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New president takes the reins at Socitm

News Richard Steel has been named president of the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), the professional association for public sector IT managers. Steel has been at Newham Council since 1989 and previously worked for Morgan Grenfell...

Tags: cio, newham, local government, richard steel

[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...

Tags: john suffolk, socitm, cio

[02 Apr 2008]

'Fundamental' flaws in Child Support Agency IT

News Richard Steel, VP of local government IT user group Socitm, said: "When designing a complex IT system, a prerequisite is fundamental review of the relevant businesses processes before the detailed specification can be produced.

Tags: government, eds, child support agency, maintenance

[04 Mar 2008]

Careless homeworkers increase security risks

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...

Tags: homeworkers, cio jury, security, opening

[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...

Tags: outsourcing, cio jury, cost savings, cio

[31 Jan 2008]

Business execs snub Facebook

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...

Tags: facebook, cio jury, plaxo, linkedin

[11 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.

Tags: data loss, government, security, law

[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.

Tags: local government, transformation, spending, security

[03 Jan 2008]

Encryption not the key to data security

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

Tags: encryption, cio jury, richard, graham

[07 Dec 2007]

Microsoft licensing value under scrutiny

News Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham Richard Storey, head of IT, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust At a recent workshop by blue-chip user group the Corporate IT Forum, some IT chiefs said Microsoft's Select Agreements are a far...

Tags: microsoft, licensing, cio jury, windows vista

[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.

Tags: techies, skills, cio jury

[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...

Tags: cio essentials, newham, richard steel

[18 Sep 2007]

Tech sparks rapid rise in electricity bills

News Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham Two-thirds of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said the proportion of budget taken up by energy and electricity costs is rising rapidly. The issue is not so much that electricity costs are...

Tags: green, energy, electricity, cio jury

[15 Aug 2007]

Summer slowdown bad for IT projects

News Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham Richard Steele, CIO at the London Borough of Newham, said: "The work doesn't go away but you can't get to speak to anyone when you need them, and problems always occur when the key resources are on holiday.

Tags: project management, productivity, upgrades, cio jury

[03 Aug 2007]

Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks

News Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham Richard Rundle, IT director, BAA Half of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they are using or planning to use hard disk encryption to protect corporate data on laptops, while the other...

Tags: security, laptop, cio jury

[15 May 2007]

CIO Jury: Is VoIP secure enough for business?

News Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham - which is now rolling out wireless VoIP - said: "It's as secure as any other voice technology. Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham Voice over IP is secure and reliable enough for...

Tags: cio jury, voip

[16 Mar 2007]

CIO Jury: Complexity is the enemy

News But Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham, said the challenge is less about complexity and more about the increased scope and pace of change - especially in the public sector. Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham

Tags: complexity, cio jury

[14 Feb 2007]

CIO Jury: 'Cynical' licence audits under fire

News Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham, said: "It's their judgement call. Richard Steel, CIO, London Borough of Newham Corporate IT users have accused technology suppliers of cynically using software licence auditing as a tool to...

Tags: cio jury

[12 Jan 2007]

CIO Jury: Graduates lack basic skills

News Richard Steel, CIO at the London Borough of Newham, said: "We tend to develop relationships with undergraduates early, through work experience programmes, or similar, which has great benefits all round.

Tags: cio jury

[04 Jan 2007]

Re:Viewing 2006: CIO quotes of the year

News Richard Steel, chief information officer, the Borough of Newham, speaking at London's IP'06 event "I've always been grateful for the HR department because if ever there's been anybody the business liked less it was HR.

[21 Dec 2006]

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