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Derek Gannon stepped from IT to COO of newspaper company Guardian News & Media and now moves the company into new horizons. Kevin O'Brien, head of IS at Comet sees networking as the key to the future of the electronics retail giant.
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04/07/2008
DHL CIO joins Ernst & Young
Eccleston becomes partner and consultant after successful career in logistics
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.
UK IT chief takes axe to budgets
Newly appointed UK government IT chief Martin Read is to implement a wide-reaching programme to slash government spending over the next 12 months.
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.
NHS CTO:"Standards bodies need to stop arguing"
The chief technology officer on the £12.7 billion NHS National Programme for IT has told CIO sister title Computerworld UK that standards bodies must ‘stop arguing’ and work together, so that the NHS can deliver highly interoperable software in hospitals across the country.
Readers bored rigid by corporate blogs, finds study
A new report by Forrester Research found that most corporate blogs kept by B2B firms failed to interest their intended audiences or engage them in conversations about trends and products.
02/07/2008
CIO News View: Eee but the PC is changing
Eee PC joins hot list of must have devices in the enterprise
CBI calls for service sector innovation
Slow down is opportunity for leadership and inspiration say business leaders
Government refuses to reveal NHS Fujitsu 'termination' details
The government has said it will not publish any details of cancellation clauses in £896 million Fujitsu contract with the NHS, or details of the termination notice, citing legal and confidentiality interests.
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.
New Microsoft bid for Yahoo search business
Microsoft could team up with Time Warner and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in a new bid to acquire the Yahoo search business, according to the Wall Street Journal.
01/07/2008
CIOs need to prioritise personal development
CIO Connect finds members focussed on team development, but not their own
Google shoots for business mainstream with Taylor Woodrow win
Construction giant will deploy web-based suite across 1800 seats
Yahoo comes out fighting over Microsoft and Icahn
Yahoo has issued a presentation to shareholders casting doubt on the sincerity of Microsoft in negotiating to buy the company and attacking investor Carl Icahn who is challenging the board over its handling of the takeover bid.
Darzi NHS review promises patients online access to care records
Patients will have online access to their electronic health records within the next year, according to yesterday'’s review of the NHS by Lord Darzi.
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.
Gates: Yahoo deal 'not likely'
A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn't appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates said in a TV interview on Friday.
27/06/2008
