 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News It could also help to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and, more broadly, to reduce the risk to the business from liability for the actions of its employees. Every office generates so much email, IM... [22 Oct 2009]
NHS bodies outsource payroll in £12m deals
News A further eight NHS bodies have signed on with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), an outsourcing joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria. NHS SBS will supply the eight organisations - which include... [13 Oct 2009]
Where to make the biggest bucks working in IT
News Techies in these industries collect about £8,000 more than the £35,452 paid to their counterparts working in government, education and health, who are the lowest paid IT professionals. This discrepancy in salary is... [01 Oct 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News Of course profitability is key to the health of a business. Want to avoid getting burned when signing a BPO deal? There's a set of warning signs that buyers should look for in order to avoid unreliable vendors. [30 Sep 2009]
Bottom falls out of online pants market but e-tail hits £3.8bn
News August's best online performer by sector was health and beauty, which grew by 34.5 per cent year-on-year, followed by accessories (30.5 per cent) and electricals (20.2 per cent). Online shopping continues to be a beacon... [22 Sep 2009]
Dell buys Perot Systems in $3.9bn deal
News It has clients in health care, government and other commercial segments, from SMEs to large global institutions; it also has a large and growing base of customers and service-delivery capabilities in North America,... [22 Sep 2009]
A world where your every moment is recorded is coming
News In Total Recall, the new book from Microsoft researchers Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell, they obsessively record emails, photos, videos, phone calls, health records, financial transactions, website visits, and everything... [21 Sep 2009]
Bupa in rude health with new CIO
News Private healthcare company Bupa has appointed a new CIO. Yasmin Jetha will take over as the company's CIO from next month with responsibility for its global IT function. Jetha will join Bupa from the Financial Times, where she is... [16 Sep 2009]
Big Blue wants tech to get water management flowing
News In a partnership with the Nature Conservancy, it's gathering data on various environmental factors to measure the health of river ecosystems. IBM is developing a portfolio of IT-related water management technologies, a... [08 Sep 2009]
Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare
News Giving patients access to electronic records will play a vital role in helping the public look after their health and meet future demands on the NHS, a roundtable discussion hosted by IT services provider Simpl heard on... [21 Aug 2009]
The rules of outsourcing: 'I don't want to have a dog and bark myself'
News So how can a company keep a relationship with its IT supplier in rude health? What are the rules of a successful IT outsourcing partnership? They're more simple than you might imagine and, as with any long term... [14 Aug 2009]
Microsoft's Office coming to Nokia phones
News Office is also vital to Microsoft's fiscal health, with much of the company's profits still coming from Windows and Office. Microsoft is expected to announce a partnership today with European mobile giant Nokia to help... [12 Aug 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News Launching the review shadow health minister, Stephen O'Brien, said in a statement: "Labour's handling of NHS IT has been shambolic. However, it is the Tories' proposal that patient medical records could be manually or... [10 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Whitehall already offshores a limited amount of work, including some back office operations under the NHS Shared Business Services Centre run by Steria and the Department of Health. After years of resistance to... [03 Aug 2009]
