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Microsoft Chases London Councils After Newham Victory
Talkback Every government department and probably nearly every company in the UK uses Microsoft products. "the present process involves a 25-page form that has to be carted around between a local citizen's home and head office" lol - yes those forms must be...
[August 17, 2004, 12:55]
Microsoft Chases London Councils After Newham Victory
Talkback To get rid of MS, you have to have IT people willing to take responsibility for what they are doing. Unfortunately, they are few a far between and most likely not working for councils anyway. Banks and other wealthy companies are adopting linux but...
[August 18, 2004, 12:15]
Microsoft Chases London Councils After Newham Victory
Talkback What the F**K di thses darn stupid councils think they are doing no doubt they are the labourite scumballs just like blair and Co . If this country wants to survive we have got to get this infestation out of government now whilst we still have a...
[August 20, 2004, 11:31]
London Borough Of Newham Chooses Microsoft Solution Over Open Source As Best Overall Value Option
White Papers Newham Council, an innovative and leading-edge local authority in the United Kingdom, was faced with the need to lower cost and risk, while providing a financially predictable, stable, and innovative Information and Communications Technology (ICT...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Microsoft To Shed Light On Newham Council's Linux U-turn
News Microsoft has been billing Newham's decision as proof that its software can give better overall value than Linux. However, this claim has been hotly contested by those in the open-source camp, who have alleged that Microsoft was forced to make huge...
[August 12, 2004, 17:40]
Newham CIO Sees Open Source As 'red Herring'
Talkback It's part of the.understanding' between Microsoft and Newham that Newham executives will promote Microsoft at the expense of Open Source. Prove that your comments are not just Microsoft PR regurgitated as part of an.understanding.
[October 20, 2006, 11:22]
HP Wins $27m London Council Deal
News HP will migrate Newham to Microsoft Windows and Exchange 2003 groupware. Recent research has shown this is generally going well across the UK but Newham is still associated with a well-publicised decision to use Microsoft technology rather than...
[December 13, 2004, 10:05]
Microsoft To Shed Light On Newham Council's Linux U-turn
Talkback "launch Newham's unique partnership with Microsoft; a partnership which will see Newham and Microsoft working closely together on a range of projects that will directly benefit Newham and the public sector as a whole.
[August 12, 2004, 23:16]
Newham Council Denies Playing Dirty With Linux
News Officials at the London Borough of Newham denied on Monday that they had faked an interest in deploying Linux to force Microsoft to dramatically cut its licensing costs. Speaking at an event to launch a partnership between Newham and Microsoft...
[August 16, 2004, 17:15]
Microsoft Chases London Councils After Newham Victory
News Microsoft unveiled ambitious plans on Monday to encourage the use of its products across London councils, using Newham Council to showcase what its software can do. At a press conference on Monday, Newham Council announced it is rolling out...
[August 16, 2004, 18:20]
No Regrets For Newham
Talkback This article (written by silicon.com, incidentally) reports the work that Newham and Microsoft have carried out on several e-government projects. If Microsoft and Newham didn't want to talk about the issue, they probably wouldn't have issued a...
[April 4, 2005, 9:21]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback George Lazarette :" But it is either corrupt or stupid for a borough like Newham to use Microsoft when there are better and cheaper/free alternatives. Newham Borough is neither corrupt or stupid as you yell out.
[January 8, 2004, 22:04]
Newham CIO Sees Open Source As 'red Herring'
News Newham is cited as a critical victory by Microsoft in its battle against open source, after the Borough decided to deploy a Windows XP-based infrastructure followed a detailed evaluation of Linux. Critics have suggested that Newham evaluated Linux...
[October 19, 2006, 16:45]
No Regrets For Newham
News The London Borough of Newham has unveiled the first fruits of its controversial deal with Microsoft. Newham’s head of ICT Richard Steel told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com he has no regrets about signing the deal: "We are pleased with Microsoft’s...
[April 1, 2005, 9:25]
Newham CIO Wins Award
News Richard Steel, head of ICT at Newham Council - which was at the centre of a major row between Linux advocates and Microsoft in 2004 - has won Public Sector CIO of the year award in the UK Technology Innovation & Growth Awards.
[March 16, 2005, 10:10]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
News London's Newham Borough Council has ditched plans to move to an open source environment and will instead concentrate on negotiating a new deal with Microsoft that could act as a model for other public sector bodies.
[January 6, 2004, 14:00]
Because They Are Contractually Obligated To
Talkback Newham signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft that *requires* them to promote Microsoft and Microsoft's interests. Imagine that - public money spent on a behind-closed-doors exclusive deal with Microsoft that *requires* Newham to...
[June 2, 2008, 9:54]
Cynicism Over Newham Linux U-turn
Blog Critics say Steel only evaluated Linux so he could obtain greater discounts from Microsoft, and that the Newham Microsoft programme is now just one big publicity exercise for the Redmond giant. The controversial CIO at London's Borough of Newham...
[October 20, 2006, 17:12]
Microsoft Can't Afford To Let Newham Fail
Leader Microsoft wants other councils to look at Newham and decide it makes sense to stick with Windows, Office, Exchange and the rest. But Newham can't be treated as a true testbed for the suitability and value of Microsoft's software, whether in local...
[August 17, 2004, 11:55]
Vista Gets A Cautious Welcome
News Among the users who had come out in support were some predictable faces, such as Capgemini and the London Borough of Newham. For Newham, Thursday's announcement was not just about Vista. According to Geoff Connell, head of ICT at Newham, the...
[December 1, 2006, 14:50]
