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Ex-ARM CEO joins board of new public body aimed at boosting digital economy

Warren East, the ex-CEO of ARM Holdings, has announced that he will be joining a new public body aimed at boosting innovation in the UK’s digital economy as a non-executive director. read more »

A stinky onion blooms in the Senate, say H-1B critics

With the H-1B fight over and lost, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out, almost flailing in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote Tuesday. read more »

Hospitals deploy cloud-based Radiology Information System with Accenture

Accenture has completed the deployment of a cloud-based Radiology Information System (RIS) for five hospitals and 23 facilities within the NHS in Southwest England. read more »

Miliband calls for G8 intervention on international tax reform for internet giants

Ed Miliband has called on the government to address international tax reforms at next month’s G8 summit, in the light of a number of internet giants being criticised for tax avoidance. read more »

Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes

Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax residents of any nation. read more »

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Supply chain 2013: Stop playing whack-a-mole with security threats

IT can never take all the risk out of a supply chain, but it can help organizations minimize their vulnerability in a world of new threats. read more »

Health watchdog: G-Cloud was our Plan B, but it beat Plan A

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), an organisation that regulates over 40,000 health organisation in the UK, has revealed that prior to selecting an open source CMS tool via the government’s G-Cloud framework, it had also been running a traditional commercial tender process to find a vendor as its Plan A. read more »

National Audit Office exposes limits of government IT reform

The National Audit Office’s (NAO) latest report has said that the impact of the government’s latest initiatives on the inclusion of SMEs in public sector ICT work ‘remains unknown’. read more »

Australia has a broadband vision – do we?

I spent Christmas and New Year visiting friends in Australia and I took the opportunity to catch up on what was happening with their National Broadband Network (NBN) Co. read more »

G-Cloud iii – Is the framework getting any better?

Many industry watchers have been speculating on the success of the previous two frameworks and what could be improved upon. read more »

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