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Hardware failure biggest threat to business continuity

Hardware failure was the top disruption threat to UK business operations in 2007, according to a report by Sungard Availability Services.

Trampoline says social networking can bounce productivity

Trampoline Systems has launched what it claims is the world's first organisational intelligence and diagnostics tool.

KPMG signs BT with £62m five-year outsourcing contract

KPMG is to outsource a significant chunk of its IT management to BT in a deal worth £62m over five years. If successful the contract, in the UK and Germany, may be extended to other countries in which KPMG has offices.

UK leads the way in Europe for online shopping

The UK leads Europe in online shopping, according to market researcher Mintel in its latest report on e-commerce in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

CIOs still lack IT influence on the board, survey says

CIOs are still being sidelined when it comes to reporting to their boards on IT issues, shows research commissioned by security software firm McAfee.

NHS IT scheme spends £1.5bn less than expected

Spending on the main contracts under­pinning the NHS's national IT scheme up to April 2007 was £1.5bn less than the Department of Health had expected, according to figures released by the government last week.

CIOs in strong position to help businesses fight slowdown

CIOs are in a strong position to make a difference in the face of an economic slowdown, according to IT experts. But although some advise cost cutting, CIOs actually appear to be spending more on IT.

Twin-track ID card strategy will deliver benefit quickly, says IPS chief

The head of the government's identity card programme has defended the new roll-out strategy launched last week, saying it will deliver "most benefit to all us of as quickly as possible".

'Management errors' led to failure of £17m government housing agency system

A catalogue of management and technical errors led to the "potentially damaging failure" of a £17m project to modernise the IT systems at the government's housing agency, documents obtained by Computer Weekly reveal.
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