March 2010

Legal & General considers its outsourcing options

Pensions company Legal & General (L&G) is weighing up its options for managing its IT infrastructure.

The company said it is going through the process...

Budget for innovation: Case study - standardising Dell

This case study is part of a Computer Weekly roundtable on budget for innovation where IT leaders discussed the balance between spending on maintenance and innovation.  Continue Reading

Detection should be part of recession security exit strategy, say experts

IT departments should concentrate their IT security spending on network and systems monitoring in the coming months if they want to get the best value for...  Continue Reading

Can GPs delay uploading patient data to Summary Care Records indefinitely?

GPs have as much time as they think reasonable to upload patient data to the Summary Care Records database, says guidance which has been issued to London's...

Will BBC IT staff vote for strike and shut Cameron, Clegg and Brown up?

Tomorrow (19 March) is the day when the result of the ballot of Siemens workers at the BBC , who are members of the union Bectu, is revealed.This is yet another example of the risks businesses take ...  Continue Reading

Social media gives people a voice

I have laryngitis. Whilst yesterday I sounded a bit like Ferdy (Ricky Gervais) in Stardust after his voice has been turned into that of a seagull, but today I have nary a squeak. Yet because the ...  Continue Reading

Legal & General is having detailed discussions with more than one IT outsourcing supplier

This is an update to my earlier blog.I have had a more comprehensive response from L & G to my question: Are your outsourcing your Business Technology Serives to IBM?"Legal & General has ...  Continue Reading

Bring on the software components store

Everyone recommends that software developers reuse code. There's a huge opportunity in online software component stores.  Continue Reading

Small firms and consumers left naked by Digital Economy Bill

Small businesses and consumers are likely to be left largely unprotected if the controversial Digital Economy Bill becomes law as it stands, it was claimed...

Government censorship is hurting Chinese web businesses, says Tencent

The Chinese government's censorship of the internet and text messaging is starting to hurt the development of its own internet businesses, according to the...

The outsourced coal miner that got to the top of the IT industry

I want to tell a story about a coal miner who has transformed his career and life after being TUPE transferred to a supplier (Capgemini) from British Coal.Outsourcing is controversial because it ...  Continue Reading

Virgin Trains extends outsourcing deal with Capgemini

Virgin Trains is continuing to outsource its core IT infrastructure with the extension of an agreement with Capgemini for another three years.

The...

Deutsche Telecom aims to double revenue from mobile data, TV and intelligent networks

Mobile data traffic, television and intelligent networks will provide the richest opportunities for revenue growth, says Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann  Continue Reading

The Annuality Agenda

The financial year end is nearly upon us. In a couple of weeks' time, government departments are expected to draw a line under many of their existing procurement contracts and move to a new budget ...  Continue Reading

Legal & General looking at outsourcing more

I have just been told that Legal & General is outsourcing its Business Technology Services (BTS) arm, which is basically its IT infrastructure, to IBM.I spoke to Legal & General and ...  Continue Reading

Online piracy could cost €240bn and 1.2 million jobs by 2015

Research shows that the illicit use of the internet has contributed to massive piracy of Europe's creative works  Continue Reading

Advice on opting-out patients en masse from Summary Care Records?

GPs in London are being advised that it's entirely up to them when - or if - they upload data on thousands of their patients to the NPfIT Summary Care Records database.Guidance issued by the ...  Continue Reading