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Newham Council Denies Playing Dirty With Linux
News Speaking at an event to launch a partnership between Newham and Microsoft, Richard Steel -- Newham Council's head of ICT -- insisted that a recent assessment of the various merits of Windows and open source had been fair and above board.
[August 16, 2004, 17:15]
Microsoft To Shed Light On Newham Council's Linux U-turn
Talkback Microsoft fearing it could loose its total monopoly over the council/government desktop market gave Newham free software and service at cost. Sure, Microsoft are illegally subsidising their software to Newham council in order to stop...
[August 13, 2004, 12:09]
Newham Council Denies Playing Dirty With Linux
Talkback Microsoft lovers, take note. Apparently they don't need to charge the massively exorbitant prices they do charge for Windows and Office. How did they ever get away with it? Oh yes, the illegal monopoly.
[August 17, 2004, 10:42]
Newham Council Denies Playing Dirty With Linux
Talkback Man! They surely have lots of people, time and money to spend fooling around with m$'s malware. But, well, it's their money (I mean, their citizens' money) which is at risk.
[August 17, 2004, 6:50]
Newham Council Denies Playing Dirty With Linux
Talkback Did Microsoft make the terms of their "deal" public? I wouldn't be surprised to see "You will fully support Microsoft's anti-Linux marketing efforts" as a condition to being given all that software for next to nothing.
[August 16, 2004, 21:07]
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]
Microsoft To Shed Light On Newham Council's Linux U-turn
News The software giant has scheduled a press conference for Monday, 16 August, at which it will talk in detail about the London borough of Newham's decision to deploy a Windows-based desktop and server infrastructure.
[August 12, 2004, 17:40]
London Council Extends TV-based Web Delivery
News A council estate in Newham LBC has been building community spirit through the use of a digital TV and Internet service provided by their local council. Following the successful pilot, Newham Council is building a new version of the system designed...
[October 14, 2004, 16:35]
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]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback From Newham council web site http://apps.newham.gov.uk/democracy/mayor/Myviewoct.htm The six-day trip was sponsored by the American Embassy in London and I was accompanied by councillors Christine Bowden and Tony McAlmont, along with council...
[January 13, 2004, 13:11]
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]
UK Councils Dump Windows For Linux
News Two councils, Newham in London and Nottingham City Council, are examining the feasibility of shifting all their 11,500 staff desktop computers from Windows to Linux with open source desktop applications by the end of the year, according to E...
[June 6, 2003, 13:52]
No Regrets For Newham
News Newham also plans to use technologies such as Microsoft BizTalk Server to connect up services such as council tax, housing, environment, social services and education and make them accessible to the council's customer service staff through a...
[April 1, 2005, 9:25]
Vista Gets A Cautious Welcome
News According to Geoff Connell, head of ICT at Newham, the council has found many different ways to improve productivity. Among the users who had come out in support were some predictable faces, such as Capgemini and the London Borough of Newham.
[December 1, 2006, 14:50]
Open Source Project Boosts Democracy Online
News A total of 260 participants were involved across two local authorities, Brighton and Hove City Council and LB Newham. In the first few weeks of operation, 27 citizens posted to the Newham Issues Forum (26 percent of total subscribers), while 56...
[May 6, 2005, 15:10]
Linux Club Helps Firms Hide From Microsoft
News Newham Borough Council had been trialling Netproject's Linux product, but eventually abandoned plans to move to open source in favour of a new deal with Microsoft instead. Bleasdale, who expressed his admiration for the poker skills of Newham...
[February 10, 2004, 16:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog He also stood for the local council, but since he was Labour he got in (it works that way in Newham: it's not an election, it's a fiefdom). And all the way from Newham's planning committee. Stephen Timms MP hails from East Ham, a place I know well...
[May 31, 2002, 11:19]
Newham CIO Sees Open Source As 'red Herring'
News Richard Steel, chief information officer at the Borough of Newham, made the comments to a large audience of senior IT professionals at London's IP'06 event on Wednesday. Newham is cited as a critical victory by Microsoft in its battle against open...
[October 19, 2006, 16:45]
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]
