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Salesforce chief Marc Benioff compares Larry Ellison to 'oppressive dictator'

Marc Benioff, head of Salesforce.com, has given his swan song speech at Oracle Open World, comparing Larry Ellison to an oppressive dictator. He expressed disappointment at Ellison's decision to reschedule Benioff's talk for after the conference officially ends. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Oracle announces public cloud to host long-awaited Fusion applications

Oracle's Fusion applications comprise around 100 products from Oracle's JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and Siebel systems, with business intelligence embedded into them. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Technology industry figures pay tribute to Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs

Apple's co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died, aged 56. Jobs battled with pancreatic cancer, and had liver transplant surgery in 2009. He stepped down as Apple CEO in August 2011 after his second bout of medical leave since the start of the year. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Apple unveils iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iCloud

Apple has launched its latest smartphone device, iPhone 4S, an updated version of its operating system (OS), iOS 5 and the new iCloud service. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

CW500: Andy Beale, technology director, Guardian News & Media

In this CW500 Club video, Andy Beale talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud. Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Jerry Yang in talks with equity investors about taking Yahoo private

Yahoo co-founder and former chief executive Jerry Yang is talking to private equity firms about taking the internet company private. Talks have so far been informal, but Yahoo's advisors are expected to send financial information this week to interested parties. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Halliburton appeal boosts industry lobby for CAD patents and erodes IPO 'mental' stance

Halliburton has won an appeal hearing on software patentability. The decision is further evidence that the industry lobby - opposed to the stance taken by the UK Intellectual Property Office on software patentability - is beginning to win. Continue Reading

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• Nick Wallin

IT companies dominate global brand index as Apple leads top 100 companies' growth

According to Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands report, Apple saw the biggest rise in brand value while HTC became the one to watch. Interbrand's index places over 20 IT companies in the top 100 index, six of which are in the top 10. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

GPU cracks six-character password in four seconds

A £30 nVidia GeForce GT220 graphics card is capable of cracking strong passwords in a matter of hours. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Warwick University enters final phase of three-step IT transformation programme

Warwick University has started the last phase of its three-year IT transformation, introducing small, user-driven IT projects to transform its IT operation into one that offers services users need, rather than merely supporting technology. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT supplier CSC repays £170m as NHS complains of Lorenzo record progress

IT supplier CSC has repaid £170m after the NHS said it was unhappy with the progress of CSC's Lorenzo patient care records contract. The NHS paid a £200m advanced payment to CSC for the 2011 project costs when a memorandum of understanding was signed. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Back-up datacentre challenge - to build or to host?

The Royal College of General Practitioners has built its own back-up datacentre using a private cloud architecture, rather than use an external provider. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Kindle Fire could send tablet prices into nose dive, says market researcher YouGov

Tablet devices must drop in price to £250 to remain viable in the UK according to market research firm YouGov, which said the Amazon Kindle Fire could undercut rivals to create a two-horse race between Amazon and Apple. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Callcentre workers steal £400k from TUI Travel

Four callcentre workers stole over £400,000 from their employer TUI Travel by paying customer refunds to themselves when processing claims. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison debuts flagship analytics system of 'parallel architecture'

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has showcased an in-memory database engine for big data applications and a processor to rival IBM, combined in a strategy of engineering hardware and software together under a "parallel architecture" approach, similar to Apple's. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

HP completes £7.1bn Autonomy acquisition

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has completed its acquisition of software company Autonomy for £7.1bn. HP said the acquisition positioned it as a leader in the large and growing enterprise information management space. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Universal Credit deadline forced DWP to use “unproven” agile development

Tight deadlines left the Department for Work and Pensions with little choice but to use "unproven" agile methods to develop its £2bn Universal Credit (UC) system, said the Cabinet Office Major Projects Authority (MPA) in a confidential report obtained by Computer Weekly. Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Legislation helps SMEs protect intellectual property rights in Patents County Court

A law has come into force to make it easier for SMEs to protect intellectual property, ensuring lower-value cases will be dealt with at the less costly Patents County Court and introducing a damages cap of £500,000 for all claims to the PCC. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Burying the NHS National Programme for IT

The government's decision to accelerate the dismantling of the NHS National Project for IT (NPfIT) came as little surprise to those who have followed the terminally ill project since 2002. But what is the prognosis for the NHS's badly needed modernisation programme? Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Global BPO sales to reach £60bn in 2015

The world market for business process outsourcing (BPO) will be worth $93.4bn (£59.7bn) in 2015 compared with $72bn last year, according to Ovum. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Legacy application modernization benefits revealed

Legacy application modernization can make COBOL reusable. Discover what modernizing legacy applications can do for you. Continue Reading

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• David Taylor

How the financial services sector uses big data analytics to predict client behaviour

The financial services sector has gone through unprecedented change in the last few years. Customers are expecting a more personalised service from their banks. Regulators have reacted to the credit crunch with significant changes to regulation with more intrusive and granular supervision. Continue Reading

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• Paul Garel-Jones

IT and marketing: working together for business success

The IT department builds things that scale and last, while marketing wants the next big thing - and needed it yesterday. How can heads of technology work effectively with marketing? Cliff Saran investigates Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

What does HP's Autonomy acquisition mean for the UK tech sector?

