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Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release

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.

Tags: gateway reviews, national identity register, id cards

[14 Apr 2008]

NHS IT savings predicted to hit £1.14bn

NHS IT savings predicted to hit £1.14bn

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...

Tags: nhs, government, connecting for health, programme

[13 Mar 2008]

Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall

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.

Tags: budget, public sector, sme, innovation

[12 Mar 2008]

How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day

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...

Tags: education, skills, microsoft, third world

[07 Feb 2008]

ID cards? One in four says no!

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...

Tags: no2id, id cards, government, london

[06 Feb 2008]

The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group

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...

Tags: go ahead group, dave lynch, cios, wi fi

[30 Jan 2008]

AstraZeneca brings its email bang up to date

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...

Tags: astrazeneca, migration, global, email

[23 Jan 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Why big government IT projects fail

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.

Tags: project, outsourcing, management, public sector

[22 Jan 2008]

Top 10 government IT stories of the year

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...

Tags: public sector, hmrc, government, chips

[19 Dec 2007]

Top banks get serious about going green

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.

Tags: green, energy, morgan stanley, hsbc

[02 Nov 2007]

Woman hit with $220k bill in file-sharing case

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...

Tags: riaa, kazaa, music industry, file-sharing

[05 Oct 2007]

Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets

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...

Tags: f-secure, malware, botnet

[28 Sep 2007]

Counterterrorism gets $200m tech backing from EU

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]

Judge calls for "universal" national DNA database

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...

Tags: database, dna

[05 Sep 2007]

Norton Rose reaps rewards of comms upgrade

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.

Tags: law, affiniti, communication

[23 Aug 2007]

£50m boost for IT in schools

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...

Tags: essex county council, sheffield city council, education it, managed services

[08 Aug 2007]

GPs to get greater tech choice

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...

Tags: nhs, procurement, connecting for health, npfit

[31 Jul 2007]

Information Security Governance: Guidance for Board of Directors and Executive Management

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...

Tags: security standards, governance, directors, executive

[19 Jul 2007]

BBC's £1.5bn outsourcing costs under fire

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.

Tags: public accounts committee, siemens business services, bbc

[28 Jun 2007]

The CIOs transforming government IT

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...

Tags: cio50

[27 Jun 2007]

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