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Staffordshire University saves £6,000 with document management

Staffordshire University has saved more than £6,000 a year after rolling out a document management and imaging system. The university...

Digital Economy Bill supports creative and digital industries

The UK digital economy accounts for nearly 10% of the revenue produced by the whole British economy each year, according to business secretary

Environment Agency aims to halve carbon emissions with green IT contract

The Environment Agency has signed an IT contract which aims to halve the department's carbon emissions. The seven-year £336m contract...

Asos profits grow after IT investment

Online retailer Asos has reported sales growth of 47% in the first half of this year. The company...

Marks & Spencer to kick off major SAP roll-out

Marks & Spencer will start implementing SAP software in its core systems next year following successful implementation in other parts of the company.

IT spending will fuel global recovery, says study

Growing spending on IT will drive up the number of jobs for IT professionals by 5.8 million across leading global economies over the next four years....

IT spend up 3% in 2010, but don't uncork the champagne yet, says Gartner

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 20 October 2009
Global spending on IT will grow 3.3% to $3.3 trillion next year, reversing the worst slump the industry has seen, says market analyst Gartner. Gartner...

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...

IT challenge ahead as BA and Iberia merge

The IT departments at British Airways and Iberia have some hard work ahead of them after the two airlines announced they are to merge.

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.

XBRL: the future of financial transparency

IBM is planning to work with banks and financial institutions, corporations, software companies and regulators to create a standards-based approach...

Recession buster: five tips to lower software maintenance fees

As the recession bites, businesses can lower their IT expenditure by focussing on the cost of their software maintenance contracts.

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...

Testing is crucial for business continuity success

Responsive business thrives on continuity. William Knight finds that the trick to uninterrupted business is testing continuity processes before disaster strikes.

Defra defends Accenture over “flawed” £350m IT system

Top civil servants have defended Accenture after it helped to deliver a "fundamentally flawed" £350m IT system to pay EU subsidies to farmers. Helen...

UK tightens Ripa surveillance rules

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 04 November 2009
Days after the European Commission threatened to take...

British Airways cuts IT spend by £23m

British Airways has cut IT expenditure by £23m as part of a £400m cost-saving exercise.

Social networking and mash-ups top list of disruptive technologies

Social networking technologies and the use of web mash-ups are among the top 10 disruptive technologies that will make headway in enterprises in the next four years, according to research firm Gartner.

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.
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