July 2006

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Hampshire extends user access with latest Citrix thin client system

  Hampshire County Council has gone live with the latest version of the Citrix thin client platform as part of a five-year, £40m IT transformation project that is saving the council £4m a year in IT costs.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Officials blame suppliers for delays to IT scheme

  Lack of capacity among suppliers has led to things “going wrong” with the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT, and it is still a risk, senior officials told MPs last week.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Doctors vote for patient opt-in on e-records data

  Doctors have voted not to allow patient data to be loaded on to national clinical records systems unless there is explicit consent from the patient.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  NHS leader ‘asked to resign’ after voicing fears over lack of user input

  The head of an organisation set up to help shape the NHS’s National Programme for IT (NPfIT) says he was asked to resign 10 days after writing a letter criticising the scheme.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Dresdner leads with global accounting IT

  Dresdner Kleinwort rolls out automated platform worldwide  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Buy-in is key to BASF’s SAP savings

  Having cut 4,000 customisations from its SAP systems, chemicals firm BASF is ready to create global standards for its processes to save millions of pounds  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Vista drives a hardware shake-up

  When Vista and its server version, Longhorn, finally arrive, they will herald a change in basic hardware requirements, especially for desktop systems  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Harrods to get single view of its customers

  London department store Harrods will finish work on a system to provide a single view of its customers and prices next month.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  E-government ballyhoo leaves councils still pulling tight on their IT purse strings

  Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at local government.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Investec rolls out system to monitor desktop security

  Investment bank Investec plans to deploy sophisticated software to monitor the security and configuration of up to 4,000 desktop machines used in offices in eight countries.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Greenpeace launches online platform

  Environmental campaign group Greenpeace is launching an online platform this month to share information and mobilise action against climate change.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Managing the mother of all projects

  Inspiring vision or pipedream? Tash Shifrin finds that government plans to transform public services with the aid of IT are in urgent need of more detail and clear lines of responsibility  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  LogicaCMG taps into £49m from brewer

  Belgian brewer InBev has awarded LogicaCMG a five-year £48.6m outsourcing contract.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Banish bafflement in the boardroom

  Boards of directors urgently need to get to grips with IT – potentially the most profitable yet also one of the most costly of all a company’s departments  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  United Co-op updates Epos for central stock control

  United Co-operatives, the second largest chain of co-operative stores in the UK, is rolling out a new point of sale system in its 510 shops to standardise the replenishment process across the business.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Microsoft’s metrics mean business

  Microsoft unveils plans for performance planning software  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  The price of datacentre reliability

  Building a datacentre is one of the most expensive tasks an IT director can face. Understanding where the costs and benefits lie is a key first step to success  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Cognos takes the place of easyJet’s Excel

  Budget airline easyJet is deploying Cognos enterprise resource planning software to replace an existing system that uses Excel workbooks.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Next move: How do I come back after a career break?

  Expert advice for readers' career problems  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Smoothing the e-mail upgrade path

  Ollie Ross explains what you need to consider before upgrading a Microsoft Exchange system  Continue Reading