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News Richard Steele, CIO, London Borough of Newham CIOs are split on the controversial issue of adopting more open source software in corporate IT. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, participants were asked whether they planned to increase the... [21 Jul 2008]
Smart phone battle: Qwerty vs touchscreen
News Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham and president of Socitm, said: "Qwerty keyboards were designed to slow typists down in the days when the print hammers could get tangled. Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham [22 May 2008]
New president takes the reins at Socitm
News Newham Borough Council's CIO was confirmed in the role at the society's AGM held at the British Library. Steel has been at Newham Council since 1989 and previously worked for Morgan Grenfell (now Deutsche Bank). [29 Apr 2008]
Local gov't CIOs to set national agenda
News Members of the Local Government CIO Council include, among others: Peter Bole, head of ICT commissioning at Kent County Council; Richard Steel, CTO Council member and CIO at the London Borough of Newham; Dylan Roberts, head of ICT at Leeds City... [02 Apr 2008]
Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome
News Some early adopter customers include General Motors, Newham Borough Council and Tube Lines. Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Server 2008 has been given a cautious welcome by customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched Windows Server 2008 this... [28 Feb 2008]
Careless homeworkers increase security risks
News Social networks also pose a security risk, according to Richard Steel, CIO for the London Borough of Newham. Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham That view of increased security risks is backed by 10 of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT... [08 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham, argued: "It depends how bad the service being outsourced is. Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham That's the verdict of two-thirds of UK IT chiefs in silicon.com's CIO Jury 12-strong IT... [31 Jan 2008]
Business execs snub Facebook
News Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham, is also on Facebook but again purely for social rather than business-related contacts or networking. Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham Just one of the 12 IT executives in silicon.com's... [11 Jan 2008]
iPhone 'mugging fear' unfounded, say police
News Operation Prestige took place in eight London boroughs: Brent, Camden, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets - which were selected after analysis of police intelligence, said Paice. [07 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News Richard Steel, CIO of the London Borough of Newham and vice president of local government IT user group Socitm, told silicon.com: "I think probably it should be [a criminal offence] but there have to be controls. [03 Jan 2008]
Local gov't tech spend to hit £3bn
News Richard Steel, CIO of the London Borough of Newham and vice president of Socitm said his organisation plans to spend a similar amount on IT during the next 12 months as last year, but will focus on knowledge management and quality of data systems. [03 Jan 2008]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Richard Steel, CIO for the London Borough of Newham, added encryption should be used "where the data must be mobile and combined with two-factor authenticated access". Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham [07 Dec 2007]
Microsoft licensing value under scrutiny
News Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham The costly Enterprise Agreements include free product updates and support over the three-year lifetime of the deals but the lack of new updates is forcing some organisations to consider alternative... [15 Nov 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham The number of full-time undergraduates studying IT courses in the UK has fallen by a third since 2002 to 75,000 students in 2006, according to university admissions body UCAS. [11 Oct 2007]
CIO Essentials: Male techies, data breaches and web 2.0...
News This week we hear from Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the... [18 Sep 2007]