HP's bombshell announcement that it is to acquire Autonomy has left many questioning where this leaves the UK software industry. Computer Weekly asks the experts what the deal means for UK home-grown tech talent and what HP is likely to achieve with the latest addition to its portfolio. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

APEJ’s content management software sales grow by 11% in H2-2010:IDC

Content management software sales in APEJ region grew by 11% in second half of 2010. Know the latest trends in content management software space. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.IN Staff

What is big data and how can it be used to gain competitive advantage?

Cliff Saran discovers how big data can deliver big business benefits without excessive IT investment Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Managed services spending by SMBs to witness 23% growth: AMI Partners

Indian SMBs are aggressively adopting managed services. Explore how this market segment will shape up in the near future. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.in Staff

Security software market remains fragmented: Gartner

Top five vendors command no more than 44% of security software market. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.in Staff

Data deduplication 101

This data deduplication guide presents comprehensive information and tips on available data deduplication solutions. A must-have guide for managers. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.in Staff

E-commerce services launched by Union Bank of India

Union Bank of India has introduced e-commerce services in collaboration with ECS. Know how the new services can bolster the bank’s e-commerce portfolio and customer base. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.in Staff

Opex vs Capex: Maintaining the right balance

A few thumb rules can provide answer to the conundrum that puzzles CIOs, opex vs capex. Read these tips to know what suits you the best: Opex or capex. Continue Reading

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• Vijay Devnath

Business analyst skills shortage continues as IT job market grows

Business analysts are the IT staff most in demand for permanent and contract roles, according to KPMG. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Case study: How a small business can benefit from SaaS

Professional beauty products distributor SweetSquared considers using Microsoft Office 365 alongside browser-based SaaS. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams

White House proposes cyber network security legislation

The White House has proposed cyber security legislation to protect the US government and private computer systems from millions of daily cyber attacks. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Data warehousing guide for managers

Data warehousing is an important aspect of business intelligence. This guide presents everything that a manager needs to know about data warehousing tools. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.in Staff

Universal Credit possible if politicians don't interfere, says IT chief

DWP can manage the massive reorganisation of computer systems demanded by Universal Credit as long as politicians don't move the goalposts and over-complicate matters for departmental techies, said ... Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

6 data warehouse design mistakes to avoid

Although difficult, flawless data warehouse design is a must for a successful BI system. Avoid these six mistakes to make your data warehouse perfect. Continue Reading

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• Amit Agarwal

In 1966 England won the World Cup and Computer Weekly launched the world's first weekly IT newspaper

After 45 years in print, Computer Weekly, the award-winning title for senior IT decision-makers, is to become a 100% online publication. Here is a celebration of 45 years in print. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Master data management tools guide for managers

Master data management tools help companies to consolidate their master data, to make it available across their divisions, and to keep it accurate, updated. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.com Staff

SMB IT spending seeing significant growth

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasing IT budgets and recruiting more IT skills Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government to end ICT "oligopoly"

The government has promised to bring down the ICT oligopoly as part of a strategy that may have seismic consequences for the public and private sectors. Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Collaboration tools: 6 aspects to consider during evaluation

Collaboration tools can help companies enhance their business applications and improve productivity. Consider these factors while evaluating collaboration tools. Continue Reading

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• Jay Pullur

Government Digital Service launched to oversee Whitehall websites

Whitehall has set up a new organisation to oversee moves to improve the digital delivery of public services. Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

SAP upgrade: 6 factors to consider

Many Indian companies are likely to opt for SAP upgrade given the business benefits. These 6 factors will help CIOs to plan and execute their SAP upgrades effectively. Continue Reading

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• Satish Pendse

Government losing billions by not moving to the cloud

The public sector could be making unnecessary redundancies due to a reluctance to innovate in IT and shift to the cloud, says former CIO John Suffolk Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Juniper aims to wrap Cisco with QFabric datacentre management

Datacentre operators and cloud computing suppliers could slash their power and space requirements while running up to 10 times faster Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Middle East governments stepping up internet control, study shows

The internet has proved to be a powerful tool for rallying social and political change, but Middle East governments have also recognised their capability to disrupt communications Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Sales management tool on public cloud at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Institutional Equities Unit of Kotak Mahindra Bank deploys Oracle CRM on Demand, a sales management tool on public cloud. Project yields benefits galore. Continue Reading

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• Nagesh M Joshi, Sr. Associate Editor

