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Analysis: Is the government's open data drive in danger of stalling?
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

  • Government
  • 21 March 2012
Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, HMRC
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

  • Government
  • 22 February 2012
Big data: hands on or hands off?
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?

  • Corporate
  • 21 February 2012
UK absent from Fibre-to-the-Home global ranking
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

  • Networks
  • 17 February 2012
Aylesbury Council plans £1.5m ERP cloud deal
Aylesbury Council plans £1.5m ERP cloud deal

The council may extend the service to other councils in the area

  • Government
  • 17 February 2012
Cisco to appeal £5.3bn Microsoft-Skype deal
Cisco to appeal £5.3bn Microsoft-Skype deal

The networking giant is taking its concerns to European court

  • Networks
  • 16 February 2012
John Lister quits role as CIO of Specsavers
John Lister quits role as CIO of Specsavers

CIO had been in the position since 2009

  • Careers and Skills
  • 16 February 2012
London NHS trusts plan £400m patient administration system
London NHS trusts plan £400m patient administration system

The solution will cover a wide range of clinical modules

  • Applications
  • 16 February 2012
National Grid Metering seeks new ERP system
National Grid Metering seeks new ERP system

The new system will support its Industrial and Commercial business

  • Applications
  • 14 February 2012
South Lanarkshire Council seeks IT services worth £40m
South Lanarkshire Council seeks IT services worth £40m

The hardware and services deal will support more than 140 schools

  • Networks
  • 13 February 2012
Oracle to acquire SaaS vendor Taleo for £1.2bn
Oracle to acquire SaaS vendor Taleo for £1.2bn

Deal mirrors recent acquisitions in the cloud space by rivals SAP and Salesforce

  • Appliances
  • 10 February 2012
Leicestershire and Nottingham councils award shared services deal to Velos-IT
Leicestershire and Nottingham councils award shared services deal to Velos-IT

The finance and HR deal is worth up to £20m

  • Applications
  • 10 February 2012
Microsoft is mishandling Windows 8 embedded release, argues Intermec CTO
Microsoft is mishandling Windows 8 embedded release, argues Intermec CTO

Arvin Danielson argues that enterprises could turn to Android as a result

  • Mobile
  • 09 February 2012
DWP appoints Monster to overhaul Jobcentre Plus online services
DWP appoints Monster to overhaul Jobcentre Plus online services

The contract is worth up to £20m

  • Internet
  • 07 February 2012
Analysis: Is Facebook reaching the peak of its success?
Analysis: Is Facebook reaching the peak of its success?

Its IPO raises questions about whether it will thrive or falter

  • Supplier
  • 06 February 2012
Government looks to set up £4bn hardware framework
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

  • Appliances
  • 06 February 2012
UK Border Agency seeks "innovative" payment services for asylum seekers
UK Border Agency seeks "innovative" payment services for asylum seekers

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

  • Networks
  • 06 February 2012
Scottish government awards £2.2m smartcard contract to Novacard
Scottish government awards £2.2m smartcard contract to Novacard

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

  • Networks
  • 03 February 2012
Cisco launches BIG Awards to reward SME innovations in technology
Cisco launches BIG Awards to reward SME innovations in technology

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

  • Networks
  • 02 February 2012
Analysis: Is the government's fast broadband delivery strategy starting to fall apart?
Analysis: Is the government's fast broadband delivery strategy starting to fall apart?

Frustration with the government's approach to rural deployment is growing

  • Communications
  • 02 February 2012
Maude hails gov.uk beta as another milestone in government IT transformation
Maude hails gov.uk beta as another milestone in government IT transformation

Government web domain predicted to save £50m a year

  • Internet
  • 01 February 2012
Scotland publishes digital infrastructure plan
Scotland publishes digital infrastructure plan

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

  • Networks
  • 01 February 2012
Government outlines £1.5bn framework for software services
Government outlines £1.5bn framework for software services

The framework will cover ERP, business intelligence and big data

  • Applications
  • 01 February 2012
Socitm urges public-sector CIOs to drive superfast broadband rollout
Socitm urges public-sector CIOs to drive superfast broadband rollout

A new report argues that they must use their local knowledge to tackle 'notspots'

  • Networks
  • 31 January 2012
BlackBerry Cloud Services launched on Microsoft Office 365
BlackBerry Cloud Services launched on Microsoft Office 365

