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RSS public sector cioLeaked report reveals billions in budget cuts for public sector IT
News The report, prepared by the CIO Council and the Cabinet Office, details how the government could cut billions from its IT budget each year. Shared services delivered through the cloud will help the... [30 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment And finally, having the IT director or CIO be a co-leader in identifying those sorts of disruptive moves that a company can produce in order to drive real competitive advantage. There are a number of tactical things that... [18 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News Chant, who is also the CIO for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), believes the government has now laid the groundwork to trim the 460,000 tonnes of CO2 pumped out by Whitehall IT each year. [13 Nov 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... [23 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. Suffolk and the... [30 Sep 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News In February the CIO Council published a policy designed to stimulate the uptake of open source across the public sector. Tuck was also sceptical about the impact that the... [29 Sep 2009]
HM Treasury strikes five-year IT services deal
News Treasury CIO Karen Delafield said the deal would help deliver a "modern, flexible, secure and resilient ICT service". The Flex framework will see Fujitsu offering shared services to a range of public... [25 Sep 2009]
Let's shine a light into the public sector IT money pit
Comment In his blog, government CIO John Suffolk echoes Read's calls for increased oversight. It's a hard lesson to learn - particularly for the UK taxpayer - who has seen the government throw increasingly large sums of money at... [17 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. The supply of good CIO candidates tends to be limited in any market. More surprising perhaps... [06 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Jos Creese, who sits on the government's CIO Council - a group of CIOs from across central and local government that discuss IT issues affecting the public sector - told silicon.com... [03 Aug 2009]
NHS records, Google and Microsoft: Where do you want your data?
Comment The plans to create a single electronic medical record are undeniably in a critical condition, with the NHS CIO Christine Connelly giving suppliers six months to speed up delivery of key IT systems. The Conservatives... [07 Jul 2009]
Heat wave? No sweat for 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... [03 Jul 2009]
Whitehall IT to pack its bags for pastures new?
News The comments come ahead of a report into how much public sector work should be offshored, which cross-government group the Strategic Supply Board will present to the CIO Council at the... [24 Jun 2009]
Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo Tony Mather, CIO of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, was also representing the public sector at the event - and making his second appearance on the CIO50 list.Photo credit: Chris... [19 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News The CIO Council and UK IT trade association Intellect are currently developing a business case for funding the G-Cloud. The G-Cloud could help the public sector meet savings targets... [17 Jun 2009]
