April 2007
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Statement by Health Minister, Lord Hunt, on report about NHS £12.4bn National Programme for IT
Health Minister Lord Hunt said: ``This Public Accounts Committee Report is based on a NAO (National Audit Office) report that is now a year out of date. ``Since then substantial progress has been ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
MP calls for closure of "nightmare" NHS computer agency
Richard Bacon MP said today (Tuesday 17 April 2007) that the health service would be better off without Connecting for Health, the Department of Health agency responsible running the national ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
The NHS National Programme for IT may fail to deliver what's required
A nine-month investigation of the NHS's IT programme by an all-party committee of MPs has found that the £12.4bn scheme, the UK's largest IT investment, may fail to deliver what is required by the ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Edward Leigh, chairman of Public Accounts Committee, on NHS National Programme for IT
It's not generally realised that the National Audit Office quietly drafts press releases issued by the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. So it's worth looking carefully at the wording of ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
The worst that can happen now is for ministers to go into denial mode
Five years into the NHS's National Programme for IT [NPfIT] a report of the House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee has depicted the scheme as a failure so far. The all-party committee spent ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Behind the scenes of Public Accounts Committee report on NHS National Programme for IT
Behind the scenes experts at the National Audit Office have played a key role in helping to produce the report of the Public Accounts Committee on the National Programme for IT [NPfIT] Last June ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Resolve broadband uncertainties, says advisory group
The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), the government's advisory group on broadband, says uncertainties surrounding next generation broadband must be resolved within two years, or UK competitiveness may suffer and the digital divide will widen. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Extricom announces education grant programme
Wi-Fi supplier Extricom has announced its first annual UK Education Grant Programme. The programme will offer £1m of grant awards to educational institutions throughout the UK. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Dell unveils energy efficient servers
Dell has unveiled two servers designed to reduce overall power consumption and deliver improvements in performance per watt for enterprise customers. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Endsleigh streamlines invoicing system
Endsleigh Insurance Services has streamlined its purchase-to-pay processes with Version One’s DbArchive. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
IBM opens three banking centres of excellence
IBM has opened three new banking centres of excellence (BCOEs) to help financial services clients modernise ageing computing systems. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Microsoft unveils Flash Player rival for web content
Microsoft has unveiled Microsoft Silverlight, a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering next generation media content for the web. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Nesta launches mental health initiative
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) has partnered with the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) and other key mental health organisations to launch a £500,000 initiative to improve patient care using new technology. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
NHS National Programme for IT - report of Public Accounts Committee to be published
After a nine-month investigation the Public Accounts Committee is expected to publish a hard-hitting report on the NHS's National Programme for IT [NPfIT] tomorrow [17 April]. Parliamentary ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Visa hit by payment processing glitch
Visa was hit by a technical glitch across Europe last Friday (13 April), which prevented card payments from being processed. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Belfast Institute deploys wireless network for online learning
The Belfast Institute, the largest provider of further and higher education and training in Northern Ireland, is deploying a Cisco Unified Wireless Network around its central campus to provide secure online learning access. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
Chiltern Railways extends mobile ticketing service
Chiltern Railways has entered phase two of its mobile phone ticketing project. This follows the success of the initial three-month pilot, during which it sold 6,000 mobile phone tickets for journeys between the West Midlands and London. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
US Government Scorecard Shows Improvement
An interesting metric I've been tracking for some years is the annual score card on the security status of US Government departments published by the US House of Representatives Committee on ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
How is SIP winning favor over H.323?
What are the similarities, differences and major reasons between SIP and H.323. And why is one winning? Continue Reading
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April 16, 2007
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Apr'07
How do you know what files to archive?
You're going to need some sort of tool to look at your storage and your different file systems, and to help you make those decisions... Continue Reading