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Public Sector's IT Waste Disposal
News The public sector must start sharing more IT systems to drive down costs for the taxpayer, as unnecessary duplication is "no longer sustainable" according to the Scottish Executive. The Executive's 'Scots Connects' programme has worked with...
[November 28, 2005, 15:45]
Public Sector Losing Focus?
Talkback This story just demonstates how the public sector has completely lost focus as to who they serve. If this amount of money had been wasted on such a project in the private sector the persons responsible would have been quite rightly sacked.
[November 13, 2006, 14:48]
IBM Financial Management Services - Public Sector
White Papers IBM's financial management capabilities help public sector financial managers transition to this partnership style of operating. In government, as in industry, revolutionary changes are sweeping away old styles of financial management.
[April 25, 2005, 0:00]
Public Sector IT Demand On The Up
News The demand for IT workers in the public sector has soared, according to figures released on Wednesday by an employment trends research company. Statistics from the CWJobs quarterly IT skills index showed the number of permanent IT jobs in the...
[March 2, 2005, 16:05]
Public Sector Urged To Learn From Business
News BuyIT, the IT best-practice network, has launched its framework for e-government to give the public sector a subtle hint on what it could learn from the private sector with technology. Among the recommendations BuyIT's report makes to the...
[May 12, 2004, 17:05]
Public Sector 'lags Private Outsourcers'
News The UK is ahead of the rest of Europe when it comes to outsourcing, but the public sector is still blinkered by a pure cost driven approach, according to new research. But the trend is not across the board, with the public sector still favouring a...
[November 10, 2003, 8:15]
Public Sector Enterprise Resource Planning
White Papers The hypothesis is that private sector implementations of standard software will lead to increased effectiveness and efficiency in public sector organizations. Private sector firms have faced similar choices.
[September 1, 2005, 0:00]
Public-sector IT Spend Predicted To Fall
News The UK public-sector software and IT services market will begin to wilt as big government IT programmes slow down, analyst house Ovum predicts. The public-sector market is predicted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.9 percent between...
[September 10, 2007, 16:08]
Public Sector Outsourcing Boom To Continue
News The UK public sector is set to outsource a further £20bn worth of services - representing a growth of 50 percent over three years, according to research from the public sector research, publishing and events firm Kable.
[April 18, 2005, 17:00]
Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative: Guidance For Buyers And Their Internal Customers
White Papers The Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI) - supported by the Prime Minister - is designed to help the Government deliver its Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy (SFFS). Public sector procurement can make a big difference, as it...
[June 21, 2005, 0:00]
Public Sector IT Spending Climb To Continue
News The analyst firm said public sector buyers will be looking for packages of technologies that will help them communicate better with the public - such as portals and call centres bundled with services to help them handle cases on a customised basis.
[August 3, 2005, 16:50]
Public Sector Mobile Technology Explosion Predicted
News Public sector spending on ICT for mobile workers is set to increase by nearly five times over the next decade, according to research from market analyst Kable. Kable expects dramatic growth from a market where mobile workers already account for 1.1...
[March 21, 2005, 16:20]
Public Sector Wins Huge IT Discounts
News The government's latest deal with IT suppliers will allow public sector bodies to buy hardware with a discount of up to 49 percent. OGCbuying.solutions — a government e-procurement arm — is running a scheme which promises average savings of over 25...
[December 11, 2006, 8:27]
Public Sector Cool On VoIP
News UK public-sector organisations aren't rushing to install IP-based telephony systems. In a survey of 400 public sector ICT managers, 42 percent said they don't expect to complete migration from legacy phone switch systems (PBXs) to IP-based networks...
[December 7, 2006, 10:20]
Public Sector Spends Up On Outsourcing
Talkback I have found this article on public sector outsourcing very useful for my research on public sector outsourcing in the UK. Hi, I would thus be very much grateful if you could let me have a copy of the full research report.
[January 24, 2005, 12:14]
Public Sector Spending To Boost Rural Broadband
News The e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has announced several initiatives to improve the take-up of broadband by the public sector, particularly in the regions. The new measures are part of the government's strategy of using public sector demand...
[June 26, 2002, 17:04]
Public Sector Spends Up On Outsourcing
Talkback I have found this article on public sector outsourcing very useful for my research on public sector outsourcing in the UK. Hi, I would thus be very much grateful if you could let me have a copy of the full research report.
[January 24, 2005, 12:00]
IBM Human Capital Management Services - Public Sector
White Papers Public sector organizations face increasing pressure to reduce costs and improve services. IBM's public sector Human Capital Management (HCM) practice helps to increase productivity and add value through one of the most valuable resources - people.
[February 18, 2007, 23:00]
Public Sector Wins New Volume Discounts From Microsoft
News As part of a mooted new three-year deal, Microsoft will offer a software and support package at volume discount rates across the UK's public sector. The MoU works by pooling public sector volume licensing purchases to trigger bigger levels of...
[August 18, 2004, 10:25]
Public-sector Workers May Barter Labour Online
News Downing Street policy advisers are working on plans for an online market place that would allow public sector workers to sell their labour and skills to local authorities and government departments. It would cover a range of goods and services, but...
[August 24, 2004, 15:45]
