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Broadband speed frustration on the rise

Broadband speed frustration on the rise

An increasing number of broadband users in Britain are unhappy with their connection speed, a new survey says.

Tories: We’ll open the market for government IT contracts

Tories: We’ll open the market for government IT contracts

The Conservative Party has promised to open up the market for government IT contracts to more suppliers.

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

GCHQ lost 35 laptops in seven months last year, potentially containing highly sensitive data.

Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million

Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million

WM Morrison is planning to invest a further £200 million in rejuvenating its IT systems over the next three years.

HMRC IT delays leave 35 million unprocessed tax cases

HMRC IT delays leave 35 million unprocessed tax cases

HM Revenue & Customs has queued 35 million tax cases for manual processing, directly as a result of severe delays to a new IT system rollout.

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Launch of National Skills Academy for IT website

Launch of National Skills Academy for IT website

The new National Skills Academy for IT, which aims to address the development of IT professionals in the UK, has launched its website.

IT spending 'not on the rebound'

The "vast majority" of IT budgets will not grow this year, said analyst house Ovum.

Standard Life targets £350m efficiency gain with IT

Standard Life has raised its cost cutting targets by nearly half to £350 million by 2012, as it reported strong progress on a technology and process overhaul.

Microsoft researcher and Alto creator wins Turing Award

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded the 2009 AM Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer.

BP refines £4.7bn operational efficiency plan

BP refines £4.7bn operational efficiency plan

Oil giant BP is aiming to remove a total of $7 billion (£4.7 billion) from annual operational costs, aided by a huge overhaul of IT, processes and project management.

US lifts web export ban on Iran, Sudan, Cuba

The US Department of the Treasury has loosened controls on the export of Internet-based communication services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, in an effort to spread free-speech freedoms to those countries, the agency said Monday.

Office workers hang on to paper

Office employees are loath to give up the vast amount of paper stored in their filing cabinets, much to the chagrin of companies that sell scanners and electronic document management systems.

Ford gets scrappage boost from modelling software

Ford has improved its understanding of its sales leads process using a business process modelling software from Metastorm.

Analysts ‘especially nervous’ on weak UK IT spending

This year will see a two percent decline in UK software and services spending, in “real terms”, analysts have warned.

British Medical Association in renewed attack on NHS care records

The British Medical Association has renewed calls for the NHS to inform patients better about electronic care records.

Group wants to open source data centre design

A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centres, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry.

Apple wins Fortune most admired company award

Apple managed to take home a gold medal in Fortune's annual list of "most admired" companies.

European IT managers have cloud aversion

Barely one in five of European IT managers think that cloud computing represents a game-changing change in methodology for enterprises, roughly the same proportion that believes that cloud computing is a fad.

e-Skills launches UK manifesto

Major IT employers have partnered with skills council e-skills UK to launch the ‘e-skills Manifesto’, which calls for more investment in technology skills.

Whitehall inks £4.5bn desktop framework

Whitehall inks £4.5bn desktop framework

A £4.5 billion desktop framework contract to serve the whole of the government has been signed with HP Services (formerly EDS), Atos Origin and Fujitsu.

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