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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]
Dell Poaches HP Executive
News In July, Anderson will become the fourth senior vice-president in Dell's Product Group Council, joining Jeff Clarke, Alex Gruzen and John Medica, spokesman Jess Blackburn said. In that council, Clarke has been in charge of enterprise products such...
[July 1, 2005, 10:00]
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]
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]
Congress, BRAC Thyself: Reorganizing The Legislative Branch For Homeland Security
White Papers In the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the United States, President Bush created the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council. Executive Order 13228, dated 8 October 2001, outlined the responsibilities and duties...
[November 6, 2004, 2:00]
Merthyr Tydfil CBC - Resourcing Issues Of A Small Local Authority
White Papers The council had a dynamic new chief executive, Alistair Neill, who was driving forward the modernisation agenda. Merthyr Tydfil County Council is a fairly small unitary local authority serving the South Wales area with a population of just 57,000...
[April 28, 2005, 0:00]
Top Eight Best Practices For I.T. Disaster Recovery
White Papers CIO Executive Council members share some of their tried-and-true methods with readers though this white paper. Given the high number of blackouts, hurricanes and other disasters that have come the way during the past few years, many CIOs are wisely...
[August 23, 2006, 1:00]
Free Report - Software-as-a-Service: A Comprehensive Look At The Total Cost Of Ownership Of Software Applications
White Papers This special report was prepared by the Software-as-a-Service Executive Council of the Software & Information Industry Association. According to Gartner, the annual cost to own and manage software applications can be up to four times the cost of...
[October 5, 2007, 13:46]
Human Capital: Observations On Agencies' Implementation Of The Chief Human Capital Officers Act
White Papers Congress recognized the critical leadership role the agency Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs) and the CHCO Council must play in the fundamental changes that need to take place across the executive branch.
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
