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RSS pac'Incompetent': The verdict on gov't prisoner database
News Chair of the PAC, Edward Leigh, said of the programme that was designed to implement a single database between the Prison Service and the National Probation Service: "Even we were surprised by the extent of the failure... [03 Nov 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News BPO firms that are "struggling to survive" will be pushed out of the market by new vendors or be swallowed up by existing vendors Gartner predicts - with bids likely to be mounted by big software vendors and services companies, who will... [30 Sep 2009]
Green shoots? What green shoots? No let up in IT spending freeze
News According to a forecast by analysts Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) and TechMarketView (TMV), spending on software and IT services will fall to £39.5bn this year, a drop of 1.5 per cent on 2008. The public sector remains... [11 Aug 2009]
Ofcom to shake up number-porting times
News The first consultation relates to the Porting Authorisation Code (PAC) - the code that a user needs to get from their old operator and pass on to their new operator for their number to be transferred. [05 Aug 2009]
Bad tech suppliers not getting hit where it hurts
News According to a report published today by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), dealings between government and the vendors who provide the public sector's IT, facilities management and BPO services are far too comfortable. [28 Apr 2009]
Microsoft Campus: Platform Adoption Center D-Link Business Class xStack Switching Solution
White Paper The Microsoft Platform Adoption Center (PAC), located on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, had been running older, chassis-based switches that weren't feature-rich, and while the PAC had Gigabit network... [03 Apr 2009]
1980s computers hold up taxman's hunt
News The PAC report follows a long history of technical problems with the tax credit computer systems. Outdated computer systems are contributing to a huge backlog of people who may not be paying the right amount of tax, a... [24 Mar 2009]
Six-month 'kill or cure' deadline for NHS IT project
News A report released today by the parliamentary spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), labelled the DoH's progress on the CRS rollout as "very disappointing" and said its 2014-15 completion date - already... [27 Jan 2009]
£7bn MoD IT project: Late, overbudget, unloved
News The £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme was intended to provide a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command but the project is now 18 months late and at least £182m... [15 Jan 2009]
Bangalore and Mumbai get the cold shoulder
News According to Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), outsourcing companies are increasingly looking outside Bangalore and Mumbai when choosing new offshoring services bases. PAC found that while India remains... [07 Jan 2009]
Department for Transport "incompetence" over shared services
News But a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the project was mismanaged: "There are three ways in which implementation can fail: through delay in introducing planned developments; increased... [16 Dec 2008]
Web traders targeted in £2bn tax dodge crackdown
News The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has singled out individuals trading on the internet - along with the self-employed and buy-to-let landlords - as "new risks to tax revenue", caused by those who don't declare their... [09 Dec 2008]
Downturn won't mean "full stop" on tech spend
News Businesses now depend on technology to such an extent that it will be vital in helping businesses boost their efficiency, save money and retain customers, according to analyst house Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC). [20 Nov 2008]
Dell Helps Recycling Firm Reduce Energy Use by 40 Per Cent
White Paper VAL-I-PAC helps Belgian companies comply with strict regulations for recycling industrial packaging. VAL-I-PAC deployed Dell for its solution and replaced 10 physical servers with two Dell PowerEdge 2950... [08 Nov 2008]
BBC puts software licensing in the spotlight
News This followed PAC criticism of the BBC for only holding five e-auctions in 2007/08, after it managed to save £3m per year by holding 19 in the previous two years. The BBC has pledged it will continue reviewing all of its... [31 Oct 2008]
