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BMA says: halt rushed roll-out of imperfect Summary Care Records The British Medical Association (BMA) is writing to health ministers asking them to suspend the upload of patient data onto the Summary Care Records database... 10.3.2010 Case study: compliance with complex construction and multi-disciplinary teams I managed a taxonomy project in a large-scale public sector construction project made up of multi-disciplinary teams from well-entrenched institutions like... 8.3.2010 NPfIT cuts put future of Lorenzo in doubt Ministerial plans to cut ?600m from the NPfIT have put the usefulness of the Lorenzo software, which is due to be installed at NHS sites across large parts of England, in doubt. 5.3.2010 IT bosses told to learn from sales people Chief information officers and IT directors must act like the best sales people if they are to succeed in business. Speaking at a management seminar,... 3.3.2010 From brains in jars to the corporate tower Q&A with John Bates, CTO at Progress. 2.3.2010 How to untangle problems The digital economy has opened new doors for business through its fusion of digital and material business worlds. It has opened cracks, too, unfilled by traditional product and service offerings, that offer a business home for a myriad of new entrepreneurs eager to hop the tiny hurdles to marketplace entry. 1.3.2010 UK mobile business drags down Deutsche Telekom's profits Write-offs at its troubled T-Mobile UK subsidiary helped drag down Deutsche Telekom's profits... 26.2.2010 Security Zone: a recipe for project success Project managers and security professionals are both managers of risk. Project managers deal with a wide range of risks during the project life cycle, whereas security professionals focus on specific security risks, writes Alex Clayton. 26.2.2010 Early adopters report big savings from IT-CMF CIOs spend 80% of their budgets "keeping the lights on". But their most intractable problem is to get the best return possible from the other 20% of their... 25.2.2010 ID card scheme ditches DWP database The Identity and Passport Service is rethinking its ID card scheme after ditching a major design component. 24.2.2010 Chinook Mk2's safety-critical backup system was faulty Software supplier EDS found so many anomalies in fuel-control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter that it became concerned that the Ministry of Defence and RAF would ignore the potential importance of each flaw because of the high volume of errors, a confidential report reveals. 24.2.2010 Should CIOs look at virtual desktops? Suppliers are touting virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) as the next wave of IT innovation, but CIOs should tread cautiously for now, say analysts. Many... 24.2.2010 What was the 'dangerous' flaw in safety-critical Chinook system? Defence contractor EDS - now part of HP - warned the Ministry of Defence that flaws in a Fadec safety-critical system fitted to the Chinook Mk2 helicopter could cause it to malfunction, months before a fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre. 22.2.2010 EDS report on 'dangerous' Chinook software published for the first time Computer Weekly is publishing, for the first time, a technical analysis of the software installed on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter, the Chinook model which featured in the RAF's worst peacetime crash. 22.2.2010 CIO interview: Crunch year for Birmingham council's transformation project This year is set to be a crunch year for Birmingham City Council's huge transformation project. 22.2.2010 Photos: Great female technology entrepreneurs While the arguments over how to get a better gender balance in tech fly back and forth, we’ve highlighted just a few female entrepreneurs working in the UK who founded their own IT companies, or use technology to provide a product or service. 10.2.2010 IT must target specific needs to tap into government spending, says IDC European government IT spending is set to increase in the next three years, but suppliers will have to meet specific needs if they are to cash in, says IDC. Government... 5.2.2010 The recession may be over, but is the IT job seeker's struggle? The recession is over and opportunities for IT professionals are on the up, but has the latest economic crisis left an indelible mark on the profession? 5.2.2010 Will caps on IT immigration just win votes or create a successful compromise? Will caps on IT immigration just win votes or create a workable compromise? If elected, the Conservatives will make changes to the current migration system by putting limits on the number of workers permitted to enter the UK on Intra Company Transfers (ICT). 4.2.2010 Court orders HP to pay BSkyB ?200m within 14 days A High Court judge this afternoon ordered HP to pay BSkyB interim damages of ?200m within 14 days. 3.2.2010