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NHS names top tech tag team
News The NHS announced in April that it would split the old NHS IT director general role in two following the departure of the previous holder of the post, Richard Granger, at the beginning of the year. Martin Bellamy will lead NHS Connecting for Health... [07 Aug 2008]
India: Low-cost, high-tech hub
News Ravi Bhamidipati, executive director of performance improvement at PricewaterhouseCoopers India, said in a phone interview: "From plain and simple cost arbitrage, India is today offering tremendous value arbitrage. [06 Aug 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News Marilyn Davidson, an Atsco director, said a survey of its members found "the general consensus is they are not seeing any of the contractors being unduly concerned at the moment about the need to find additional work or that their pay is being... [22 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. It is an emerging market and there could be unintended... [22 Jul 2008]
PAYE system not ready for rollout
News Bernadette Kenny, director general of personal tax at HMRC, said in a statement: "Ensuring that our customers are properly served by our PAYE services is of paramount importance to us but we will not go ahead with implementing the new system until... [21 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News European IT director at Key Equipment Finance, Nic Evans, said: "Heritage counts for naught in the information economy. Nic Bellenberg, IT director at Hachette Filipacchi UK also questioned the usefulness of exhibiting computers in glass cases. [15 Jul 2008]
Microsoft launches into virtualisation
News Reza Malekzadeh, director of products and marketing for Europe at VMware, said: "Microsoft is now finally delivering a hypervisor product, albeit one which is considerably pared-down functionality-wise from that [which was] originally promised. [27 Jun 2008]
NHS head defends major IT delays
News The two £200,000 per year posts will fill the IT director general post vacated by Richard Granger in January this year. Interviews for a new NHS CIO will take place at the end of June and for the project director for the NPfIT at the beginning of... [18 Jun 2008]
Workers waste company time online
News John Cridland, deputy director general of the CBI, said many businesses feel as long as the work gets done there's no problem with personal internet use as it can actually boost productivity and morale. [11 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News Andrea Pirotti, executive director of ENISA, said in a statement: "Europe must take security threats more seriously and invest more resources in NIS [network and information security]. ENISA called for the change in its General Report 2007, where... [27 May 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News John Higgins, director general of Intellect, said: "Every discussion we have with the members about what would help the sector focuses on the ability to get hold of the calibre of people they want. It must tackle a slump in technology teaching and... [14 May 2008]
UK should 'abandon' software market to China
News Tom Wills-Sandford, deputy director general of Intellect, said China is yet to cut into the UK software market but this could change in future. Sean Finnan, president of the UK trade association for technology Intellect and UK country manager for... [14 May 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News There will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed. This is the most significant WiMax-related deal to be struck in the developed world, as the technology has thus far... [09 May 2008]
SAP SaaS delay - no surprise
News Tim Payne, research director at Gartner, said: "To be honest we're not surprised. Green IT from A-Z… But yesterday the company extended this target by 12 to 18 months and added it will reduce investment in the tech by around €100m during 2008... [01 May 2008]
Top IT job at NHS split into two
News IT at the NHS will now be overseen by two £200,000-per-year executives, as compared to the previous single £280,000 IT director general post - filled by Richard Granger until January this year.silicon.com Public Sector [28 Apr 2008]
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