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04/07/2008
IT staffing issues remain a major concern, say execs
Finding the right IT staff remains a challenge for large companies, according to a roundtable of executives.
03/07/2008
DWP restructures £3bn IT services contract
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking suppliers for £3 billion worth of technology deals to run from 2010 to 2015.
Government launches public data mashup competition
The government’s Power of Information taskforce has launched a £20,000 competition for innovative ways to mash up public information.
02/07/2008
HMV saves £6m as IT restructure progresses
HMV has saved £6 million in the first of a three year programme to combine IT and back office functions, and centralise procurement of non-sale goods.
01/07/2008
CIOs need to prioritise personal development
CIO Connect finds members focussed on team development, but not their own
30/06/2008
CIO News View: Don’t believe the Windows 7 hype
Five reasons not to get too excited by version 7
Nationwide outsources networks to BT
Nationwide Building Society has handed its networks over to BT in a £160 million seven-year managed services agreement.
27/06/2008
Fujitsu launches £44 million Green datacentre
Fujitsu has opened a £44 million green datacentre in a former warehouse, which it claims will use half the energy of current datacentres.
26/06/2008
Betfair builds in-house platform for faster transactions
Betfair has built an in-house transaction processing and event platform, which it says has the capability of processing up to one million transactions per second, a 100-fold increase on previous rates.
HMRC data disc loss 'entirely avoidable'
Systematic failures and "woefully inadequate" processes for handling data at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) led to the loss of personal details of 25 million people, according to two scathing reports published today.
B&Q owner Kingfisher to create central ITSM centre
Kingfisher, the home improvement group, is setting up a central IT service management centre based on Axios software, in order to consolidate its helpdesks into one centre.
Sainsbury's implements IP videoconferencing for easier meetings
Sainsbury’s is implementing an IP-based videoconferencing suite from BCS Global, to facilitate meetings without travel.
Information commissioner to take action on HMRC, MoD
Information commissioner will take formal enforcement action against both HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Ministry of Defence (MoD), following spate of high-profile data loss incidents.
25/06/2008
Businesses struggle with unstructured data: Butler report
Businesses are failing to properly manage their unstructured data, leaving them open to extra scrutiny from regulators over disclosure, and higher IT costs.
24/06/2008
CIO News View: Symbian: (Lack of) business as usual
The smartphone OS is now owned by Nokia but it never made business phones a priority anyhow
Service level agreements are failing - Forrester
There is a fundamental mismatch between the service level agreements signed by IT departments and business units and the business objectives the SLAs are meant to deliver.
23/06/2008
Seven hundred NHS IT jobs under threat
Seven hundred jobs at Fujitsu could be at stake in the aftermath of the company’s decision into withdraw from its £1.1 billion contract with the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
18/06/2008
IT change is major threat to business
Unexpected changes in IT systems are one of the biggest risks to business performance, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
17/06/2008
Local demands drove Fujitsu from NHS IT programme, MPs told
The constant need for local changes to centrally mandated NHS IT systems drove Fujitsu to pull out of the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT), MPs were told yesterday (16 June).
13/06/2008
