Maintaining good levels of datacentre availability is more important than saving energy through efficiency drives, said IT managers at last week's Data Centre Dynamics conference.
One of the government’s biggest IT contracts – a £5bn deal for new IT at defence locations across the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan – has run into delays and major problems at the first large MoD site to install the technology.
The travel industry is likely to have to redevelop its reservation systems and websites to the government's new e-Borders passenger screening project, but is unlikely to recover some £200m in costs from the Home Office.
The Welsh Assembly Government has announced a £30 million contract to build a fibre network to bring next-generation communication services to businesses across the country, starting in North Wales.
More than half of websites run by European airlines have failed a consumer fairness test by the European Commission and face closure unless they clean up their act.