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More than half of £19bn overspend on government projects due to NPfIT

IT projects have contributed around £11bn to a total overspend of £19bn on government projects, according to a report ...

Project management key to IT efficiency, says LSE survey

IT organisations should strip costs out of their day-to-day operations by investing in better IT project management, and through greater standardisation of their infrastructure, according to a study published today by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Twenty five years of government IT project failure

Two messages on Twitter last week on the failure of a £513m IT-based "C-Nomis" project at the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office were striking.

Report: C-Nomis Prison IT system failure

A £234m “C-Nomis” IT system for Prisons failed in almost every possible way – but the project’s main board and ministers were kept unaware of the full problems until it was too late to rescue the original scheme.

HSBC one platform strategy pays for itself

HSBC's strategy to create a single technology platform is paying for itself mid-way through its implementation, said the bank today.

Terminal 5 problems should have been avoided, say MPs

Problems experienced at the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, which led to hundreds of cancelled flights and thousands of passengers losing theirluggage, "could and should" have been avoided, MPs said today.

Connecting for Health faces criticism over national IT programme

Connecting for Health, which runs much of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT , is expected to come under strong criticism in a report commissioned by the government into the progress of online health records.

Tories would scrap £8bn of IT projects

The Conservative Party would cut or kill new and proposed IT projects worth at least £8bn, with the national identity card and the Interception Modernisation...

British Airways shelves ERP project as recession bites

British Airways has shelved plans to roll-out a company-wide ERP system because it doesn't want to spend cash in the face of a recession.

CSC seeks new $2.bn deal with Zurich Financial Services

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 06 October 2009
Zurich Financial Services Group has entered exclusive negotiations with IT outsourcer CSC 10-year...

MPs condemn C-Nomis criminal database project

MPs have condemned a major IT project for tracking offenders through the criminal justice system as a £513m shambles.

Sweating assets could constrict innovation

The reduction in demand for IT products and services as businesses cut spending is constricting supplier innovation and reducing choice for IT project...

Agile software development underpins Standard Life IT strategy

Software development managers could reduce the risk of project failure by using an agile methodology to build applications, such as the one being used by Standard Life.

NHS IT scheme now four years behind schedule

Plans for the NHS's national IT scheme are feasible - but the main software is running four years behind, and may not be fully rolled out until 2015, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office.

NAO report reveals NPfIT's benefits and flaws

This is a strong report by the NAO - factual and clear. There have been some achievements - the NPfIT has improved the profile, importance and training of IT staff in the NHS. It has made IT and its potential benefits a talking point at board level. A later add-on to the NPfIT, PACS digital x-ray technology, has been a success, making diagnoses quicker and reducing the need for unnecessary x-rays. The N3 broadband network is a success.

Executives divided over pros and cons of social networking

Should staff be allowed to use social networking sites such as Facebook at work, or should they be banned?

Cancer checks delayed as Barts struggles with Care Records System

Patients with suspected cancer have had urgent appointments with specialists delayed after Barts...

Telegraph dumps Microsoft Office suite for Google Apps

Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is migrating away from Microsoft apps to use Google's cheaper online applications among its journalists.

Government plans for London NHS IT in tatters

Networks were still unavailable today, nearly two days after a virus...

UK IT market resilient despite recession says Intellect

The UK high-tech market is showing resilience despite the economic crisis. Market data released by EITO , the European...
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