private sector
RSS private sectorAddressing the Insider Threat: Improving Database Security to Manage Risk Within the Federal Government
White Paper Government agencies face the same considerations in protecting critical, sensitive, and personally identifiable information as private sector companies but with the added complications of needing to... [13 Nov 2009]
Integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Improve Performance and Enhance Productivity in Federal Agencies
White Paper Off late high-profile accounting and management scandals in the commercial sector have given rise to legislative action to improve internal controls over financial reporting for companies participating in the financial... [13 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News We are ahead [of the private sector] in government and ahead of most other countries out there as well," he said. As a result, the public sector has "stopped eating pies and put... [13 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should be,... [28 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should be,... [23 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News As the budgets free up this I think that Windows 7 will be a success in the private sector. With the state of the finances in the public sector however I do not think there will be a big... [21 Oct 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of £16bn, the importance of government CIO John Suffolk cannot be overstated. Panellists said Suffolk is a pair of safe hands for the nation's... [30 Sep 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile The Agenda Setters judges were impressed with Price's success in driving IT up the education agenda and in collaborating with business to bring the private sector into the skills debate. As CEO of... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo With NHS plans to create electronic medical records still years away from completion, private sector companies are stepping in to fill the gap. The brightest new companies in the UK's Silicon Valley... [24 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for independently monitoring how ID cards are used by private companies and public sector organisations, as... [14 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing
Cheat Sheet Outsourcing deals are widespread throughout both the private and public sector. In the private sector, financial services slowed its spending on new outsourcing... [11 Sep 2009]
How green credentials are shaping IT contracts
Comment For some years, certain IT customers in the private sector (typically, the bigger private sector purchasers with a fairly assertive negotiating stance) have included... [10 Sep 2009]
Nationwide Financial Leverages Consolidated BI Platform for Risk Management, Sales & Marketing Analyses
White Paper NFS) provides financial services that help consumers invest and protect their long-term assets, and also offers retirement plans and services through public- and private-sector employers. Nationwide... [01 Sep 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News However, it is the Tories' proposal that patient medical records could be manually or automatically copied onto online health portals, such as private sector offerings including Microsoft HealthVault or... [10 Aug 2009]
Why it's still tough to find a good CIO
Comment There has been constant activity in the CIO recruitment sector during the first half of 2009. No sector seems to be immune to this, though all sectors are also scrutinising their costs base as we... [06 Aug 2009]
