<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IT Strategic Planning from ComputerWeekly.com</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:13:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Government IT strategy aims for billions of savings</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239493/government-it-strategy-aims-for-billions-of-savings.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239493/government-it-strategy-aims-for-billions-of-savings.htm</guid><description>A draft government-wide IT strategy identifies £5.7bn worth of annual savings to be made across the public sector by 2020.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New government-wide IT strategy to be launched in December?</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239482/new-government-wide-it-strategy-to-be-launched-in-december.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239482/new-government-wide-it-strategy-to-be-launched-in-december.htm</guid><description>A new IT strategy expected with the pre-budget report sets out the direction for UK government technology until 2020.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK National Skills Academy for IT to open next year</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/26/239477/uk-national-skills-academy-for-it-to-open-next-year.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/26/239477/uk-national-skills-academy-for-it-to-open-next-year.htm</guid><description>A National Skills Academy...</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:03:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Technology at the heart of London Stock Exchange strategy</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239461/technology-at-the-heart-of-london-stock-exchange-strategy.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239461/technology-at-the-heart-of-london-stock-exchange-strategy.htm</guid><description>Technology featured high on the agenda as the London Stock Exchange outlined...</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NPfIT Lorenzo pioneer NHS Bury grapples with "issues"</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239458/npfit-lorenzo-pioneer-nhs-bury-grapples-with-issues.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239458/npfit-lorenzo-pioneer-nhs-bury-grapples-with-issues.htm</guid><description>The first NHS Trust in England to install the Lorenzo 1.9 version...</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CIOs have critical role in guiding business out of recession, says SAP</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/24/239444/cios-have-critical-role-in-guiding-business-out-of-recession-says-sap.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/24/239444/cios-have-critical-role-in-guiding-business-out-of-recession-says-sap.htm</guid><description>Chief information officers have a critical role to play in the next five years as businesses continue to feel the effects of the economic recession, says Chakib Bouhdary, chief value officer at SAP.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 reasons to deploy WAN optimization in an economic downturn</title><link>http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/24/236761/10-reasons-to-deploy-wan-optimization-in-an-economic-downturn.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/24/236761/10-reasons-to-deploy-wan-optimization-in-an-economic-downturn.htm</guid><description>It's no secret that companies often cut IT budgets in times of economic difficulty. 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