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Nato fires up cyber defences

News Nato supreme allied commander for transformation, General James Mattis, said there is a compelling need for the centre to help Nato "defy and successfully counter the threats in this area". A Nato cyber defence centre of excellence has been...

Tags: security, training, estonia, cyber attack

[16 May 2008]

Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?

News And Peter Brudenall, partner at the global outsourcing division of law firm Hunton and Williams, said: "The difference with outsourcing now is that companies now want to see providers coming up with more innovation, they want to see a...

Tags: ito, offshoring, outsourcing

[12 May 2008]

Scottish Water splashes out on tech

News The water supplier has been working on a tech transformation project for the past six years and is already working with Atos Origin, Fujitsu, Logica and TCS. Scottish Water has signed three tech contracts to the tune of £120m to help improve its...

Tags: transformation, managed services, fujitsu, water

[28 Apr 2008]

Croydon inks £83m deal with Capgemini

News Capgemini will also provide consultancy services for Croydon's transformation programme to improve the level and efficiency of local services. Croydon Council has signed an extension to its IT outsourcing deal with Capgemini, worth an estimated...

Tags: outsourcing, capgemini, croydon

[23 Apr 2008]

Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'

News Ozzie wrote in a memo to company employees: "As our industry has evolved because of this web-catalysed services transformation, so too has Microsoft. Microsoft has begun testing technology that brings together a user's pictures, documents and other...

Tags: google, cloud, microsoft

[23 Apr 2008]

Lloyds TSB beefs up project management

News He said: "Lloyds TSB is constantly launching new projects, such as creating new products into the branches, internal transformation, branch refurbishments. Lloyds TSB has made a multimillion-pound investment in a software toolkit to help improve...

Tags: best practice, project management, lloyds tsb

[04 Apr 2008]

Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland

News The Edinburgh-born Lister, named one of the UK's top CIOs last year, has been at Reuters driving the company's 'Fast Forward' transformation programme, putting in place a global platform and cutting tech costs.

Tags: royal bank of scotland, reuters, david lister

[01 Apr 2008]

Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics

News Beijing's new $3bn airport terminal has completed the rollout of a major part of its IT infrastructure ahead of the Olympic Games in August. Sita, the IT services company which specialises in aviation, has completed the installation of 700 work...

Tags: flights, heathrow, olympics, beijing

[31 Mar 2008]

Nationwide banks on SAP

News Nationwide Building Society will use the latest version of SAP's banking platform as the foundation for its £300m Voyager business transformation project. Speaking to silicon.com, Darin Brumby, Nationwide's divisional director for business systems...

Tags: nationwide, legacy, transformation, platform

[18 Mar 2008]

Heathrow T5 - it's not just about the tech

News This is not an IT project, it's a business transformation project. British Airways' tech chief Paul Coby has explained some of the IT challenges behind Heathrow's soon-to-be-unveiled Terminal 5. Due to open on 27 March, Terminal 5 is the new home...

Tags: staff, heathrow, customers, baa

[03 Mar 2008]

Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC

News This is going to require a very big transformation in business models in the sector and [major regulatory changes]. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for ADSL B is for BT

Tags: fibre, eu, ec, authority

[28 Feb 2008]

BNP Paribas in £50m outsourcing deal

News BP²I UK country manager Thierry Bjalon said in a statement: "IT transformation is crucial to our business success and we have selected Atos Origin because of its position in financial services, its delivery track record and experience of managing...

Tags: bnp paribas, ibm, outsourcing, france

[10 Jan 2008]

Intel CEO: Personal devices to bring innovation to web

News To illustrate this transformation, Otellini's speech was preceded by a video take-off of Video Killed the Radio Star. The ability to connect practically all electronic devices to the internet will unleash a burst of innovation and business...

Tags: intel, ces, chips, electronics

[08 Jan 2008]

Local gov't tech spend to hit £3bn

News Public sector IT managers also said commitment among management and members to local government business transformation is on the increase. The survey found 21 per cent of organisations have member involvement with transformation (up from 14 per...

Tags: local government, transformation, spending, security

[03 Jan 2008]

Tesco IT chief steps down

News Its CEO Sir Terry Leahy has publicly praised the role technology has played in the supermarket chain's transformation into a global general merchandise retailer. Group IT director Colin Cobain is leaving at the end of November after leading the IT...

Tags: tesco, cio, colin cobain, retail

[14 Nov 2007]

Data sharing 'could sap public confidence'

News However, Sir David Varney, the Prime Minister's adviser on public-service transformation, said the nature of the data to be shared between government departments was still under discussion. The government has been warned increased data sharing...

Tags: government, data sharing, confidence, public sector

[12 Nov 2007]

BT profits take a tumble

News In April, BT announced it would be creating two new divisions - BT Design and BT Operate - to assist in the company's transformation from telecoms incumbent to IT services giant. BT's latest results show the company's first profit fall in six...

Tags: bt, it services, telecoms, revenue

[09 Nov 2007]

Royal Mail opts for SAP to cut sourcing costs

News Daniel Cameron, Royal Mail procurement director of performance and transformation, told silicon.com: "What's become very evident is the technology gives us more bandwidth and shortens the procurement process.

Tags: application, sap, royal mail

[26 Oct 2007]

The secret of making the CIO grade

News Mitchell Lenson, ex-CIO of Deutsche Bank, said his career was also unplanned and he followed an "entrepreneurial career management" path of swapping careers to improve his personal skill-sets to adapt to the role of being a CIO which he said is...

Tags: skills, career, cio forum

[17 Oct 2007]

Facebook founder tops Agenda Setters list

News Clearly, the technology industry has undergone a massive transformation since then, as a 23-year-old has taken the top slot as the CEO of one of the largest social networks in the world. Mark Zuckerberg, the 23-year-old founder and CEO of social...

Tags: apple, roaming, bbc, facebook

[17 Oct 2007]

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