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Overweight IT managers risking their health
News A Bupa survey reveals almost two-thirds of IT managers are overweight and are risking their health by smoking and failing to exercise [16 Jan 2008]
Architect of CAD scam faces jail
News A Derby man is facing a prison sentence of up to 10 years after pleading guilty to illegally selling normally expensive CAD software for £12 [15 Jan 2008]
Oracle, Accenture team up on UK SOA project
News Based at Oracle's Reading headquarters, a joint innovation centre will focus on the development of SOA technology [15 Jan 2008]
Rising tech costs put pressure on SMEs
News SMEs in the UK spent £6.1bn on IT in 2007, up eight percent on 2006, due to the rising cost of technology [15 Jan 2008]
Socitm chief resigns
News Kate Mountain will step down as CEO of the Society of IT Management, as the first phase of a corporate review nears completion [14 Jan 2008]
India top destination for UK outsourcing
News Fifty-seven percent of UK companies are offshoring work to India, with the figure expected to grow over the next decade, according to research [14 Jan 2008]
Credit crunch looms over IT jobs market
News Although demand for tech workers to fill vacancies is still strong, the ecomonic climate has begun to affect recruitment in the banking sector [11 Jan 2008]
Tech-savvy governments to embrace 'Gov 2.0'
News Research has suggested that governments will embrace Web 2.0 technologies in 2008, as e-gov policies have failed to deliver on expectations [10 Jan 2008]
Offender-tracking system scrapped due to costs
News As the latest public-sector tech failure is revealed, Socitm condemns the government's track record on IT projects as 'embarrassing' [10 Jan 2008]
Tech is key to tackling EU health costs
News A European Commission report has concluded that joined up IT systems are needed to curb spiralling health service spending [10 Jan 2008]
Government still tech agnostic despite Vista concerns
News The government wants people to have skills in both open-source and proprietary systems, but educational agency Becta has serious concerns over Vista [09 Jan 2008]
Demand for IT staff is highest since 2001
News A report by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation has also revealed an increase in employed workers looking for new jobs [09 Jan 2008]
Workplace surveillance boosts stress levels
News Half of the UK's employees are being watched by 'Big Brother'-style IT systems, leading privacy advocates to call for greater protections [09 Jan 2008]
Legal action threatens Shell's outsourcing plans
News Trade union Amicus wants Shell to reinstate a more favourable company redundancy package before IT outsourcing contracts are signed [08 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing boom expected this year
News A weak global economy coupled with the need to cut costs is expected to encourage a growth in outsourcing in 2008 [08 Jan 2008]
EC funds 'gender equality in science' study
News Despite the grant of €1m for research into making science careers more attractive to women, the British Computer Society is pessimistic [07 Jan 2008]
Socitm aims to promote IT professionalism
News The Society of IT Management is piloting a generic software package aimed at improving IT professionalism across local government [07 Jan 2008]
Unpaid overtime on the rise in Britain
News Employees across the country clocked up £25bn-worth of unpaid overtime last year, according to the Trades Union Congress [07 Jan 2008]
Sharp rise predicted in local gov't tech spend
News Spending during 2007/8 is expected to see a nine percent increase on the previous year, with security costs a major factor [04 Jan 2008]
NHS completes rollout of digital X-ray tech
News Pacs technology allows X-rays and scans to be stored digitally and accessed by health professionals on computers and laptops [28 Dec 2007]
Cabinet Office sees 'Project Pygmalion' progress
News The Cabinet Office has begun to sign up companies for a new IT supplier framework to support work on the Government Gateway [27 Dec 2007]
NHS trusts outsource financials and procurement IT
News A consortium of NHS organisations has awarded the £16.45m contract to a subsidiary of IBA Health Group, an Australian IT supplier for healthcare companies [24 Dec 2007]
Atos Origin wins £14m government contract
News The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced a new contract with Atos Origin for IT services [21 Dec 2007]
Third of government data systems not up to scratch
News The National Audit Office has said 35 percent of government data systems need strengthening to be resilient enough for purpose [20 Dec 2007]
Intel: European start-ups starved of funding
News The chipmaker's venture capital division says fewer start-ups are receiving investment, but individual start-ups are receiving more [18 Dec 2007]
