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BYOD is no money-saver, says council's IT chief

...your-own-device initiatives should not think of them as a money-saving exercise, Tony Doyle, head of ICT services at Blackpool Council, has warned... Read more

27 April, 2012 by Sade Laja

Oracle deal promises £75m in savings for government

...of the government's largest IT suppliers, which it says will generate savings of more than £75m by 2015. It said on Wednesday that the... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Sade Laja

Cuts blitz will boost G Cloud, says government CIO

...that his office is now concentrating on projects aimed at producing further savings for the public finances. John Suffolk told GC News that the requirement... Read more

22 October, 2010 by Kable

Becta axing to save government in future costs

...will save £10m this year, from total Department for Education (DfE) quango savings of £80m. It was expected to provide a more substantial proportion of... Read more

10 June, 2010 by Kable
SIP Trunking ROI Calculator 1.05

SIP Trunking ROI Calculator 1.05

...distance calling but leveraging SIP Trunking can provide businesses with significant cost savings through more efficient use of their network, the advantage of Internet technologies... Read more

10 May, 2012
PDF2Office for iWork 2.0

PDF2Office for iWork 2.0

...and install additional PDF editing software and tools, resulting in huge cost savings in both time and money Read more

26 April, 2012

IBM hook-up with councils loses £31.5m

...accounts show "staggering losses" of £31.5m and "failures to hit modest savings targets". Southwest One was set up in 2007 as a joint venture... Read more

17 February, 2012 by Gill Hitchcock
Toad Data Modeler 4.1.5.9

Toad Data Modeler 4.1.5.9

...of many other solutions. In today's economic environment, time and cost savings are front and center. With Toad Data Modeler you can realize greater... Read more

20 December, 2011
iZone Internet Turbo 7.0.7

iZone Internet Turbo 7.0.7

...compressed stream means less data is transmitted, resulting in a tremendous cost savings. iZone 7 now has the ability to encrypt the client session stream... Read more

9 October, 2011

Maude: Government has saved £300m in IT

...spending in 10 months. Photo credit: Cabinet Office He said that the savings had been independently audited and were achieved by applying greater scrutiny to... Read more

2 August, 2011 by Staff

Microsoft to cut school software licensing costs

...response to "changing economic, political and technological landscape", Beswick added. Public-sector savings Analyst Clive Longbottom, founder of research and analysis firm Quocirca, said that... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

London services aim to save £450m

...a range of activities are under review to find out where further savings and efficiencies can be made through shared services. London mayor Boris Johnson... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Kable

Enfield to use ID tokens for council services

...in the future and, at the same time, provide significant operational cost savings." The suppliers are hoping the tokens will be adopted elsewhere in local... Read more

2 December, 2010 by Kable

Government closes in on e-Borders deal with EU

...on Monday, which said that the UK Border Agency expects to achieve savings of £500m over the spending review period. Attlee said that this will... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

Scotland sets out plans for digital future

...to see more public services online, as the internet offers huge potential savings in the cost of delivering those services. "The average cost for online... Read more

25 October, 2010 by Kable

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

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SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

3 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

17 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

22 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

22 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

1 day ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

1 day ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC