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Gov't departments tout 'green' IT credentials
News Two government departments, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Highways Agency, showcased their environmental credentials at the Green IT 08 event in London last week. Government IT is undergoing a major shift as Whitehall attempts to...
[May 12, 2008, 9:12]
Sun: IT departments must tackle energy ignorance
News Speaking at the Carbon Footprint IT Summit in London this week, Sun commerical director, UK and Ireland, Sue Wilkinson, said it was time IT departments started to take a serious interest in the energy consumption of their organisation.
[November 28, 2007, 16:31]
Gov't departments hike spending on IT upgrades
News Four Whitehall departments significantly increased their spending on IT upgrades in the 2007-08 financial year. The four departments are the only ones to have provided meaningful figures in response to a series of parliamentary written questions...
[November 3, 2008, 8:35]
Convergence will make IT departments 'service brokers'
News The convergence of IT and telecoms means IT departments will have to become service brokers "to justify their continued value to the enterprise", according to a report published by analysts at Forrester this week.
[July 26, 2006, 15:40]
Gov't departments deny memory-stick risks
News The departments of health and transport have denied a report that they allow staff to use USB devices to transfer unencrypted information. The information was obtained by Lewis PR, which sent Freedom of Information requests to 13 departments asking...
[January 13, 2009, 11:45]
Gov't departments reveal laptop losses
News Ministers have revealed the number of laptops lost or stolen from their departments, with the Department for Work and Pensions mislaying 41 laptops last year. Knight was responding a written question from Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, who has...
[July 14, 2009, 8:42]
IT Departments Are More Than A Fixer
Blog This indicates that either the majority of IT departments are offering basic levels of IT support without really embracing their potential as a business change-maker, or are ineffective in communicating their value and goals to the rest of the...
[May 19, 2008, 9:51]
IT departments strapped for cash
News An IDC survey of 500 North American companies found that IT departments are restricted in their spending by economic worries, a focus on the short term and general pessimism. For example, less than one-third of IT departments surveyed said they...
[September 9, 2003, 16:25]
Spammers take aim at HR departments
News Human resources departments and recruitment agencies are being increasingly targeted by spammers, antivirus vendor MessageLabs said on Tuesday. Targeted Trojan attacks have more chance of success against human resources and recruitment because they...
[April 4, 2006, 17:25]
IT departments boosted by compliance spending
News The use of technology in solving the compliance headache is increasing with more businesses realising the extent to which the IT department can ease problems born in boardrooms and finance departments.
[May 16, 2005, 17:50]
IT departments left out of outsourcing decisions
News Most companies view outsourcing as a good way of cutting costs and don't ask for input from the IT department when making such decisions, according to research released this week by Unisys. The company found that two thirds of the financial...
[November 8, 2002, 16:05]
IT departments being passed the security buck
Talkback I agree with you, many companies do not know what the staff throws out in the waste. A good Security Policy must encompass all aspects of the the business, including HR, IT and Management. The process starts with the vetting of staff by the HR...
[September 7, 2004, 10:25]
IT departments being passed the security buck
Talkback We agree with the point being made but the emphasis should not be on the IT, HR or even the legal department - it needs to be on the board members of an organisation. It is imperative that the board understands the importance of the issues...
[September 9, 2004, 16:20]
New software gathers dust in IT departments
Talkback I do not find the results of this survey any surprise at all considering how un user friendly most software packages are and how many defects are still in them on delivery. Improved software design and testing is required.
[February 9, 2006, 11:12]
IT departments slow to adopt green tech
News The majority of large companies have yet to build "green IT" requirements into purchasing and using technology, according to a report by Forrester Research, a global analyst group. Forrester's survey of 124 IT operations and procurement...
[May 14, 2007, 11:50]
IT departments being passed the security buck
News UK companies are still failing to recognise the importance of properly implemented and managed security, assuming it is just a 'technology issue' rather than a fundamental part of the way their organisation works.
[September 7, 2004, 10:10]
New software gathers dust in IT departments
News Companies are leaving software to gather dust on the shelf for six months before they even take a look at it — and then waiting another six months to actually deploy it. Such businesses are taking a "frivolous approach" to new software by not...
[February 8, 2006, 15:30]
Social Sciences will become more important than IT to IT departments
White Papers Technology is becoming a fundamentally social medium, bringing employees ever closer together. However, this is not an environment in which IT professionals can sit back and assume that they've done their job.
[December 7, 2007, 13:10]
SOX Compliance - Purchasing Departments Face Intense Scrutiny
White Papers The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX, is an on-going migraine headache for corporate America because compliance is expensive, confusing and increasingly stringent. Companies are justifiably nervous about the uncertainty surrounding internal controls since...
[March 7, 2009, 0:25]
IT departments warned over ageism
News Changes to discrimination laws and a skills shortage will force employers to tackle the problem of ageism in IT, according to a leading industry recruitment body. New laws on age discrimination come into force in 2006 and the Association of...
[February 23, 2005, 10:05]
