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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 19, 2007, 0:00]
Visa Government Services: Making Public Sector Payment Processes More Efficient, Economical And Accountable
White Papers Governments and other public sector organizations worldwide have experienced great success using Visa Payment Solutions as a means of reducing costs, maximizing resource utilization, and simplifying their payment processes.
[October 13, 2005, 3:00]
The Move Toward Shared Services: An Examination Of The Business Models And IT Trends Driving Public Sector Adoption Of Shared Services
White Papers They bridge legacy and newly developed applications across diverse organizations to provide the public sector with more efficient means of serving civilians, employees, business partners, or any other end-user base.
[March 29, 2007, 1:00]
Contracting For IS/IT Software Services In The Public Sector
White Papers Contracting for services in the public sector typically follows a traditional procurement process. The question is: why is this and is there a better way that still meets public sector procurement standards?
[September 1, 2005, 3:00]
Shared Services In Government: Turning Private-Section Lessons Into Public-Sector Best Practices
White Papers Although this challenge is not new, ever-loftier election promises and higher standards set by private-sector companies have substantially raised both citizen expectations and political stakes. But the time is right for fresh thinking on how...
[August 22, 2005, 6:00]
IT Services Sector Posts Solid Growth
News Worldwide spending on information technology services grew 6.4 percent to $570bn last year, with defence-oriented companies and Japan-based providers notching market share gains. IT services, which range from hardware maintenance contracts to...
[October 26, 2004, 12:50]
Shared Services In The Public Sector
White Papers One of these is Shared Services. In the Strategy the term "Shared Services" encompasses the sharing of customer services in the front-office as well as corporate services in the back-office. The experience of HR and Finance in Government and of...
[November 14, 2007, 0:01]
Achieving Efficiencies In Public Sector Services By Exchanging Citizen Information In A Way That Protects Data Privacy
White Papers BKWI is a government agency in the Netherlands supporting information exchange between the Departments of Employment and Social Security. Because these government organizations are autonomous, a wide variety of platforms existed.
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Think Smart... Think Voluntary Sector! - Good Practice Guidance On Procurement Of Services From The Voluntary And Community Sector
White Papers Although the primary focus of this paper is to improve the participation of the VCS in public service contracts, it is also highly relevant to procurement relationships with small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), and black and minority ethnic...
[April 29, 2005, 3:00]
Credit Crunch Driving Outsourcing Demand
News The credit crunch is predicted to drive greater demand for outsourcing in the financial services sector. Fiona Czerniawska, author of the report and director of the MCA's Think Tank research unit, said in a statement: "While innovation and...
[June 19, 2008, 9:42]
Software Sector UK's Worst Performing In 2007
News The software and computer-services sector was the worst performing on the UK stock market last year. The research by Ernst & Young covered all listed companies in the UK and found 56 profit warnings from 43 companies in the software and computer...
[January 17, 2008, 7:48]
HP Blade Workstation Solution For The Public Sector: Workstation Computing Without Boundaries
White Papers HP holds a workstation leadership position in the financial services sector thanks to product innovation that addresses the ever-changing IT requirements of the industry. Through its years of leadership work with, and as an integral IT provider to...
[June 5, 2008, 11:08]
IT Sector Sees Increased Profit Warnings
News Research by Ernst & Young shows profit warnings in the software and computer services sector of the FTSE share index rose by 44 percent in the first quarter of 2008. James Bennet, technology director at Ernst & Young, said in a statement...
[April 15, 2008, 9:56]
Credit Squeeze Hits Tech Contractors
News The proportion of tech contract workers in the financial services sector is at its lowest level for more than three years. Just 22 percent of IT contractors are working in the sector, according to contractor services company Giant Group, which...
[November 1, 2007, 8:52]
IT Will Spend On Security, But Not Services
News While IT spending on security and virtual private networks (VPNs) is expected to increase substantially this year, it's bad news for the services sector with many technology decision-makers planning cut-backs in IT outsourcing and consultancy.
[January 10, 2003, 11:43]
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. But 2007 will see higher-than-average growth, with the UK public-sector software and IT services market...
[September 10, 2007, 16:08]
Promote Broadband, EU Tells Public Sector
News Governments across Europe should "aggregate" their public sector demand for broadband services in order to stimulate take-up, according to the European Commission. The public sector "can help to make the business case for investment" says the...
[May 13, 2004, 13:10]
Fujitsu To Deliver Cabinet Office Shared Services
News The Cabinet Office has signed up Fujitsu Services as its new ICT supplier, in a deal which could provide shared services to multiple public-sector organisations. It said that Public Sector Flex, as the seven-year framework is called, has the...
[June 22, 2007, 9:03]
Can IM Ever Be Secure?
News Many of them, in turn, will be in financial services, the business sector that has taken to IM more than any other. Financial sector authorities have already responded to the threat. Nearly 200 million individuals will use instant-messaging (IM...
[April 12, 2005, 17:55]
Poste Italiane Improves Service Quality And Aligns IT Services To Support New Lines Of Business
White Papers One of the major changes was the decision to branch out into an entirely new sector - financial services. Market growth, internationalization and the introduction of new competitive players in the sector have led Poste Italiane to implement...
[July 30, 2004, 3:00]