The service will allow BlackBerry users to manage deployments in the cloud

  • Mobile
  • 31 January 2012
Opinion: There are ways to make me pay for digital content...
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

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • 31 January 2012
Liverpool NHS Trusts seek IT service provider in deal worth £31.5m
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

  • Networks
  • 31 January 2012
Department of Health signs £74m deal for desktop services
Department of Health signs £74m deal for desktop services

Atos has been awarded the contract for five years

  • Desktops
  • 30 January 2012
Google tries to allay privacy fears, but users still not convinced
Google tries to allay privacy fears, but users still not convinced

The internet giant announced plants to consolidate 60 privacy policies last week

  • Internet
  • 30 January 2012
BBC signs deal to make iPlayer available on Sky in 2012
BBC signs deal to make iPlayer available on Sky in 2012

iPlayer will be available to 5 million Sky subscribers

  • Networks
  • 30 January 2012
Cambridgeshire council seeks supplier to make significant investment in broadband rollout
Cambridgeshire council seeks supplier to make significant investment in broadband rollout

Council needs to tap private sector for £70m

  • Networks
  • 30 January 2012
World Economic Forum: Governments should collect information to improve urban areas
World Economic Forum: Governments should collect information to improve urban areas

Gartner analyst describes some of the details coming out of Davos

  • Government
  • 27 January 2012
DWP's Work Programme susceptible to fraud due to IT delays
DWP's Work Programme susceptible to fraud due to IT delays

Department has also massively exceeded the programme's original IT budget

  • Appliances
  • 26 January 2012
Google set to unify customer data across most of its products
Google set to unify customer data across most of its products

Search giant will consolidate more than 60 policy documents into one main policy

  • Internet
  • 25 January 2012
IT set for centre stage at World Economic Forum
IT set for centre stage at World Economic Forum

World leaders descend on Davos as the event kicks off this week

  • Government
  • 25 January 2012
Analysis: SOPA protest reveals scale of UK discontent
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

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • 24 January 2012
Police authorities award software contract worth up to £400m to Northgate
Police authorities award software contract worth up to £400m to Northgate

Deal is for a crime, intelligence and defendant management system

  • Applications
  • 23 January 2012
Jeremy Hunt threatens to withdraw £530m broadband funding
Jeremy Hunt threatens to withdraw £530m broadband funding

Culture Secretary has told councils that they must sign contracts by end of 2012

  • Networks
  • 20 January 2012
London councils look to outsource back-office functions in a deal worth over £1bn
London councils look to outsource back-office functions in a deal worth over £1bn

Finance, HR, e-sourcing and business intelligence is included

  • Networks
  • 20 January 2012
NI Department of Health awards Axon £20m contract to implement shared services
NI Department of Health awards Axon £20m contract to implement shared services

HR and finance functions will be provided from a new central organisation

  • Networks
  • 19 January 2012
Microsoft System Centre 2012 closes in on VMware vCentre
Microsoft System Centre 2012 closes in on VMware vCentre

The release aims to help organisations manage their cloud portfolio

  • Applications
  • 18 January 2012
Environment Agency to spend up to £25m on outsourced contact centre
Environment Agency to spend up to £25m on outsourced contact centre

The centre will be used as a multimedia communications hub

  • Networks
  • 18 January 2012
Amazon opens up Free Usage Tier to Windows Server developers
Amazon opens up Free Usage Tier to Windows Server developers

Free cloud service now available for testing Windows apps

  • Appliances
  • 17 January 2012
National Grid plans £3.5m data analytics project
National Grid plans £3.5m data analytics project

Data will be visualised within a geospatial context

  • Networks
  • 16 January 2012
Hospital faces £375,000 ICO fine after data sold on eBay
Hospital faces £375,000 ICO fine after data sold on eBay

Brighton and Sussex General says it will challenge the decision

  • Government
  • 16 January 2012
Shadow minister slams government over 4G auction
Shadow minister slams government over 4G auction

Helen Goodman claims the government is losing £1m in revenue a day

  • Networks
  • 13 January 2012
Ofcom again revises plans for much-anticipated 4G spectrum auction
Ofcom again revises plans for much-anticipated 4G spectrum auction

The regulator has responded to criticism regarding Everything Everywhere

  • Networks
  • 12 January 2012
ICANN now accepting applications for controversial new gTLDs
ICANN now accepting applications for controversial new gTLDs

Businesses will be able to use their company name instead of .com

  • Internet
  • 12 January 2012
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