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BBC names new CIO as part of tech shake-up
News She has also been technology controller for BBC Nations & Regions, which saw her setting the technology strategy for the launch of BBC Northern Ireland's Digital NI project, and head of technology for News from 2000 to... [09 Oct 2009]
National Instruments Improves Process Efficiency and Data Access With Service-Oriented Approach
White Paper National Instruments (NI) wanted to create a new standards-based reference architecture to help NI respond to growing internal and external requirements to expose additional applications and data to the... [28 Aug 2009]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News Invest Northern Ireland (NI), the regional economic development agency, is billing the region as the place for technology and financial services and is working to increase already healthy investment, and technology firms... [02 Jun 2008]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News This point was echoed by another reader - consultant David Leslie, from Edinburgh - who wrote: "As I understand it, excessive personal data was being transferred - NAO was only asking for NI numbers, but they were being... [22 Nov 2007]
Opinion: Why I fear joined-up government
Comment In principle I don't but in practice I'm naturally uneasy when it comes to public-sector guardianship of personal data - whether this involves national insurance (NI) or NHS information, or simply the list of people who... [18 Jan 2007]
CA and BT seal Northern Ireland data deal
News Gerry Robinson, managed services and hosting manager at BT NI, said it was the breadth of CA's offering that appealed as it provided services which would previously have been covered by at least two vendors. [18 May 2005]
CA sued (again): This time for $800m
News NI Group, Scienton Technologies and Secure-IT claim CA stole concepts and software as well as failing to honour a contract to pay up for development and implementation work carried out for a number of CA customers. [06 Jul 2004]
Belfast has the cheapest IT staff in Europe - almost
News Regional booster Invest NI has just pushed out a salary survey indicating "significantly lower employer costs in Belfast". Trevor Killen, director of Invest NI in Dublin, said in a statement: "This is... [13 May 2004]
NI awards £26.7m health deal to Steria
News Steria has won a 10-year £26.7m contract to link healthcare organisations in Northern Ireland and modernise GPs' surgeries. Coming ahead of similar plans to join up healthcare across the rest of the UK, the IT services company says it is... [30 Oct 2003]
Inland Revenue 'glitch' creates £15bn pension crisis
News As a result it is mainly low-paid workers whose NI contributions did not meet the £4,625 minimum who will now need to pay an extra £1,500 to qualify for the full state pension when they retire. Around ten million people... [15 May 2003]
China says 'Ni-hao' to Microsoft know-how
News Microsoft today signed a pact with Chinese officials to reveal its software's highly-protected source code, making China among the first to benefit from its programme to allay the security fears of governments. [28 Feb 2003]
Combined BFWA bidding reaches £38m
News Elsewhere, Chorus Communications (£140,000), Eircom NI (£150,000) and Formus Communications (£140,000) are each bidding for the three Northern Ireland licences. During today's first round, Norweb Telecom opened the... [15 Nov 2000]
Share option relief, let the bidding begin and Visa on the web
News The NI breaks on share options are just one of a host of measures in a largely benevolent Budget, raising the question: Where is the money coming from? Obviously such news will be greeted nowhere so keenly as in the... [09 Nov 2000]
Site gives employers the incentive to reward
News The bonus for management is an integrated tax and NI log that provides employers with all the information that they need to feed into their payroll systems. Incentiveshop.com will help users work out the tax deductions... [27 Oct 2000]
Brain drains and Nasty Nick Bateman
Comment Estimated outgoing on overheads.leaving potential earnings of £750/wk less personal tax and insurance at the relevant rates.it does not leave much for the 'NI and tax dodging dividends' that the government perceives as a... [12 Sep 2000]
