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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 IT sector to grow four times faster than average UK workforce over 10 years The technology workforce is set to grow four times faster than the rest of the UK's employment sectors over the next 10 years, according to IT sector... 3.2.2010 Bell Labs extends Green Touch with Irish expansion Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, has expanded its Irish facility, creating 70 new jobs over the next five years. Bell Labs in Ireland... 3.2.2010 Hasty recession-era outsourcing deals will collapse this year Outsourcing deals signed in haste during the economic downturn could be at risk of falling apart this year as businesses prepare for the upturn. When... 2.2.2010 Aviva uses Web 2.0 to build corporate culture with global reach Aviva A string of acquisitions and mergers over the past few years turned Aviva into the world's fifth-largest insurance company, but left a heady... 2.2.2010 Govt CIO denies lack of central control is bad for IT Government CIO John Suffolk has denied that the centre of government needs more authority over the rest of the public sector after a recent report said IT... 1.2.2010 BT switches to agile techniques to create new products BT is to revamp its product development process following the successful trial of agile... 28.1.2010 EDS witness 'lied' in ?700m dispute with BSkyB A key EDS witness in the ?709m legal case won by BSkyB lied in giving evidence, says a judgment issued last night. Joe Galloway, former managing... 27.1.2010 Public sector faces fundamental change in the way it delivers IT Local and central government departments must fundamentally change how they deliver IT services as they face swingeing budget cuts. 27.1.2010 Dynamic Business Process Management (BPM) - White Paper White paper outlines how companies can make substantial changes to their business processes with dynamic business process management (BPM) technologies 21.1.2010 The ?26bn cost of Labour's botched IT schemes? A series of botched IT projects has left taxpayers with a bill of more than ?26bn for computer systems that have suffered severe delays, run millions of pounds over budget or have been cancelled altogether, according to The Independent. 19.1.2010 Video: What does progress mean to you? We asked top IT professionals what progress means to them. 18.1.2010 Commitment to IT will pay off for Santander As Banco Santander's plan to integrate its banking acquisitions enters a new phase with the re-branding of its outlets under the Santander name, the company's decision to put IT at the core of the strategy will reap benefits. 14.1.2010 CIO 2010 agenda: Collaboration and social networking For a lot of CIOs, "social networking" suggests users pounding away on Twitter and Facebook and hogging network bandwidth with YouTube and iPlayer video... 11.1.2010 Santander begins key phase of UK standardisation Santander has begun rebranding its UK outlets after integrating Abbey and Bradford & Bingley (B&B) to its in-house developed core trading platform, Partenon.... 11.1.2010 General Dynamics launches legal battle with EDS Defence contractor General Dynamics has begun legal proceedings in a row over a ?4bn contract for the Ministry of Defence. 8.1.2010 NPfIT spend rises to more than ?6bn The government will have spent more than ?6bn centrally on the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) by the end of this financial year, in April, according to figures released to the Conservatives yesterday. 8.1.2010