http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:46:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/20/239392/more-than-half-of-19bn-overspend-on-government-projects-due-to-npfit.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/20/239392/more-than-half-of-19bn-overspend-on-government-projects-due-to-npfit.htmIT projects have contributed around £11bn to a total overspend of £19bn on government projects, according to a report ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:46:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/19/237450/rethink-virtualization-in-business-terms.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/19/237450/rethink-virtualization-in-business-terms.htmThe allure of virtualization is clear. For IT organizations, virtualized solutions are faster to deploy and lead to increased hardware utilization and lower power and cooling costs. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/19/236053/11-questions-that-all-cios-shoud-ask-their-it-manager.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/19/236053/11-questions-that-all-cios-shoud-ask-their-it-manager.htmEvery business is looking for ways to be more efficient. You know information technology is critical — you can't be in business without it. But what is your IT really costing you? Could you be doing more with the technology you have? Could you reduce costs and provide better service to your organization?Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/17/239212/project-management-key-to-it-efficiency-says-lse-survey.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/17/239212/project-management-key-to-it-efficiency-says-lse-survey.htmIT 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).Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:15:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/12/238663/sweating-assets-could-constrict-innovation.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/12/238663/sweating-assets-could-constrict-innovation.htm The reduction in demand for IT products and services as businesses cut spending is constricting supplier innovation and reducing choice for IT project...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:22:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/09/238468/g2010-conference-government-it-successes-and-disappointments.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/09/238468/g2010-conference-government-it-successes-and-disappointments.htm Government IT is a "serious disappointment" despite the billions spent on technology and services every year, says an expert commentator on the public...Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:22:05 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/06/238452/twenty-five-years-of-government-it-project-failure.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/06/238452/twenty-five-years-of-government-it-project-failure.htmTwo 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.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/05/238441/cardiff-keeps-it-staff-in-innovative-insourcing-deal.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/05/238441/cardiff-keeps-it-staff-in-innovative-insourcing-deal.htm Cardiff Council has signed an innovative 15-year 'insourcing' deal with Indian supplier TCS in a move that will allow it to transform its IT services...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:49:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/04/238424/why-lastminute.com-cio-fin-goulding-turned-his-back-on-corporate-it.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/04/238424/why-lastminute.com-cio-fin-goulding-turned-his-back-on-corporate-it.htmThe traditional world of banking IT can seem a long way away from the increasingly ubiquitous world of internet-based business.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:01:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/03/238395/video-spending-on-private-cloud-to-take-off-says-gartner.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/03/238395/video-spending-on-private-cloud-to-take-off-says-gartner.htm Businesses will begin investing in their own secure private cloud networks over the next three to five years while they wait for the public cloud to mature,...Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:31:11 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/03/238382/mps-condemn-c-nomis-criminal-database-project.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/03/238382/mps-condemn-c-nomis-criminal-database-project.htmMPs have condemned a major IT project for tracking offenders through the criminal justice system as a £513m shambles. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:13:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/28/238326/minister-mistook-costs-of-defra-single-payment-scheme.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/28/238326/minister-mistook-costs-of-defra-single-payment-scheme.htmA minister who publicly disputed audited figures on the costs of the IT-based Single Payment Scheme for farmers had misunderstood his civil service briefing, a top civil servant has claimed.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:19:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/27/238315/think-small-to-avoid-public-sector-it-disasters.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/27/238315/think-small-to-avoid-public-sector-it-disasters.htm It is eight years since the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) called for "dolphins not whales", warning of the "hidden danger...Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:03:31 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/22/238262/nao-struggles-for-truth-in-defra-it-inquiry.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/22/238262/nao-struggles-for-truth-in-defra-it-inquiry.htmThe Rural Payments Agency's Single Payment Scheme uses a £350m IT system to pay farmers the right amount in EU subsidies. But the National Audit Office says the agency's systems are "very expensive", "cumbersome", difficult to change to keep up-to-date with new policies, and are in danger of becoming obsolete. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:56:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/21/238257/nao-in-dispute-with-defra-over-it-based-single-payment-scheme.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/21/238257/nao-in-dispute-with-defra-over-it-based-single-payment-scheme.htm A government department has taken the unusual step of refusing to sign off a report by the public spending watchdog the National Audit Office on an IT-based...Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:04:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/14/238137/ten-golden-rules-to-avoid-delays-in-erp-projects.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/14/238137/ten-golden-rules-to-avoid-delays-in-erp-projects.htmThe transformation of businesses today is, more often than not, enabled by underpinning IT which automates the transformed business processes ...Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:02:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/12/238094/the-easy-way-to-migrate-from-legacy-storage.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/12/238094/the-easy-way-to-migrate-from-legacy-storage.htmMigrating from legacy storage with the minimum disruption requires a good strategy, support from the business and the right technology.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:31:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/06/238010/csc-seeks-new-2.bn-deal-with-zurich-financial-services.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/06/238010/csc-seeks-new-2.bn-deal-with-zurich-financial-services.htm Zurich Financial Services Group has entered exclusive negotiations with IT outsourcer CSC 10-year...Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:51:27 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/05/237997/merger-mania-data-disaster.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/05/237997/merger-mania-data-disaster.htmIt feels like someone has fired a starting gun for the merger and acquisition (M&A) market. After months of relatively low activity, September saw proposed multibillion-pound deals between major companies such as Kraft and Cadbury as well as T-Mobile and Orange in the UKMon, 05 Oct 2009 18:10:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/05/237989/nhs-it-pioneers-see-risks-of-over-optimism-materialise.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/05/237989/nhs-it-pioneers-see-risks-of-over-optimism-materialise.htm When a group of pioneering hospitals in London went live with a major e-records system under the government's £12.7bn NHS IT scheme, a headline...Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:17:33 GMT