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Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
News These are: Bury College; Canterbury College; Chichester College; Tresham Institute, Kettering; Sandwell College; Somerset College of Arts and Technology; New College, Swindon; Stockport College; Stratford upon Avon... [06 Aug 2008]
Black Country gets tech savvy
News The consortium is made up of four local authorities - Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton - and co-ordinates various public, private and voluntary groups. The Black Country Consortium (BCC) is making technology a... [05 Dec 2007]
Southampton's outsourcing costs double to £290m
News The deal adds to Capita's recent BPO wins in local government with a £424m contract in Birminghman and a £140m contract in Swindon, although rival BT, in partnership with Liberat, also bagged a recent £300m deal with... [23 Mar 2007]
Gates and Brown: Tech transforming education
News In the UK Microsoft has been working with local authorities in Kent, Knowsley, Lewisham, Sandwell and Sheffield to integrate technology into educational institutions. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has laid out a vision... [31 Jan 2007]
£300m council deal goes to BT and Liberata
News Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council has chosen BT and Liberata as preferred bidders for a 15-year £300m contract to overhaul the authority's IT, finance, HR and payroll and customer services. Final contracts with the... [05 Jan 2007]
Photos: Hospitals cut the cords
Photo Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich has installed a wireless LAN in 20 wards to help doctors access medical databases on the wards. Rutland Memorial Hospital has trialled a secure wireless network to allow therapy... [06 Oct 2005]
Council chooses Fujitsu for £6m e-government deal
News Sandwell plans to meet the 2005 e-government deadline with a £6m implementation of and Oracle suite covering finance, purchasing, human resources and payroll. Tina Nicholls, project manager at Sandwell... [17 Jun 2003]
Is your local authority an e-laggard?
News Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Amber Valley Borough Council Aylesbury Vale District Council Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Bracknell Forest Borough Council Brentwood Borough Council Brighton and Hove Council [05 Nov 2000]