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News In his view disclosure is likely to enhance public debate of issues such as the programme's feasibility and how it is managed. M is for Money The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published.
[14 Apr 2008]
News The first annual Benefits Statement published by the government estimates the National Programme for IT in the NHS has already saved £208m by March 2007.silicon.com Public Sector Of that amount, £192m was saved through the national Network for the...
[13 Mar 2008]
News A spokesman for Intellect said: "In the technology sector SME access to public contracts has been a real issue, particularly in the National Programme for IT [in the NHS], and Intellect has been working to improve the situation for smaller companies.
[12 Mar 2008]
Comment Of those who do, many will need to be earning money for their family by the age of 12 or so - indeed, many will be the sole breadwinner and head of the household by that age. Under its Unlimited Potential programme, aimed at providing access to...
[07 Feb 2008]
News Support for the UK's national ID card programme continues to plummet as one quarter of people say they are strongly opposed to the scheme. M is for Money According to the ICM poll, 25 per cent of those surveyed thought it was a "very bad" idea - up...
[06 Feb 2008]
Comment It was really sitting down and trying to understand the business and where they were going before diving in and spending money on IT," says Lynch. That meant some standardisation of systems across the organisation but Lynch was keen not to create a...
[30 Jan 2008]
Case Study Global pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca, has just completed a huge project to upgrade its ageing email system, helping the company reduce the number of servers it uses and save money. Speaking to silicon.com, Gary Keogh, global programme manager...
[23 Jan 2008]
Comment In fact this was pretty much confirmed by Joe Harley, programme and systems delivery officer at the Department for Work and Pensions, who was quoted saying only 30 per cent of projects are successful.
[22 Jan 2008]
News On a more positive note, the public sector - both central and local - has been able to demonstrate a number of IT projects that clearly save money and make administration more efficient. Following damning criticism by US security expert Frank...
[19 Dec 2007]
News Saxe referred to Firebird, a programme to examine how Morgan Stanley's 12 data centres around the world can be made more efficient and cost effective - with air cooling seen as one of the future options.
[02 Nov 2007]
News When the Riaa does sue individuals, settlements and judgments are generally reinvested into the group's anti-piracy programme, said a Riaa spokesman. Accused of encouraging the illegal sharing of more than 1,700 songs, Jammie Thomas, 30, elected to...
[05 Oct 2007]
News Mika Stahlberg, programme manager of the security response team at F-Secure, said the company is still seeing very big botnets around the world but coders are no longer trying to build as big a botnet as they can because that does not make any...
[28 Sep 2007]
News The funding was granted in response to a call from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, a research programme that seeks to develop technologies and knowledge to mitigate threats including terrorism, organised crime and natural disasters.
[13 Sep 2007]
News Speaking on the same programme the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said there are risks of errors, mistakes and mix-ups with such a massive database and serious consequences as a result. In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme Lord...
[05 Sep 2007]
Case Study Anthony Salter, programme manager at Norton Rose, said the communications network integrates a host of features and capabilities which can help staff work more effectively and efficiently, without increasing costs.
[23 Aug 2007]
News The local Partnerships for Schools will also work with Civica on the Sheffield BSF programme with the software company providing advice on how to develop an IT strategy that offers value for money. The deal with Sheffield City Council will provide...
[08 Aug 2007]
News GPSoC was announced in February and is designed to make sure patients see the full benefits of technology upgrades made through the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). By giving GPs the choice, it is hoped better value for money can be achieved...
[31 Jul 2007]
whitepaper As organisations continue to take advantage of the opportunities available through global networking, and need to comply with existing or new security laws and regulations, difficult decisions arise about how much money to invest in IT security...
[19 Jul 2007]
News The BBC signed the 10-year deal with SBS in 2004 to replace the services previously supplied by BBC Technology, which include desktop computers, specialist technology projects and support for programme production and broadcast functions.
[28 Jun 2007]
Comment Back in the corridors of Whitehall, given the historical problems with big government IT projects all eyes will continue to be on the NHS IT programme, the MoD's DII outsourcing deal and the projected costs and procurement for the controversial...
[27 Jun 2007]
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