year in review
RSS year in reviewHow to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News Antony Hayes, commercial director for RMG, was appointed a year ago to reduce the £110m the RMG was spending on running its IT operation each year. Instead Hayes initiated a root and branch... [20 Nov 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News They often begin with a sentence such as: "Following a review of your fiscal activity you are due a refund of tax of £XXX. This is the third warning the HMRC has issued about online tax refund scams this... [16 Oct 2009]
George Osborne
AS Profile In February of this year Osborne backed the findings of a Conservative-commissioned review of government IT that claimed "the government would never need to sign another IT contract... [29 Sep 2009]
US ramps up probe into Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal
News When there are three major companies in a market, and two of them decide to join forces, that almost automatically provokes a review, said Matthew Cantor, an antitrust lawyer with Constantine Cannon... [14 Sep 2009]
Cisco Visual Networking Index: 2008 Year in Review/Video Highlights
White Paper Many consumer and business IP networking trends are being driven largely by video and social networking and collaboration (i.e. Web 2.0 technologies), which combined are termed "Visual Networking. The Cisco VNI is an ongoing initiative... [30 Aug 2009]
Apple finally reveals why some iPhone apps get a 'yes' at the App Store
News It's been over a year since Apple inaugurated its App Store but it has finally shed some light on how the approval process works. In total, since the App Store was opened last year,... [24 Aug 2009]
Could new internet routing chop 40 per cent off Google's electricity bill?
News Researchers have come up with a new way to route internet traffic that could save big internet companies like Google millions on their electricity bills, according to an article published by MIT's Technology Review. [19 Aug 2009]
Apple breaks app-approval silence with rude dictionary 'no' explanation
News Apple's Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing and last seen playing the role of Steve Jobs at Apple events this year, emailed John Gruber of Daring Fireball to comment on the approval process of... [07 Aug 2009]
Was £26bn IT savings claim sexed up?
News The Gershon Review into government efficiency, published in 2003, identified IT as an area where "major efficiencies" could be achieved, recommending that departments should procure joint IT systems and... [29 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up Incidents of the phishing email, which typically starts "Following a review of your fiscal activity you are due a refund of tax of £XXX", have reached the thousands this month. According to the Identity and Passport... [24 Jul 2009]
Symbian offers app developers a helping hand
News Developers will be encouraged to submit their apps for review by Horizon staff and those judged to be of the best quality, the most innovative and which make best use of the platform will be singled out for special... [16 Jul 2009]
Five ways Microsoft has changed since Gates left
Comment A review of Microsoft's past year would not be complete without a mention of its new desktop operating system, Windows 7, the successor of the poorly received Windows Vista… But how much has really... [08 Jul 2009]
LSE gears up for new tech direction
News TradElect was introduced in June 2007, the culmination of a four-year technology roadmap for the LSE which cost around £40m. Earlier this year, the LSE's incoming CEO Xavier Rolet... [29 Jun 2009]
Next stop HMRC: How TfL CIO will shake up the taxman
Comment Pavitt's challenge will be to realise vision of the Poynter Review and implement a single customer record across the HMRC's 650 computer systems. By August of this year, he hopes to have rolled them out... [26 Jun 2009]
Nuclear authority picks CSC for £31m deals
News The UKAEA was restructured into separate companies early in 2008 and, following a review of the business later that year, the authority decided that continued in-house... [12 Jun 2009]
