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CIO Magazine April 2008 talks to Phil Pavitt, CIO of Transport for London on how he aims to harness technology to serve Londoners, travellers and visitors to the Olympics in 2012. Outsourcing guru Dr Richard Sykes discusses the future of cloud computing and its ability to provide a service revolution, dubbed Service 2.0.
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13/05/2008
British Gas sues Accenture for £182m over billing system
British Gas has served a writ on Accenture for £182 million, over a billing system which it said had “fundamental errors”.
HP prepares for £7.5bn EDS takeover
Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to acquire IT services company Electronic Data Systems in a deal that would give HP more competitive muscle against worldwide services market leader IBM.
12/05/2008
Inadequate software testing behind T5 problems, BA says
BAA and BA regret not delaying launch
Tesco rings up green changes with IT
IT and its role in lowering the carbon footprint at Tesco
CEOs worry about change and corporate social responsibility
People skills and green issues rising on agenda
08/05/2008
Government CIO demands Green best practice
IT industry fails to record and produce environmental best practice
IT industry lacks female role models
Fewer girls are considering a career in IT because the industry doesn't have enough positive female role models.
BMA calls for halt to care records rollout
The British Medical Association has urged the NHS to stop immediately the rollout of Summary Care Records beyond initial pilot sites, until it has made the changes advised in a key report released yesterday.
ID card scheme still lacks "robust" governance and architecture - official
The ID card scheme lacks “robust” governance and design, according to government advisers of the project.
07/05/2008
T5 systems not tested adequately, BAA boss admits to MPs
Select Committee savage BAA for making a fool of the country
Easyjet struggles with fuel prices, but integration a success
Fuel bill rises as Easyjet lowers IT costs full year results to March reveal
NHS care records 'clunky' and 'immature', says report
The current NHS Summary Care Records system is “clunky” and "interfaces poorly with other ICT systems", according to a new report.
Wolverhampton consolidates data protection software
Wolverhampton City Council has reduced the complexity and cost of its data security software, removing eight backup and security applications and replacing them with one program.
06/05/2008
UBS IT staff fear for jobs
Banking giant UBS has announced plans to cut 5,500 jobs.
“Prudent” Lloyds TSB could weather banking crisis
Cost management and good investments provide a cheery banking story
RBS in talks over job cuts as ABN integration progresses
Reports say 7,000 job cuts, but no clarity on IT impact
Yahoo shareholders sue over failed Microsoft bid
Yahoo shareholders are suing the company over the failure of the Microsoft deal.
02/05/2008
Sainsbury deploys Aperture datacentre management software
J Sainsbury’s has implemented datacentre management software as part of a plan to consolidate its servers.
PwC signs payroll BPO deal with Logica
Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has signed a deal for Logica to provide it with business process outsourcing for its payroll services.
HMRC disciplines 600 staff over unauthorised data access
Over 600 staff at HM Revenue and Customs have been disciplined or fired in a three year period after they accessed sensitive data without authorisation.
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