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News Sign up for the PS newsletter today! The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a secure remote network to improve clinicians' access to cancer patient records. The project, which will cost £60,000 in the first year, has initially been... [21 Aug 2008]
Tech spend to top $3.4tr
News Gartner VP Jim Tully said in the report: "The US-led economic downturn shows no sign of causing a recession in IT spending. Despite a shaky global economic market, worldwide IT spending will pass the $3.4tr mark this year, up eight per cent from... [19 Aug 2008]
Bank job losses: offshoring not to blame
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! The use of offshoring is not the main contributor to job losses in the banking sector. According to a report from Deutsche Bank, restructuring is responsible for nearly three-quarters of bank redundancies, with... [18 Aug 2008]
Hackney Council in £1.9m IT overhaul
News Sign up for the PS newsletter today! Hackney Council is set to overhaul the entire IT operation supporting its housing department in a £1.9m deal with local government software specialist Civica. The council's management organisation, Hackney... [15 Aug 2008]
EDS legal move leaves Oyster contract hanging
News It was TTL's intention to sign this contract simultaneously with terminating the existing TranSys contract. This follows complex contract negotiations by Transport for London (TfL), first with the consortium, then with its individual members. [14 Aug 2008]
Consumers reluctant to give financial details online
News Sign up for the FS newsletter today! Most consumers are still reluctant to enter their personal financial details online, even though most actually willingly do so when asked, despite the fear of fraud online being greater than the chance of... [12 Aug 2008]
Online sales top high street by 2026
News Sign up for the R&L newsletter today! Comparison site uSwitch has predicted that online shopping will account for more than half of all consumer sales by 2026, amassing more than the high-street, mail order and telephone revenues put together. [12 Aug 2008]
Tech to get walkers back on streets of London
News Sign up for the PS newsletter today! London is to use pedestrian counting technology to help turn the capital into "one of the most walking friendly cities in the world". An intelligent camera system will count people on foot in 40 sites in Greater... [08 Aug 2008]
Birmingham to "enrich lives" through tech
News Sign up for the PS newsletter today! Birmingham City Council's technology transformation project is being driven by the need to improve the services that citizens receive across the city. Speaking in Birmingham, deputy council leader, Councillor... [08 Aug 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News Sign up for the R&L newsletter today! The government is battling European Union (EU) proposals to restrict the way it uses air passenger data to monitor immigration. The Home Office claims that the names and travel plans it collects are crucial to... [08 Aug 2008]
Tech job market beats off credit crunch
News Adam Stokes, operations manager at The IT JobBoard, said: "The good news is that we are seeing stability across IT positions as a whole, with no further significant drops since the beginning of the year - in fact an increase in networking... [07 Aug 2008]
IT teams not living up to public sector demands
News Sign up for the PS newsletter today! Workers in the public sector are increasingly dissatisfied with the IT that is intended to support them.silicon.com Public Sector Get the latest public sector news straight to your inbox. [07 Aug 2008]
UK at risk from repeat of US hack attack?
News Sign up for the R&L newsletter today! UK shoppers credit card details could be at risk from the same wireless hack technique that snared more than 40 million people's details in the US, according to security experts. [06 Aug 2008]
Welsh Assembly signs e-procurement contract
News Sign up for the PS newsletter today! The Welsh Assembly has signed a contract for a procurement tendering web portal that is expected to help it save £200m over five years. The portal, which supports the 'xchangewales' e-procurement programme, was... [06 Aug 2008]
£400m outsourcing deal faces employment tribunal
News Right from the beginning we had to set up some sort of confidentiality protocol and we invited Unison to sign this but they refused. Two local councils and IBM face legal action over claims a £400m outsourcing joint venture broke rules on the... [06 Aug 2008]
