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DWP appoints Monster to overhaul Jobcentre Plus online services

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The contract is worth up to £20m
07 Feb 2012

Wellcome Trust CIO extols the virtues of tablets

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130 iPads put in circulation to help ease logistical problems with papers
07 Feb 2012

BAE Systems selects Logica for six-year HR services contract

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Logica to take over from Xchanging
06 Feb 2012

Government looks to set up £4bn hardware framework

The agreement will cover government departments, the BBC, the Royal Mail Group, the Met Office and NHS bodies
06 Feb 2012

BT considers appeal against proposed infrastructure price caps

Ofcom wants Openreach to charge less for accessing its lines
06 Feb 2012

UK Border Agency seeks “innovative” payment services for asylum seekers

A contract worth £3m will be issued to the winning bidder
06 Feb 2012

John Lewis launches bring-your-own tablets policy for senior staff

Retailer's CIO is also looking to develop apps for customers, as well as John Lewis staff
06 Feb 2012

EU asks Google to put upcoming privacy changes on hold

Impact on EU users' personal data needs to be analysed, says privacy watchdog
03 Feb 2012

BT to offer 300Mbit/s fibre to the home in 2013

On-demand service will be available to homes and businesses in FTTC-enabled areas – for a fee
03 Feb 2012

Verisign admits it was victim of hacking

Firm managing the .com domain took a year to inform its own management of the data breaches
03 Feb 2012

Post Office seeks partner for £150m IT overhaul

Potential suppliers require a minimum turnover of £20m per annum
03 Feb 2012

e-Skills UK claims 85 per cent of ITMB graduates find work within six months

Skills body says course develops a broader skillset in graduates than a computer science degree
03 Feb 2012

Apple releases large swathe of security patches

Products affected include OSX Lion and QuickTime
03 Feb 2012

Experts praise UK's cyber defences but say more international co-operation needed to fight attacks

Security & Defence Agenda report gives UK four stars out of five for 'cyber preparedness'
03 Feb 2012

Scottish government awards £2.2m smartcard contract to Novacard

The German company will supply three million smartcards to local authorities in Scotland
03 Feb 2012

Cisco launches BIG Awards to reward SME innovations in technology

The winner of the annual competition will receive a prize worth approximately £126,000
02 Feb 2012

IT salaries increased at fastest rate for three years in 2011

Fourth quarter results show a 25 per cent increase in contract IT jobs postings
02 Feb 2012

IBM finalises Emptoris acquisition

Technology giant builds on Smarter Commerce initiative
02 Feb 2012

Facebook set to float

The social networking site has filed for its initial public offering in the US
02 Feb 2012

Cisco visionary highlights the top IT trends of the coming decade

Networking firm's chief futurist says technology has taken over from natural selection
02 Feb 2012

Maude hails gov.uk beta as another milestone in government IT transformation

Government web domain predicted to save £50m a year
01 Feb 2012

Scotland publishes digital infrastructure plan

It aims to have world-class digital infrastructure in place by 2020
01 Feb 2012

IT directors struggling to get board support for disaster recovery plans

Many are also neglecting to back up data held in virtualised environments
01 Feb 2012

Government outlines £1.5bn framework for software services

The framework will cover ERP, business intelligence and big data
01 Feb 2012