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DoH ends Microsoft licensing contract

...trial of open-source software the previous year. Then NHS IT director Richard Granger had ordered a trial of a Linux-based system from Sun... Read more

16 July, 2010 by Kable

NHS top IT job to be split in two

...to the previous single £280,000 IT director general post — filled by Richard Granger until January this year. The decision to double up the IT... Read more

29 April, 2008 by Nick Heath

DoH: Granger has stepped down from NHS

The Department of Health has confirmed that Richard Granger has left his post as director general of the NHS National... Read more

8 February, 2008 by Kable

Confusion surrounds Granger's NHS departure

...flagship IT programme, and the timetable for the departure of director-general Richard Granger. On announcing his decision to step down from his position running... Read more

16 January, 2008 by Nick Heath

New demands for NPfIT review

...used a recent interview with soon-to-be departing NHS IT chief Richard Granger in CIO UK magazine as ammunition to push for an independent... Read more

12 July, 2007 by Kable

Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy

...of the biggest IT project in the world, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger has announced he is to step down later this year. The... Read more

19 June, 2007 by Andy McCue

NHS IT chief resigns after brief tenure

...took the role at the end of January, following the resignation of Richard Granger as chief executive of Connecting for Health (CfH), the part of... Read more

15 April, 2008 by David Meyer

iSoft board recommends surprise bid

...the project and quite possibly contributing to the decision of NPfIT chief Richard Granger to step down. Last year insiders told ZDNet.co.uk that... Read more

20 July, 2007 by David Meyer

NHS chief promises delivery of Lorenzo

Richard Granger, director general of NHS IT, has assured MPs that a core... Read more

15 June, 2007 by Kable

NPfIT chief claims successes

...and Procurement Solutions on 12 June, 2007, Connecting for Health chief executive Richard Granger gave delegates an update on what has so far been achieved... Read more

13 June, 2007 by Kable

iSoft halts legal action against CSC

...Guardian, the decision to hold off was triggered by a threat from Richard Granger, the NHS director general of IT, who declared he would tear... Read more

7 June, 2007 by Kable

Anger over EC medical data-sharing scheme

Experts are outraged by a plan that would make UK citizens' medical details accessible across Europe Read more

26 January, 2007 by David Meyer

Government: we've learned from our IT mistakes

...an initial estimate of £6.2bn to £12.6bn, but project director Richard Granger attributed the extra costs to factors including data conversion, legacy systems... Read more

16 June, 2006 by David Meyer

Doctors lose faith in NHS IT programme

...in the light of the warning in November 2005 from NPfIT boss, Richard Granger, that there is a real danger that the whole project could... Read more

10 January, 2006 by Colin Barker

Changing specs put NHS IT project in danger

...to leaked internal memos published this weekend. The Sunday Times reported that Richard Granger, director general of IT for the NHS, has warned colleagues that... Read more

14 November, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

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It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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