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Bristol ponders switch to StarOffice
News A final decision on the migration will be taken at an executive council meeting in November. The project has the full support of the council's chief officers, but has not yet been approved by Councillor Barry Dodds, the executive member for Central...
[October 22, 2004, 15:45]
Resignation rush threatens Internet watchdog
News The former chair of the British Internet watchdog has resigned from the Board and from the Funding Council, a matter of days after the chief executive announced that he will not renew his five-year contract.
[January 8, 2002, 13:50]
SAP loses key exec Agassi
News Leo Apotheker, head of marketing, is now serving as deputy chief executive, and a new executive council will take charge on Sunday. The new executive council will be composed of SAP officers who will report to Kagermann.
[March 29, 2007, 8:28]
Government turns to Gates for globalisation guidance
News Other high-tech names on the Council include Meg Whitman, president and chief executive of eBay; Ratan Tata, chairman of India's Tata Group; and Sir Ka-shing Li, chairman of the board at Hutchison Whampoa, which owns mobile operator 3.
[March 21, 2006, 15:35]
Glasgow and Serco agree outsourcing deal
News George Black, chief executive of the city council, said in a statement: "The partnership will bring real benefits to Glasgow's citizens by allowing us to build our front-line services around their needs.
[February 20, 2008, 8:39]
North Yorkshire gets broadband boost
News John Marsden, chief executive of North Yorkshire County Council, said: "We are very pleased NYnet is progressing with the core county council contract. North Yorkshire County Council has signed for a new network with an eye on boosting broadband...
[February 21, 2008, 9:09]
Palm chief executive quits
News Palm said Benhamou will chair an executive council that will help lead the company until a new chief executive is named. The council is made up of David Nagel, chief executive of Palm's soon-to-be spun-off operating system subsidiary; Palm chief...
[November 9, 2001, 8:44]
Council IT staff don't respect top bosses
News Fewer than half of council IT staff respect their chief executives because they lack the ability to lead and inspire, according to a new survey. The IT staff in the survey also cited directors of finance and social services as those executives in...
[November 2, 2005, 11:40]
HP's Fiorina backs Net regulation
News Michael Turner, the director of The Information Services Executive Council, said self-regulation coupled with education of the consumer about what a company actually does with profile information will do more than law.
[August 23, 2000, 14:57]
Munich deal boosts desktop Linux
News The council of Germany's third-largest city said on Wednesday that it will spend about 30m euros, or £21m, on the transition. Munich, faced with the end of support for its Windows NT computers, pitted Linux and OpenOffice against Microsoft products...
[May 29, 2003, 8:14]
Open source awareness growing in Scotland
News Newham Council considered migrating from Microsoft to Linux on the desktop, but eventually stuck with Windows, which led to claims that Microsoft made massive concessions to avoid the council switching to open source.
[August 26, 2005, 8:50]
Xansa founder honoured with BCS award
News Winner: Newcastle City Council ("Customer Relationship Management") Winner: Lincolnshire County Council & Ramesys ("NETLinc") Shirley founded the company in 1962 and in her 25 years as its chief executive she turned it into a leading business...
[October 20, 2004, 18:05]
Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy
News Yet even with the new White House Council, the lack of technology expertise within the administration was.apparent from the beginning, said Black, who is listed as giving money to Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson and the Democratic Congressional...
[January 20, 2009, 12:37]
Software patents campaigners honoured
News He also led the campaign calling for a recount of the EU Council's vote on the directive after a change in the voting weights of EU members meant that those supporting the directive no longer had a majority vote.
[September 28, 2005, 13:05]
UN attacks tech giants over China co-operation
News The Council of Europe has prepared a treaty that would criminalise "racist or xenophobic acts using computer networks". Paschal Mooney, an Irish politician and delegate to the Council of Europe, called for a global ban on internet hate speech...
[November 1, 2006, 9:42]
IT Career Development Schemes Praised
White Papers Scotland's West Dunbartonshire Council and consulting firm Deloitte have both won British Computer Society (BCS) Professional Development Awards. The BCS chief executive believes that such initiatives are vital to improving the image of the IT...
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Liverpool guilty of data protection offences
News It then issued an information notice demanding a response from the council's chief executive, but again no response was made. UK IT managers should take note of a prosecution brought by the Information Commissioner against Liverpool City Council.
[December 28, 2006, 13:06]
Local gov't CIOs to shape national IT policy
News Members of the Local Government CIO Council include, among others: Peter Bole, head of ICT commissioning at Kent County Council; Richard Steel, CTO Council member and CIO at the London Borough of Newham; Dylan Roberts, head of ICT at Leeds City...
[April 3, 2008, 8:57]
CES: DVD formats face off
News The Recordable DVD Council advances products approved by the DVD Forum, which consists of companies that manufacture discs and drives for the DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R formats. At separate, simultaneous events at CES here, the Recordable DVD...
[January 11, 2002, 8:31]
HP Memo: Thank you, Carly
News With all the members of the Executive Council, I'm focused on driving improved performance and consistency of operations. This is the text of a memo explaining the decision and pointing to the days ahead, sent to the company's employees by Robert...
[February 10, 2005, 12:45]
