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IT project management

• March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11

  Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud

  The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it"

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Government needs radical approach to IT, says Institute for Government

  The government needs to implement a radical new approach to IT projects, according to the recommendations of a report by independent thinktank the Institute for Government.

• February 15, 2011 15 Feb'11

  Barclays Bank boosts IT staff and project spending

  Barclays has boosted its technology staff and budget, according to the bank's full-year results released today.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  BBC criticised over £133m digital project

  The early stages of £133m BBC technology project with Siemens have been criticised for not offering value for money.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Staffordshire Council rolls out £23m public sector network

  Staffordshire County Council is to implement one of the country's first Public Sector Networks (PSN) in a £23m contract with communications provider Kcom.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Public sector outsourcing grows in the UK as commercial deals fall again

  Public sector contracts accounted for 77% of the total outsourcing spending in the UK in 2010, according to the latest report from consultancy TPI.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

  Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company.

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

  A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Gartner: CIOs fail on staff career development

  CIOs are getting better at reinvesting savings into new projects, but investment in skills and career development is still poor.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Parliament to debate cost-sharing element of Digital Economy Act

  Secondary legislation on sharing the costs of the Digital Economy Act's measures to tackle online copyright infringement has been laid in Parliament.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner

  Between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail, according to research by analyst firm Gartner.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

  David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.

• December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

  FireControl project could be axed before Christmas

  The government's controversial FireControl project could be flagged for review today. The Fire Brigade's Union (FBU) said it was expecting an announcement from fire minister Bob Neil later today, in which it hopes the project designed to reduce the ...

• November 23, 2010 23 Nov'10

  Martha Lane Fox calls for ‘revolution’ in online government services

  Digital champion Martha Lane Fox has published a report calling for a centralised government internet address to replace 750 websites. In a review...

• July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10

  NHS National Programme for IT set for major changes

  The controversial £12bn NHS IT project looks set for an overhaul as a result of a major reorganisation of the health service

• May 26, 2010 26 May'10

  Royal Mail postpones Horizon roll-out after outages

  A pilot of the new Horizon Online system at Royal Mail has been scaled back after connectivity problems and outages.

• February 24, 2010 24 Feb'10

  Chinook Mk2's safety-critical backup system was faulty

  Software supplier EDS found so many anomalies in fuel-control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter that it became concerned that the Ministry of Defence and RAF would ignore the potential importance of each flaw because of the high volume of ...

• February 22, 2010 22 Feb'10

  What was the 'dangerous' flaw in safety-critical Chinook system?

  Defence contractor EDS - now part of HP - warned the Ministry of Defence that flaws in a Fadec safety-critical system fitted to the Chinook Mk2 helicopter could cause it to malfunction, months before a fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre.

• December 07, 2009 07 Dec'09

  NHS IT scheme to be scaled back

  The Chancellor Alistair Darling and the Treasury are to scale back spending on the NHS's National Programme for IT.

• April 07, 2009 07 Apr'09

  Spend on NHS NPfIT of £5.1bn exceeds initial budget

  Taxpayer spending so far on the NHS’s National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has risen to £5.1bn, which is more than the scheme’s original total lifecycle cost.

• September 01, 2008 01 Sep'08

  Fujitsu seeking £700m over NHS IT contract termination

  Fujitsu is reported to be seeking £700m from the Department of Health after its £1bn contract as a local service provider

• August 21, 2008 21 Aug'08

  Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal

  Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.

• July 31, 2008 31 Jul'08

  Minister hails Fujitsu’s leaving NPfIT as sign of strength

  The termination of Fujitsu's...

• June 17, 2008 17 Jun'08

  Fujitsu quit NHS project as terms were unaffordable, MPs told

  Fujitsu Services withdrew from talks to re-negotiate...

• August 08, 2007 08 Aug'07

  NAS appliance specifications

  NAS appliances are noted for their convenience, offering dedicated internal storage that is relatively straightforward to identify and manage. The biggest issue for NAS appliances is avoiding network bottlenecks and supporting expansion without ...