Category Archives: IT News

£2.253 million paid to Suppliers in order to scrap ID Card Scheme

Mr Green said in the letter that “The cost of decommissioning ID card systems and securely destroying the personal data is, subject to final invoices, £375,000.\” And the research director at TechMarketView said that \”The cost over the lifetime of the ID cards was estimated at £4.5bn, a good proportion of this will be saved.\” […]

Social Media technology should be incorporated into IT service management

According to Mark Blowers, lead analyst at Ovum \”IT users are coming to expect similar levels of interaction in their corporate lives as they do in their online life as private consumers. Social media tools can work well in IT service management, especially in bringing about improvements in the service provided to users. Delaying an […]

Wi-Fi to be rolled out on London Tube network

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, said that \”The rollout of Wi-Fi technology across platforms and public areas of our tube stations will finally allow Londoners to use mobile devices to pick up their emails, access social media sites while they traverse our subterranean network. We are inviting companies to bid for this before next […]

Capita signs 5 new outsourcing deals worth £244 million

The 5 outsourcing deals are: 1.    English Heritage – an outsourcing and IT contract deal 2.    MetLife – a 10 year, £120 million deal which will include IT support and life and pensions administration for financial services 3.    London Boroughs or Bromley and Lewisham – A shared services agreement 4.    National Policing Improvement Agency – […]

Critical Shortage of IT Security Professionals

The Chair of the Cyber Security Challenge Talent Management Committee, Kevin Streater, said that \”The importance of IT to the UK\’s infrastructure has been underestimated. We need security professionals to protect the UK\’s global internet connection. For example, if a UK bank\’s infrastructure goes down, there will be huge damage to the UK economy. Only […]

A £300m+ Trading Platform Consolidation at JP Morgan

Jes Staley, the Chief Executive of JP Morgan’s Investment Bank, said that \”Having a leading technology platform in the trading and operational space is going to be critical in dealing with the regulatory waves that are coming our way.” And Dr Giles Nelson, the Deputy Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Progress Software went on to […]

LinkedIn files for Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Thousands of highly skilled professionals across the United Kingdom use LinkedIn on a daily basis to build connections and search for new and interesting employment opportunities. Unsurprisingly the social network is especially popular within the Information Technology community with many now using the network in support of traditional job website posting searches. Many Recruitment Agencies […]