A lack of IT testing contributed to the disastrous opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, British Airways' chief executive, Willie Walsh, told MPs last week.
The Identity & Passport Service (IPS) has appointed two new consulting firms, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, to help PA Consulting, which up to now has enjoyed the lion's share of consulting business on the National Identity Scheme.
Organisations that deliberately or recklessly commit serious breaches of the Data Protection Act can now be fined by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) following Royal Assent to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act today.
The Ministry of Defence has awarded EDS a contract to roll out an improved supply chain system as part of its Management of Material in Transit (MMiT) project.
Marks & Spencer has consolidated application development services on its legacy applications with India-based outsource supplier Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).