Hero Honda upgrades SAP R3 to ECC6

The SAP R3 to ECC6 upgrade came about because the auto company wanted to use SAP for IFRS implementation Continue Reading

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• Anuradha Ramamirtham, Principal Correspondent

VDI technology guide for managers

VDI technology is finding many takers in India. This manager’s guide to VDI technology helps time-constrained IT leaders get a quick peek under the hood. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.in Staff

Intellect presses government to promote IT in UK economic growth

The government has agreed to promote the role of technology in leading the UK's economic growth, following a meeting with IT industry body Intellect. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Elder's edge: Sales force management on cloud platform

Elder Pharma gave up its manual processes for sales force management and went in for a public cloud platform. The results have been remarkable Continue Reading

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• Nagesh M Joshi, Sr. Associate Editor

EC plans could open up ICT procurement for SMEs

Technology start-ups and SMEs could benefit from European Commission (EC) plans to improve SME procurement. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Can Lenovo become the top UK corporate PC manufacturer?

Can Lenovo continue to grow to take on HP and Dell in the corporate arena? Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Smart meter and smart grids: security risk or opportunity?

A smart meter in every home in the UK by 2017 is the government plan as a first step towards a smart grid, but how can we ensure the benefits will outweigh the security risks? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Include penalty clauses for assured service level

Penalty clauses in a service contract not only act as deterrents but also help in ensuring vendor accountability. These clauses help in pulling up the vendors in case of service failures through a scheme of penalties. Continue Reading

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• Dhiren Savla

FDM seek 1000 graduates for training scheme

IT services provider FDM is recruiting 1000 graduates for its training scheme in 2011. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

US government issues Twitter subpoena over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Twitter has been issued with a subpoena by the US government to release the personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, including founder Julian Assange. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Collaboration in the Cloud: everything to everyone, or too good to be true?

IT decision-makers are already looking to the cloud to support new IT delivery models - such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Continue Reading

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Government unveils £200m tech centre network details

The government has published plans to spend £200m on a network of high-tech manufacturing centres Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Unified Comms for the smaller business

Bob Tarzey from Quocirca looks at how smaller businesses can benefit from deploying unified communications Continue Reading

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• Bob Tarzey

Patent-holder Intellectual Ventures files IP complaint against Motorola Mobility

RBI + third parties Approved Intellectual Ventures has demanded a jury trial after Motorola Mobility failed to reach an agreement on a licence to use hardware and software in its mobile phones. Google announced plans to buy the Motorola handset division, Motorola Mobility, in August 2011. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

A CIOs guide to Microsoft negotiations

Survivors -- and some winners -- of Microsoft software license negotiations share their cautionary tales. Continue Reading

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• Jim Rendon, TechTarget

IT openness is coming - Cabinet Office

Government CIO John Suffolk and his colleagues are preparing plans for the publication of IT-related documents that have always been secret and difficult to obtain even under the Freedom of ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

iSoft issues market update, and its share price rises

iSoft, an important supplier to the NHS IT scheme, issued a market update today, which appears to have been well received by the market as the company's share price rose by about 16% to 28.5 cents. ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Life made a misery after IBM took over congestion charge

"Since IBM took over the 'auto-pay' system my life has been a misery" - Bryan Thompson, Operations Director at car rental company Miles & Miles.There are plans to extend the problematic ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Will Coalition scrap opt-out model for summary care records?

Pulse magazine says the BMA is confident it can convince the new government to order a new opt-in model for summary care records. Opt-in is likely to mean that patients would give their consent to ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Early-day motion calls for immediate halt to summary care records uploads

A new Liberal Democrat MP has put down an early-day motion that "calls on the Government to halt all SCR [summary care records] updates, effective immediately, pending its promised comprehensive ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

£6bn of savings - some of the impact on IT

The Treasury outlines in a statement today (24 May 2010) how the government will save £6bn in 2010/11. There's no detail, only headline figures. This is what the statement says: "Government ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Would Tories create raft of new IT-related projects?

Board directors of major Government IT suppliers have good reason to vote Tory Plans for major outsourcing deals already underway in private? Sir Peter Gershon, adviser to the Conservative Party, ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

More cracks in the NPfIT - or an unlocking of Trust restraints?

Smarthealthcare.com reports that the Department of Health is allowing some trusts in the north of England to use an alternative to the Lorenzo software they were going to install from their NPfIT ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Tory manifesto: what about the promise to publish Gateway reviews?

On the "Make IT Better" website, which is run by the Conservative Party, is a promise to publish gateway reviews "when they are produced, and allow the public to scrutinise the value and progress ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Is the NPfIT in London now officially in tatters?

