http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbFri, 06 Nov 2009 10:33:00 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 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/05/237985/tories-will-ask-armchair-auditors-to-crawl-over-it-projects.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/05/237985/tories-will-ask-armchair-auditors-to-crawl-over-it-projects.htm The Conservatives want to "unleash an army of armchair auditors" to crawl over the Government's accounts, looking at IT and other projects see for themselves...Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:38:04 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/02/237966/uk-to-crowdsource-new-government-website.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/02/237966/uk-to-crowdsource-new-government-website.htm The government has turned to crowd-sourcing for the development of its latest website. The Cabinet Office's digital...Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:56:52 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/29/237913/security-zone-checklist-for-winning-it-security-funding.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/29/237913/security-zone-checklist-for-winning-it-security-funding.htmI sometimes wonder what it is that makes otherwise rational security folk seem to ignore the most fundamental aspect of any corporate IT security strategy when they convene to talk , discuss and architect the why, how and where security fits into the corporate scheme of thingsTue, 29 Sep 2009 13:50:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/29/237909/cios-are-followers-not-leaders.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/29/237909/cios-are-followers-not-leaders.htm Fujitsu Technology Solutions has warned that excessive caution amongst CIOs and IT directors could be hampering innovation as research showed that just one...Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:52:16 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/18/237763/id-cards-may-be-dropped-as-government-looks-to-makes-cuts.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/18/237763/id-cards-may-be-dropped-as-government-looks-to-makes-cuts.htm The controversial ID cards...Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:16:25 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/15/237723/e-government-success-depends-on-external-expertise.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/15/237723/e-government-success-depends-on-external-expertise.htm Governments and their citizens across Europe are disillusioned with e-government. Despite 10 years of developing electronically delivered services, less...Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:33:52 GMT