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NHS IT initiative on track, according to director
News Granger described how patients would soon be able to book their own appointments when an initiative called Choose and Book is fully implemented. The person leading the digitisation of the NHS in England has described its progress as "pretty much on...
[September 30, 2004, 15:30]
IBM launches 'Big Green Linux' initiative
News IBM on Tuesday kicked off an initiative aimed at convincing big businesses and data centres that Linux is not just a way of saving money — and that it's also a good way to cut back on power consumption and environmental damage.
[August 9, 2007, 10:07]
Mandelson launches 'bold' e-commerce initiative
News As part of the push to get Britain's smaller businesses online, Mandelson announced a further £20m for the Information Society Initiative which has been criticised for not doing enough for smaller companies.
[December 17, 1998, 10:21]
HP OpenView initiative takes management to next level
News Hewlett-Packard, as expected , took the wraps off of its new service provider strategy this week -- and backed up the initiative with enhancements in 11 different OpenView products. The £700m-plus OpenView unit hopes to be a leader in taking the...
[June 14, 2001, 10:26]
IBM launches collaboration initiative
News IBM Labs launched a collaboration initiative on Wednesday designed to help companies speed product development by harnessing social networking. Innovation Factory", which IBM is using in its labs, uses social-networking technologies to help...
[March 29, 2007, 9:43]
White House unveils cloud computing initiative
News Three-part initiative As a result, the first major element of the initiative is the brand new Apps.gov site, a clearing house for business, social media, and productivity applications, as well as cloud IT services.
[September 16, 2009, 13:25]
Blair and Ahern launch Irish Net initiative
News The initiative was officially launched on Thursday by Prime Ministers Blair and Ahern as part of the UK premier's visit to Ireland. It is hoped the move will foster closer links between schools both sides of the border.
[November 30, 1998, 12:20]
100% Pure Java initiative wins 100 supporters
News "Keep Java pure" is the message behind Sun Microsystems' 100% Pure Java initiative which has already won support from 100 developers but will lock out programs such as Visual J++. The move is an attempt on behalf of the Californian firm to maintain...
[December 12, 1996, 14:50]
NPfIT initiative offers GPs greater choice of tech
News Eight software companies are to be awarded contracts by NHS Connecting for Health as part of an initiative to offer GPs a greater choice of clinical tech. The eight contracts will be awarded over the next fortnight, and represent the first...
[August 1, 2007, 9:01]
Disabled jobseeker initiative gets European recognition
News Together with Workability - a scheme which provides computers and training for disabled people - jobability forms part of an initiative involving totaljobs, disability charity Leonard Cheshire and Microsoft UK.
[November 21, 2002, 14:40]
Sun submits software licence to Open Source Initiative
News Open Source Initiative president Eric Raymond declined to comment yet on whether the licence meets those criteria. But if the Open Source Initiative approves the licence, the CDDL will join a list that already includes dozens of licences.
[December 3, 2004, 7:45]
IBM launches $1bn-a-year green initiative
News The initiative will be revealed in full later on Thursday at an event in New York. IBM is to launch a billion-dollar programme aimed at increasing energy efficiency in its data centres. According to The New York Times, the largest operator of data...
[May 10, 2007, 14:34]
Cisco initiative tackles mobile working security threat
News Cisco Systems has teamed up with three top antivirus companies in a security initiative intended to ban insecure mobile devices from corporate networks. The initiative, dubbed the Network Admission Control programme, would allow companies to set...
[November 19, 2003, 11:50]
US Report: Gore takes the wraps off 'Internet2' initiative
News The 1 1/2-year-old project is tied to the Clinton administration's Next Generation Internet initiative, which is earmarked for $110M (£65.5M) in funding in the fiscal 1999 budget. The network links 100 universities and a handful of other schools...
[April 15, 1998, 8:47]
EU unveils plan to 'seize the initiative' for IT
News The i2010 initiative is based on three key pillars: an improved regulatory framework, which will see outdated rules done away with and new regulations tailored to the digital economy; better ICT research, which will be funded by an 80 percent...
[June 3, 2005, 9:10]
Storage Management Initiative rebooted
News The Storage Management Initiative specification (SMI-S) got a boost Thursday from a number of tech heavyweights, including EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, Sun Microsystems and Symantec. The next industry standard for storage management...
[June 23, 2006, 9:05]
VMware announces Fusion 2.0, vClient Initiative
News VMware also announced its vClient Initiative, which is intended to foster "universal clients" that would let users access their set of desktop applications — hosted in a datacentre — from any device, anywhere.
[September 17, 2008, 8:19]
'Critical' open source initiative to crack public sector
News A UK government-funded initiative aims to accelerate the use of open source software within the public sector, through various activities including the creation of a government-specific code repository and a directory of open source providers.
[April 5, 2005, 17:10]
Government pulls support for Home Computing Initiative
News In his budget speech on Wednesday, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that the tax exemptions offered within the Home Computing Initiative would be withdrawn next month. The Home Computing Initiative allow employers to loan computing equipment to...
[March 22, 2006, 17:05]
Microsoft extends anti-piracy initiative
News The plan, known as the Windows Genuine Advantage initiative, was introduced in January, amid much criticism. Customers who find themselves reinstalling Windows XP should be ready for a headache: Microsoft will no longer support activating the...
[February 25, 2005, 8:25]
