Jeremy Garside's job as head of technology for the London Symphony Orchestra involves overseeing the IT and other technology needs for the three arms of the LSO's business.
We talked to the Government’s chief information officer at the cabinet office John Suffolk about the Government’s approach to IT at the Government IT 08 conference in London last week.
The Government is keen to develop its shared services programmes across public sector IT departments as part of its plan to deliver transformational government, but installing a shared services culture can be complicated and difficult.
Leslie Willcocks, Professor in Information Systems at the London School of Economics, says of the NHS’s National Programme for IT [NPfIT] that it is at the “outer reaches of “at the outer reaches of known territory”. But is it right for the government to use public money to take such immense risks with public money – not to mention patient safety?
In this week's round-up we discuss the controversial national identity system, which is to be phased in from 2009, and how iconic British retailer Harrods is gearing its IT department up for Christmas.