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Virgin Media customers opt for higher speeds

...all its subscribers are on 20Mbps, the company said as it reported billion-pound quarterly revenue Read more

27 October, 2011 by David Meyer

Multi-sourcing: CIOs tips on making it work for you - and your suppliers

...track Businesses are moving away from trusting single suppliers to deliver multi-billion pound outsourcing megadeals in favour of accessing services from multiple providers instead... Read more

3 February, 2012 by Nick Heath

NHS patient records system faces the axe

...The Prime Minister has said the government is considering scrapping a multi billion-pound project to install a patient records system across the NHS. David... Read more

16 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Tory peer hints at shadowy 'Foundation X', links to IRA money laundering

...a shadowy 'Foundation X' offered to pay off the government's multi-billion-pound debts, with no strings attached. He goes into how he personally... Read more

3 November, 2010
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...future sales at a later time. To date, this marketing is a billion pound industry.Do you have a website in need of traffic? Already... Read more

3 February, 2011

IBM bags billion pound utility deal

Big Blue will provide utility computing service to financial services firm Nordea Read more

2 October, 2003 by Matt Hines

FSA asks for billion-pound fix in financial IT

The Financial Services Authority has set out its report on the cost of fixing the financial-services sector and the IT structures to run it Read more

8 January, 2009 by Colin Barker

HP sets billion-pound recycling target

The computer maker has upped its own target for recycling of old hardware, aiming to make the process easier for customers Read more

9 July, 2004 by ZDNet UK

BT's billion pound ecommerce pledge

BT tries to breathe new life into B2B (with a little help from Oracle) Read more

15 October, 2002 by Graham Hayday

Third supplier drops ID cards procurement bid

...become a main supplier to the Identity and Passport Service's multi-billion pound procurement. The remaining potential contractors are CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM and... Read more

28 February, 2008 by Kable

Doctors give NHS IT a cautious welcome

Survey: Most doctors think the multi-billion pound National Programme for IT will have a positive impact, but few... Read more

20 February, 2007 by David Meyer

NHS IT report was watered down

Criticisms of the Government's management of the multi-billion pound modernisation of the NHS were removed before a key report was... Read more

21 August, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Leaked document highlights NHS IT flaws

The NHS would have been better off without its multi-billion pound IT upgrade, according to an internal document published over the weekend... Read more

7 August, 2006 by Dan Ilet

NHS IT delays cost Accenture £260m

The government wants heads to roll at Accenture, as its multi-billion pound IT project hits trouble again Read more

3 April, 2006 by Andy McCue

BT: Making the Internet work better

...wing charged with improving the Internet, which includes the telco's multi-billion pound 21st Century Network project Read more

23 November, 2005 by Cath Everett

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