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Troops in danger as outdated systems at the MoD reach meltdown
Outdated IT systems at the The Ministry of Defence (MoD) are reaching meltdown, with the risk of seriously affecting troops' ability to carry out operations, a National Audit Office report has found. News
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European Commission prepares for cuts to sprawling €500m IT spend
The European Commission is preparing a plan to slash its sprawling IT estate after an audit revealed it spends €500m a year on 2,000 IT systems that often do the same thing for different departments. News
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Budget 2011: HMRC might combine NI and income tax systems
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) could face major IT integration following the government's announcement in the budget that the income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) systems could be brought together in an effort to reduce complexity. News
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Governments need new policies to cope with
Every government agency needs a "big data" policy to cope with the rising tsunami of data, to protect personal data, and to extract information on which it can act, says a report from the US President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (... News
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Lessons from the library: Behind the UK's web archive
Anyone unfamiliar with the British Library might imagine it to be a stuffy old organisation that's full of dusty books and documents – the last vestige of a bygone age, writes Dale Vile, managing director of Freeform Dynamics. News Analysis
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Scottish police seek national information system
The Scottish Government has launched a national information management programme for its police service. The programme will develop a national model of common policing processes and provide a scalable solution for recording, management and analysis t... News
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BBC commits to the cloud
The BBC is moving to the cloud as a key part of its new technology strategy. News
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Google blames software update for Gmail failure
Google has blamed a bug in a storage software update for weekend interruptions to its Gmail service in which thousands of users lost e-mail contacts and folders. News
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Ofqual blames flawed software testing for 'A' level grading errors
Examinations regulator Ofqual has highlighted three IT problems with the marking system that caused thousands of students to receive incorrect GCSE and A-level marks in 2010. News
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Dell ramps up storage virtualisation with Compellent acquisition
Dell has completed its acquisition of virtualised storage provider Compellent Technologies for $940m (£578m). News
