http://www.silicon.com Results for Chancellor en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/george-osborne-39547921.htm Shadow chancellor George Osborne has pledged to scale back major IT projects and end the government's track record of delays and overspend on tech. In February of this year Osborne backed the findings of a Conservative-commissioned review of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:20:48 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/ray-kurzweil-39547912.htm He's also a businessman, consultant, lecturer and most recently founder and chancellor of the Singularity University - a multidisciplinary institution for both budding entrepreneurs and CEOs. Ray Kurzweil is a futurist who's been thinking up the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:02:26 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39422440,00.htm Digital technologies will share in a £750m pot to stimulate growth in the UK's "industries of the future", Chancellor Alistair Darling said in today's budget. The Chancellor is right to try and paint a picture of how technology can provide the high... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:10:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60556656p,00.htm The IT staff for the Chancellor's office at California State University (CSU) was facing difficult management issues for the 75 applications and 600 desktops it supports. Laborious deployments and extremely time-consuming upgrades required reboots... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39401709,00.htm CeBit can even boast Hollywood glitter this year, since California's official partnership means the US state's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will travel to Hanover to officially open the fair on Monday night with German chancellor Angela Merkel. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:01:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39387536,00.htm Government departments have failed to capitalise on the software as a resource, even though reports from its agencies have looked at the feasibility of open source and recommended its use, a statement from the office of the shadow chancellor... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:21:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/smedirector/0,39024679,39375127,00.htm It expands a scheme announced by the chancellor in November, to support a £1bn bank facility for smaller exporters. This is an expansion of a £50m scheme originally announced by the chancellor to help small businesses to convert debt into equity. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:54:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39352004,00.htm The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling's decision to cut Value Added Tax (VAT) from 17.5 per cent to 15 per cent is likely to be an IT headache for retailers according to industry commentators.silicon.com Retail & Leisure editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39251536,00.htm Speaking in Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "It is quite clear that the loss was entirely avoidable and again I apologise unreservedly to everyone who has been affected. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170352,00.htm The technology industry has pledged to fight for a share of a public sector contract windfall the Chancellor of the Exchequer promised to SMEs in his 2008 Budget. Alastair Darling's Budget speech promised a variety of opportunities for the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39170149,00.htm It will report in the autumn to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is also sniffing around fibre. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:10:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39169490,00.htm Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, also updated Parliament on the review of HMRC processes and measures for protecting personal data. Transport secretary Ruth Kelly admitted to Parliament this week that a hard disk went missing from a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39169483,00.htm The government needs to simplify organisational structures in some departments and review data-protection laws, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has admitted. Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, said he hoped the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:36:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39169307,00.htm John H Woods, UK and as I have said before, Mr Darling has inherited this mess, if any chancellor is to be held accountable it should be one who held the reigns for more than a couple of months i.e.his predecessor, Mr Brown, who had ample... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39169311,00.htm But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The police inform me that they still have no evidence or intelligence that this data has fallen into the wrong hands and no evidence of fraud or criminal activity. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:58:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/digitaldefences/0,3800014341,39169251,00.htm The emails will heap more pressure on Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, who failed to mention the details of this email exchange in his statement to MPs on Tuesday, despite it being included in the briefing paper to him from the NAO. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/digitaldefences/0,3800014341,39169238,00.htm As the full story behind the HMRC breach continues to unfold, the Conservative Party is also claiming senior HMRC officials - and not the junior official blamed by Chancellor Alistair Darling - authorised the sending of the data. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/digitaldefences/0,3800014341,39169225,00.htm SNP MP Stewart Hosie asked the Chancellor: "I am most concerned about the system failure, including as regards the implementation of guidelines, which allowed a junior official to copy the entire child benefit database on to a disc and post it... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:55:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/digitaldefences/0,3800014341,39169217,00.htm The missing CDs were not reported to senior HMRC management until 8 November and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was then notified on 10 November. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne called the security breach "catastrophic" and said... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:01:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39168819,00.htm Technology professionals have reacted angrily to tax changes announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. The chancellor will raise this figure to 18 per cent on 1 April, 2008, to limit the profits of private-equity investors. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:44:02 +0000