All Legislation and Regulation News - September 2006

Accenture pays just £63m to drop NHS contracts

The government has confirmed that Accenture has given up its existing contract with the NHS to supply systems, and will pay £63m compensation to NHS Connecting for Health.

Police get new investigations system

Unisys has released version 11 of HOLMES 2 (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System), the UK’s primary major investigation system for the police.

BNP Paribas signs IBM for on demand processing

One of the largest on-demand computing programmes in the global investment banking community has gone live, as BNP Paribas starts a three-year relationship with IBM.

Help set storage plan or risk archive lock-out, users told

Corporate users of storage systems should join industry standards bodies or risk not being able to retrieve archived data in five to 10 years.

Standards mandate to drive national police IT strategy

The police service in England and Wales has unveiled a new national IT strategy that will require major business process harmonisation across all regional forces.

Atos in £46m Government Gateway deal

The Cabinet Office has selected Atos Origin to provide IT managed services for the Government Gateway under a £46.7m contract.

HP chair leaves the board

Hewlett-Packard’s embattled chair, Patricia Dunn, has now quit her post and left the board in the wake of the spying scandal that has engulfed the company.

Mobile phone industry cleans up act in new green initiative

Mobile phone makers and network operators have committed themselves to a new green programme that aims to reduce the environmental impact of their products.

Atos lands Government Gateway contract

The Cabinet Office has selected Atos Origin to provide IT managed services for the Government Gateway in a £46.7m contract.

HP considered placing spies in newsrooms over media leaks

HP considered placing spies in the offices of US newswires and newspapers as part of its attempt to plug media leaks from its boardroom.
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