Ruth Carnall, the Chief Executive of NHS London, has told all London NHS Chief Executives that a cut of more than £100m in funding for BT's NPfIT contract means that "it will no longer be possible ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

New NHS BT deal in London needs close scrutiny

John Cruickshank, a specialist with a long track record working in health IT, writes for 2020health, which describes itself as a centre-right web-based think-tank for health and ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Congrats to Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council is making available Google Analytics statistics on the use of its website. This is the sort of openness which makes Bristol a local authority exemplar: On the Google Analytics ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

MP questions NHS CIO on BT, CSC, Lorenzo and Cerner

MP Richard Bacon, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, who has followed the NPfIT more closely than any other MP, yesterday sent a list of questions to Christine Connelly, the Department of ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Will health IT programme in US follow the NPfIT?

Health Care Renewal predicts that the National Program for Healthcare IT in the US is likely, in 2015, to resemble the National Programme for IT in the NHS in 2010. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

CfH responds to "NPfIT close to imploding" claim

The Department of Health has responded to as long article in The Guardian saying that the NPfIT is close to imploding. A spokesperson said:"We are continuing to work with the NHS at local level to ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Summary Care Records: the truth or nothing like it?

Richard Veryard has written a response to our report on inaccuracies and ommisions in the Summary Care Records database. He writes:"What's wrong with the single version of truth." Researchers at ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Do new rules on use of Police National Database go far enough?

The National Policing Improvement Agency today publishes a code which governs the use of a new intelligence system that, in effect, implements some of the main recommendations of the Bichard ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Catering staff given access to electronic health records

The Irish Independent says that catering staff were able to access confidential patient information held on a £54m health service record system which is being rolled out across Ireland.The ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Too many destructive vested interests in Govt IT?

In response to the article on this blog by Rob Bowley, on whether Agile can help solve Government IT problems, Matt writes:"Not if what I've seen of 'agile' approaches in government IT is anything ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Conservatives move towards a Freedom of Data Act?

Today the Conservatives are launching their 'Tech Manifesto'. It contains a bold new commitment: a 'Right to Government Data', says Stephen Shakespeare who is chairman of the Network for the ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Could Agile help solve the government's IT problems?

Computer Weekly published today a call by the British Medical Association to halt what it calls a rushed roll-out of an imperfect Care Records Service. Responding to the article, Rob Bowley has ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

BMA and CfH argue it out over NPfIT Summary Care Records

Would Summary Care Records have saved the life of Penny Campbell?[Comments 5 and 6 after this article correct some of the impressions I have given. The SCR is equipped to take GP notes] It's rare ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Government IT should be "part of the election debate"

David Chassels is a former Director of 3i Corporate Finance in Scotland, and a former partner at BDO. He's now CEO of software house Procession, based at Chesham, Buckinghamshire. He writes to me ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Put a financial value on protecting data says ICO

The Information Commissioner's Office is asking businesses and organisations to put a financial value on protecting personal information.Yesterday the ICO, at the Data Protection Officer Conference ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Priorities for Government CIOs in 2010 and beyond - Gartner

Andrea Di Maio, vice president at Gartner, says that by 2012 "one in five government processes will rely on "crowdsourced" data". He says CIOs will need to handle a shift from providing ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

What the next Government should do about the NPfIT

Tom Brooks, who spoke about NHS IT on last night's BBC R4 File on 4 broadcast, has let me have his suggestions on what the next government should do about the NPfIT. Brooks, a much-respected figure ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Flawed Chinook Fadec updated only after fatal Mull crash

Faulty safety-critical "Fadec" software that was installed on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter had secret modifications after the notorious fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre, Computer Weekly has ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Tories repeat commitment to review Chinook crash findings

The House of Commons held a short debate yesterday on the notorious, fatal crash of Chinook ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994. During the debate, the Shadow Defence Minister, Gerald ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Chinook Mk2: we publish new evidence of computer problems

The lead news item on BBC radio and TV news for much of yesterday referred to computer-related evidence about the Chinook Mk2, of the type that crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994. The ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

NHS IT scheme to be scaled back

The Chancellor Alistair Darling and the Treasury are to scale back spending on the NHS's National Programme for IT. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

iSoft and Lorenzo - the good news keeps on coming?

Below are excerpts from the iSoft's annual report, which is published today [1 September 2009] in Australia. IBA Health in Australia acquired iSoft and has now adopted its name. The annual report ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Whitehall dismisses Tory review report of NHS IT

The Tories are due today to publish the results of a review of the NPfIT, led by Dr Glyn Hayes, former chairman of the British Computer Society's Health Informatics Forum. Dr Hayes, chairman of the ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Cerner's latest results: UK and US highlights

In a Cerner conference call after an announcement of the company's s second-quarter results, there was much discussion about "meaningful use" - a phrase which can unlock money from Congress for ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Crash One: Birgenair Flight 301

This is the extraordinary story of an aircraft which was in good flying order except for a blocked pitot tube which caused multiple problems. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins