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RSS socitmOffshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Steve Palmer, president of public sector IT association Socitm, said public bodies should consider offshoring as one of the many "tools in their armoury" when providing IT services. After years of resistance to... [03 Aug 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News The group, composed of IT manager association Socitm, environmental charity Global Action Plan and IT suppliers Logicalis and CA, called for the fund in its report A Shared Vision for Smarter Services, which was launched... [29 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News Steve Palmer, president of the association for public sector IT managers Socitm, said that the benefits of the G-Cloud would extend beyond savings to better collaboration and information sharing within government. [17 Jun 2009]
Skydiving and kendo: What CIOs do when they aren't at work…
News Many of course are also involved with industry associations such as the British Computer Society, Socitm and the government CIO council - as well as silicon.com's very own CIO Jury, of course. Every year the silicon.com... [10 Jun 2009]
Steve Palmer
CIO Profile Palmer is the 2009/10 president of Socitm, as well as a Chartered Information Technology Practitioner and fellow of the British Computer Society. Steve Palmer was named in the CIO50 in its inaugural year in 2007 for his... [03 Jun 2009]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile Steel has just finished a year as president of public sector IT managers association Socitm, where he oversaw an overhaul of the organisation that improved its efficiency. He is passionate about the importance of robust... [03 Jun 2009]
Kay Brown
CIO Profile She has also been a member of the Scottish Socitm committee for 10 years, as well as the British Computer Society and CITP and represents Scotland on the Local Government CIO Council. As head of IT for South Lanarkshire... [03 Jun 2009]
Jos Creese
CIO Profile Creese is also vice president of Socitm and chair of the Local Government CIO Council. Jos Creese became Hampshire County Council's head of IT in 2002, nearly 20 years after first joining the organisation. [02 Jun 2009]
David Tidey
CIO Profile A member of the local government technology body Socitm, Tidey has been a British Computer Society member for 15 years, sits on the BCS Professionalism Board, and chairs the BCS Elite group. David Tidey moved to the... [01 Jun 2009]
Glyn Evans
CIO Profile With 27 years' experience of local authority IT support under his belt, Evans chairs Socitm Futures and is a member of the CIO Council and the Local Government Delivery Council. Glyn Evans has helped save costs and... [01 Jun 2009]
"I am frankly not much excited by technology per se"
Comment After working with the DoH, Creese - who is also vice-president of local government IT professional body, Socitm made the move into IT management by joining Hampshire County Council. Hampshire County Council head of IT... [22 Apr 2009]
CTOs to go the way of the steam train
News As computer users become more tech-savvy and more IT services are delivered through web apps and software as a service the role of the CTO will become increasingly devalued, according to the report by public sector IT body... [26 Feb 2009]
Cloud could be 'more important than the PC'
News The advent of cloud computing could have a greater impact on public sector IT than the PC revolution did in the 1980s, according to the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm). While the PC may have given... [23 Feb 2009]
Public sector says no to web 2.0
News Laggards" in local government are doggedly resisting user generated content, blogging, mash-ups and social networking on council websites, according to the Web 2.0: what it is and why it matters report by public sector IT body... [15 Sep 2008]
CIOs brave the cold for children's charity
News Steel said: "As a public sector CIO and, now, the president of Socitm I'm used to thinking about how ICT can be used to promote improved service accessibility through digital inclusion, but Byte Night provides a special... [07 Aug 2008]
