Articles by Derek du Preez
Analysis: Is the government's open data drive in danger of stalling?
The Coalition's open data agenda has been widely welcomed, but some supporters believe more steps need to be taken to ensure its ambitions are realised
Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, HMRC
HMRC's CIO plans to consolidate the department's vast and disparate IT arsenal on to a mere 13 machines over the next five years
Big data: hands on or hands off?
Are enterprises better off using outside datacentre specialists when it comes to exploiting big data, and if so, what are the implications for the role of CIO?
UK absent from Fibre-to-the-Home global ranking
Only economies with more than 1 per cent of households connected to FTTH can be ranked
Aylesbury Council plans £1.5m ERP cloud deal
The council may extend the service to other councils in the area
Cisco to appeal £5.3bn Microsoft-Skype deal
The networking giant is taking its concerns to European court
John Lister quits role as CIO of Specsavers
CIO had been in the position since 2009
London NHS trusts plan £400m patient administration system
The solution will cover a wide range of clinical modules
National Grid Metering seeks new ERP system
The new system will support its Industrial and Commercial business
South Lanarkshire Council seeks IT services worth £40m
The hardware and services deal will support more than 140 schools
Oracle to acquire SaaS vendor Taleo for £1.2bn
Deal mirrors recent acquisitions in the cloud space by rivals SAP and Salesforce
Leicestershire and Nottingham councils award shared services deal to Velos-IT
The finance and HR deal is worth up to £20m
Microsoft is mishandling Windows 8 embedded release, argues Intermec CTO
Arvin Danielson argues that enterprises could turn to Android as a result
DWP appoints Monster to overhaul Jobcentre Plus online services
The contract is worth up to £20m
Analysis: Is Facebook reaching the peak of its success?
Its IPO raises questions about whether it will thrive or falter
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
UK Border Agency seeks "innovative" payment services for asylum seekers
A contract worth £3m will be issued to the winning bidder
Scottish government awards £2.2m smartcard contract to Novacard
The German company will supply three million smartcards to local authorities in Scotland
Cisco launches BIG Awards to reward SME innovations in technology
The winner of the annual competition will receive a prize worth approximately £126,000
Analysis: Is the government's fast broadband delivery strategy starting to fall apart?
Frustration with the government's approach to rural deployment is growing
Maude hails gov.uk beta as another milestone in government IT transformation
Government web domain predicted to save £50m a year
Scotland publishes digital infrastructure plan
It aims to have world-class digital infrastructure in place by 2020
Government outlines £1.5bn framework for software services
The framework will cover ERP, business intelligence and big data
Socitm urges public-sector CIOs to drive superfast broadband rollout
A new report argues that they must use their local knowledge to tackle 'notspots'
BlackBerry Cloud Services launched on Microsoft Office 365
The service will allow BlackBerry users to manage deployments in the cloud
Opinion: There are ways to make me pay for digital content...
...but blocking access to websites suspected of infringing copyright should not be one of them
Liverpool NHS Trusts seek IT service provider in deal worth £31.5m
The two trusts are looking for a single provider for all ICT services
Department of Health signs £74m deal for desktop services
Atos has been awarded the contract for five years
Google tries to allay privacy fears, but users still not convinced
The internet giant announced plants to consolidate 60 privacy policies last week
BBC signs deal to make iPlayer available on Sky in 2012
iPlayer will be available to 5 million Sky subscribers
Cambridgeshire council seeks supplier to make significant investment in broadband rollout
Council needs to tap private sector for £70m
World Economic Forum: Governments should collect information to improve urban areas
Gartner analyst describes some of the details coming out of Davos
DWP's Work Programme susceptible to fraud due to IT delays
Department has also massively exceeded the programme's original IT budget
Google set to unify customer data across most of its products
Search giant will consolidate more than 60 policy documents into one main policy
IT set for centre stage at World Economic Forum
World leaders descend on Davos as the event kicks off this week
Analysis: SOPA protest reveals scale of UK discontent
The debate over how to protect copyright in the digital age has scaled new heights of rancour, with neither side showing any sign of backing down
Police authorities award software contract worth up to £400m to Northgate
Deal is for a crime, intelligence and defendant management system
Jeremy Hunt threatens to withdraw £530m broadband funding
Culture Secretary has told councils that they must sign contracts by end of 2012
London councils look to outsource back-office functions in a deal worth over £1bn
Finance, HR, e-sourcing and business intelligence is included
NI Department of Health awards Axon £20m contract to implement shared services
HR and finance functions will be provided from a new central organisation
Microsoft System Centre 2012 closes in on VMware vCentre
The release aims to help organisations manage their cloud portfolio
Environment Agency to spend up to £25m on outsourced contact centre
The centre will be used as a multimedia communications hub
Amazon opens up Free Usage Tier to Windows Server developers
Free cloud service now available for testing Windows apps
National Grid plans £3.5m data analytics project
Data will be visualised within a geospatial context
Hospital faces £375,000 ICO fine after data sold on eBay
Brighton and Sussex General says it will challenge the decision
Shadow minister slams government over 4G auction
Helen Goodman claims the government is losing £1m in revenue a day
Ofcom again revises plans for much-anticipated 4G spectrum auction
The regulator has responded to criticism regarding Everything Everywhere
ICANN now accepting applications for controversial new gTLDs
Businesses will be able to use their company name instead of .com