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UK e-government to shift North
News Officials working on UK e-government policy are being relocated to Birchwood in the northwest of England to be closer to public sector IT workers. Cabinet Office e-government minister Jim Murphy said in a statement: "The northwest has the highest...
[November 21, 2005, 8:55]
Wanted: New government CIO
News Minister will boost the profile of IT across the public sector. The Transformational Government Strategy is Watmore's biggest plan to change the face of public services by "designing around the citizen or business" and moving to a shared-services...
[January 12, 2006, 14:40]
White Paper: "IT Strategies in UK Public Administration"
White Papers In January 2005, ILOG, the world's leading business rules software vendor, commissioned Vanson Bourne to conduct a survey of UK public sector organisations. The survey set out to identify the main IT strategies and investment trends within UK...
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
Intel bemoans poor UK science education
News The UK Government needs to prioritise science education in schools if it wants to build upon the country's research and development sector, Intel's European general manager has suggested. The last year has seen a significant rise in the amount of...
[November 30, 2006, 15:09]
BCS to offer compliance training
News The British Computer Society (BCS) is to issue a Certificate in Freedom of Information (FoI) in response to concerns that the public sector is poorly prepared for the legislation. The certificate will be the UK's first and only qualification in the...
[December 6, 2004, 13:00]
Open source awareness growing in Scotland
News A member of the Scottish Parliament claimed on Thursday that there is growing support for open source software in the Scottish public sector, but warned that awareness in the Scottish Executive and Parliament is still limited.
[August 26, 2005, 8:50]
Tech firms blame Europe for slow growth
News Just as information technology executives were getting comfortable with lower but more stable US sales, they've begun to bemoan the tech sector's latest goblin: slowing growth in Europe and the rest of the world.
[July 12, 2001, 15:41]
I wonder...
Talkback "The spokesperson added that NPfIT systems were used in frontline care, and that politicians should re-examine the role of the private sector in the NHS before cutting IT systems. The use of independent sector treatment centres and external...
[December 7, 2009, 19:46]
A Year Ago: New Gateway targets business users
News Gateway 2000 today announced major changes in both its branding and the way the company plans to do business in the corporate sector amid cries of `about time' from analysts and competitors. Gateway is right to go into the business sector," says...
[April 23, 1999, 6:48]
Experts: US cybersecurity needs fresh ideas
News The US Department of Homeland Security is too reactionary in terms of cybersecurity threats, and needs to develop stronger incentives for the private sector to take preventative measures against cyberthreats, policy experts said on Wednesday.
[December 4, 2008, 11:35]
Energy industry seen as prime cyberattack target
News When asked which industry is the biggest target for cyberattack, critical infrastructure insiders in the US, Canada and Europe point to the energy sector. The energy industry is also the most vulnerable to cyberattacks and would have the most...
[November 12, 2008, 11:14]
Smarts absorbs rivals' management data
News Network management company Smarts promises IT managers the ability to manage networks across heterogeneous domains, as it launches a new product in a sector that is unsure whether the future is with service providers or end-users.
[February 1, 2002, 17:42]
Europe defends tech taskforce
News The Task-Force on ICT Sector Competitiveness and ICT Uptake, launched last month, aims to identify major obstacles that are holding back the EU's technology sector, and will recommend possible policies that could benefit European IT firms.
[July 6, 2006, 12:40]
Three dots mean the fabless chips are up
News Semiconductor companies without fabrication facilities captured a 23 percent increase in venture investments during the first quarter, marking it the first time this sector has seen back-to-back growth since 2000, according to a report released on...
[April 10, 2003, 11:00]
IT contractors facing pay cuts
News Self-employed workers have been warned that some companies are lowering their contractor rates, leading to fears of cuts across the whole IT sector. There are concerns that as the tech sector slump eats into IT budgets, some managers may cut the...
[July 25, 2001, 12:22]
IT industry split over data-breach penalties
News The IT industry is divided over whether new laws are needed to make the reckless loss of personal information by public and private sector organisations a criminal offence. Joseph Hoban, vice president at data-protection software company...
[January 7, 2008, 8:10]
Satyam lines up £1bn of UK outsourcing deals
News Outsourcing giant Satyam could close up to £1bn of deals in the UK as it finds new business outside the credit-crunch-hit financial sector. Dr Keshab Panda, head of Satyam's European business, told ZDNet.co.uk sister site silicon.com that the deals...
[October 21, 2008, 9:36]
The Danish National Board of Health Uses SAS to Provide Health Data for All Citizens
White Papers In recent years, The Danish National Board of Health has experienced a growing interest in, and demand for, information and data in the health sector. Administrators, healthcare sector workers, politicians, students, journalists and patients have...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Investors warm to clean technology
News A group of institutional investors announced on Thursday a combined investment of $1bn over the past 18 months in clean technology, a fast-growing sector gaining corporate interest. Cleantech Venture Network's chairman, Nicholas Parker, said that...
[September 22, 2006, 10:45]
IT will spend on security, but not services
News While IT spending on security and virtual private networks (VPNs) is expected to increase substantially this year, it's bad news for the services sector with many technology decision-makers planning cut-backs in IT outsourcing and consultancy.
[January 10, 2003, 11:43]
