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'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]
'You're responsible for your own wi-fi security' say ISPs
News Their comments follow a demonstration of email accounts being hacked through a public access hotspot on the BBC's Watchdog programme. Customers are responsible for their own wi-fi security, according to hotspot operators. [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: Google Waves hello to a new way of doing business
Photo Alexander Dreiling, programme manager with SAP, said: "In the old world you would have to call a meeting where they would generate those models. Since Google launched its Wave collaboration platform this year businesses... [02 Nov 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment In fact, a recent green IT survey, conducted by the CIO Executive Board - a programme of the Corporate Executive Board - revealed that 78 per cent of organisations already have a formal green IT... [21 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Nathaniel Martinez, IDC programme director for European enterprise servers said that last year, more money was spent on powering datacentres than was spent on acquiring new datacentre networking hardware, or new external... [19 Oct 2009]
Google unleashes biggest ever Apps rollout for 35,000 users
News The rollout is a major part of Rentokil Initial's ongoing five-year programme to upgrade its IT infrastructure. Business support services company Rentokil Initial has signed up for the biggest enterprise deployment of... [12 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment I recently sat on a search committee for a practical educational programme that is looking for an IT-specific course to advance IT in the business sector the programme caters to. The... [12 Oct 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile He has been government CIO since June 2006 and prior to this he was director general of the government's £2bn Criminal Justice IT programme. As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of... [30 Sep 2009]
HM Treasury strikes five-year IT services deal
News It will also deliver a secure remote-working programme for Treasury workers to help improve productivity. HM Treasury has struck a five-year deal with Fujitsu to provide a range of IT services. The services include... [25 Sep 2009]
ERP delays give CFOs a headache
News Tony Lock, programme director at Freeform Dynamics told silicon.com: "There are certainly delays in ERP projects but that, I think, is not specific to ERP projects, it's rather a symptom of IT projects in general. [25 Sep 2009]
Tube Lines reaps rewards of upgrading to Intel®CoreÂ2 processor with vProÂtechnology
White Paper A massive investment programme involving new trains and refurbished stations is currently underway. Tube Lines has a 30-year Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with London Underground. It is responsible for the... [24 Sep 2009]
The right skills to boost your pay packet unveiled
News If you're a programme manager in outsourcing and business consulting, all the skills are around genuine business engagement. Thinking of brushing up on your IT skills? Choose carefully and you could make a significant... [22 Sep 2009]
Facebook adds Nielsen to friends for ads
News He wouldn't comment on repeated rumours that Facebook will be launching an ad network for sites participating in its Facebook Connect programme. Part of that 2007 announcement included Beacon, the ill-fated advertising... [22 Sep 2009]
Facebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News It's finally over for Beacon, the ill-fated advertising programme that Facebook launched two years ago. The social network has settled a year-old class action lawsuit that targeted its alleged failure to provide adequate... [21 Sep 2009]
Cranfield University Embeds SAS in a Clinical Research MSc, Providing High Calibre Scientists for Industry
White Paper University deployed consistent support from the SAS Academic Programme in setting up and delivering the MSc in Translational Medicine, arming students with industry-leading expertise to manage clinical trials. [19 Sep 2009]