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Bank ringfencing will cause technological upheaval
Intellect analyst Ben Wilson likens the process to "open-heart surgery"
Environment Agency to spend £48m on mapping, modelling and data services
As part of a £1bn contract that will last for four years
Sainsbury's takes on BT's ADSL services
The deal will see broadband speed increased by 400 per cent and Sainsbury's trial wi-fi in its biggest store
Open data push is essential for growth, says Deloitte report
However, the government must be aware of accountability and privacy issues associated with this
Aviva rolls out PlayBooks to on-site surveyors
A bespoke application records on-site risk information which feeds directly into a database
DWP to trial 1,000 open-source desktops
The move comes in the wake of the government's recent drive to increase open source adoption across Whitehall
Government to open schools dedicated to STEM subjects
Osborne says new free schools will help to produce the engineering and science graduates the UK increasingly needs
Opinion: Anything you can do, an outsourcer can do better...
and more cost-effectively, according to the IT director at a leading finance firm
Open source: The government's commitment so far
Is the release of the Strategic Implementation Plan and the Open Source Procurement Toolkit enough to ensure a level playing field for the technology?
Government CIO Joe Harley to retire
Harley's departure follows that of deputy CIO Bill McCluggage announced earlier this month
Intellect initiatives will help government talk to SMEs
The Intellect report follows consultation with key figures, including government CIO Joe Harley
Government to speed up ICT procurement by 40 per cent
The average cost of procurement in the UK is currently £46,000, compared with about £19,000 in France
Friends Life signs £1.37bn deal with TCS subsidiary
15-year deal with Diligenta will see the migration and consolidation of legacy mainframe platforms
Government toolkit aims to boost open source procurement
The package gives advice around total cost of ownership and security
DWP awards another big IT contract to another big supplier
The contract with Accenture will be worth up to £490m over seven years
Trinity Mirror saves £750k with Google Apps for Business
All 6,500 staff will be provided with the range of collaborative features, and the intranet has been built using Google Sites
IT departments should offload device support, says Cisco CTO
Commenting on the latest Cisco Connected report, Foddering argues that consumerisation delivers opportunities to the IT department
Government's G-Cloud strategy begins to take shape
The government expects public cloud services to deliver at least 50 per cent of its ICT capacity by 2015
Government details its vision for cloud, green and end user IT
Four new government reports detail Whitehall's ICT goals
Whitbread CIO joins Morrisons
Ben Wishart joins Morrisons as Evolve programme director
Government's ICT plan details how it will save £1.4bn by 2015
The Strategic Implementation Plan puts meat on the bones of the government's March ICT strategy
Oracle buys Endeca, but what does this mean for the unstructured data market?
The move follows a public spat between Oracle and former target Autonomy
Carbon neutral datacentre launches in Portsmouth
With a PUE of 1.1 the datacentre's services will appeal to companies looking to meet Carbon Reduction Commitments
Infosys to create 200 jobs in UK
Despite a difficult climate, the Indian outsourcer has a guaranteed base level of growth
Getting NHS buy-in for PSN is a headache, says experts
NHS buy-in to the PSN is being stymied by fixed ideas around patient data security, central funding of the N3 network and a distributed governance structure
SAP's Business One can be too complex for smaller companies
Lack of functionality meant Beta Group, an SME user, had to spend money researching how to put the matter right
Can consumerisation be made to work?
IT leaders and industry insiders discuss the pros and cons of leaving users to their own devices
Interview: Hertfordshire County Council head of technology Dave Mansfield
With services firm Serco taking care of most of the day-to-day IT work at Hertfordshire council, Dave Mansfield and his small team are free to focus on long-term solutions
Don't lose sight of digital objectives in economic crisis, urges Kroes
In a speech to the European Telecoms Network Operators she stressed that fibre broadband is essential to remaining competitive
RM to make 460 redundancies following education cuts
Technology in schools provider restructures following dismal spending forecasts
Modular datacentres from HP boost R&D at Airbus
So-called PODs were up and running just four months after HP took the order
DWP signs big contracts with IBM and Capgemini
IBM and Capgemini government supplier contracts will both run for seven years
East Coast Mainline to give passengers real-time train information via Wi-Fi
The company combines feeds from the National Rail database and its own to provide customers with train information
Opinion: NPfIT - a chronicle of a death foretold
After three damning reports the NHS IT programme is finally put out of its misery. So now what?
IT education remains mired in uncertainty
Schools are struggling with a shortage of good computing teachers, a lack of assessment tools and ongoing confusion as to what the ICT curriculum should actually cover
Government initiative signals major overhaul of ICT curriculum
Minister David Willetts announces e-Skills-led pilot of new Computing GCSEs and A-levels
Spending watchdog sniffs trouble with DWP's flagship IT project
Public Accounts Committee report highlights concerns about the Universal Credit System project
More than 1,000 Fujitsu workers to strike this month
The strike, to take place on 19 September, will affect HMRC, the ONS and DVLA
One in four IT chiefs thinks cloud security fears are overhyped
A Cloud Watch report from Cisco asked 250 IT decision makers about their attitudes to the cloud
Opinion: Strength in numbers comes at a cost
Consolidation during a downturn isn't necessarily good for UK tech workers
Co-op Group's SaaS expenses system pays for itself in less than a year
The P2D software allows staff to photograph and upload receipts to a web system
Hertfordshire cuts costs and boosts speed with new broadband network
Network specialist Updata will provide Hertfordshire's schools with faster broadband
Northern Ireland gets £4.4m to help fund broadband rollout
This compares with the £56.9m awarded to Wales
JDA software boosts hotel group's revenue
Price optimisation software has increased revenue in the US and is now being rolled out in the UK
NPIA's online procurement process will launch today
The hub will be used by Lincolnshire police and be rolled out to all 43 forces by June 2012
Analysis: Government rules out web site blocking
But last week's landmark Newzbin2 ruling suggests the judiciary favours tough action against illegal file sharing
MPs call for Whitehall IT procurement shakeup to end 'rip-offs'
Report recommends more engagement with SMEs, and calls for a probe into alleged price fixing by big suppliers
Technology upgrade bowls over Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Test cricket ground swithches to HP Pro Curve, but keeps faith in Xirrus to field Wi-FI network upgrade