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Newham CIO sheds light on Microsoft relationship
Blog Richard Steel, the chief information officer of Newham Borough Council, and president of the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), created quite a stir on the Socitm blog last week when he wrote that open source software "lags...
[March 3, 2009, 12:15]
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. Yes, well, he would wouldn't he. A fact that would be plain to all if the 'Memorandum of Understanding' was...
[October 20, 2006, 11:22]
Newham CIO sheds light on Microsoft relationship
Blog Comment Signatories of the MoU, which included Steel, agreed to advocate the relationship between Microsoft and Newham.unquote) Isn't this an obvious and a serious conflict of interest in the case of someone involved in procuring software from Microsoft...
[March 5, 2009, 8:20]
Newham
Talkback Mr Steel and Newham have indeed have had an interesting past and have their critics in the open source community which we have covered on ZDNet.co.uk.http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39238434,00.htm
[April 30, 2008, 18:12]
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]
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]
Newham CIO sees open source as 'red herring'
Talkback Full and uncensored publication of the memorandum of understanding between Newham and Microsoft would settle this issue once and for all. Richard Steel: words are cheap.
[October 20, 2006, 9:14]
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]
Newham: the Sith Lords' homeplanet?
Talkback Nice Star Wars/Newham reference. For those who don't know Newham council was the UK local authority that famously flirted with open source but then became big supporters of Microsoft. Interestingly - Computer Weekly dug-up a story that Newham have...
[October 10, 2007, 14:07]
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]
No regrets for Newham
Talkback In response to the first Talkback.yes, it would be truly astounding if we were hounding Newham Council. This article (written by silicon.com, incidentally) reports the work that Newham and Microsoft have carried out on several e-government projects.
[April 4, 2005, 9:21]
Newham to lead CRM rollout
News Newham LBC will run a project that is aiming to demonstrate the benefits of customer relationship management as part of the CRM National Programme, one of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's National Projects for local e-government, it was...
[August 19, 2004, 15:55]
Cynicism over Newham Linux U-turn
Blog The controversial CIO at London's Borough of Newham brought on more controversy this week as he branded open source as a "red herring" in front of dozens of senior IT professionals. Critics say Steel only evaluated Linux so he could obtain greater...
[October 20, 2006, 17:12]
Microsoft can't afford to let Newham fail
Leader But Newham -- one of the UK capital's more down-trodden areas -- really has reached for the skies. On the upside, Newham's social services team will soon be kitted out with Tablet PCs, giving the elderly and infirm a break from 25-page forms.
[August 17, 2004, 11:55]
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]
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 CIO sheds light on Microsoft relationship
Blog Comment Whether we like it or not, Richard Steel is an ambassador for Newham and for IT in local government. "I will quite freely express my views, but they are in no way Socitm policy," People in his position should know to keep their personal opinions to...
[March 4, 2009, 8:50]
Microsoft to shed light on Newham Council's Linux u-turn
Talkback Newham were going to switch to Linux as far cheaper over long term. Microsoft fearing it could loose its total monopoly over the council/government desktop market gave Newham free software and service at cost.
[August 13, 2004, 12:09]
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...
[September 28, 2007, 1:00]
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]
