http://www.silicon.com Results for public sector 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://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60628612p,00.htm To develop the necessary trust and confidence within the Public Sector communities and between Government and the citizens, a common approach to risk management and the implementation of an Information Assurance framework becomes increasingly... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:36:44 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39661658,00.htm In fact - as an aside - even Whitehall is putting IT on a diet, with the government's green IT champion, Chris Chant telling silicon.com the public sector has "stopped eating pies and put ourselves on a diet" when it comes to carbon. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39650567,00.htm Chui: Some of the things that were identified [in our research] are increasing uncertainty, lower availability on credit, potentially lower consumer spending in certain areas and more public sector involvement in the business world. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39640947,00.htm And even the public sector punches above its weight, thanks largely to the self-promoting antics of politicians - those one-man 'enterprises' called MPs. Tis a thankless task to be forever fielding customer complaints, as Aviva's Twitter feed... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817851p,00.htm Off late high-profile accounting and management scandals in the commercial sector have given rise to legislative action to improve internal controls over financial reporting for companies participating in the financial markets. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/green-it/westminster-computing-put-on-size-zero-diet-39643700.htm As a result, the public sector has "stopped eating pies and put ourselves on a diet" when it comes to carbon, according to the government's green IT champion, Chris Chant. To help with the diet, 110 green ICT action plans have been submitted from... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39637916,00.htm Local council IT departments' tendency to outsource problematic tech functions means their outsourcing projects are rarely successful, according to a new report. The report, from consultants Deloitte, reveals that local councils need to change... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60006262p,00.htm In the past few years, many businesses and some public sector agencies have invested heavily in some combination of ERP, supply chain management, sales force automation, data warehouse, query and reporting and OLAP software. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:36:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60288805p,00.htm They bridge legacy and newly developed applications across diverse organizations to provide the public sector with more efficient means of serving civilians, employees, business partners, or any other end-user base. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:30:43 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39607327,00.htm If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should be, then drop us a line at editorial@silicon.com editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:05:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39594568,00.htm If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should be, then drop us a line at editorial@silicon.com editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:22:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39588863,00.htm With the state of the finances in the public sector however I do not think there will be a big take-up at all. As the budgets free up this I think that Windows 7 will be a success in the private sector. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:03:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39574743,00.htm Such dematerialisation - services that reduce the need for physical hardware such as storage media - should be promoted by governments and public sector bodies, according to the EC. In a recommendation adopted by the Commission last week, it called... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:53:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60330672p,00.htm The UK Government has committed to transform the public sector by making truly e-enabled delivery of public services a reality.This whitepaper demonstrates with real-life examples of successful projects how next generation Ethernet technology is... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:36:51 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39558613,00.htm The news comes against a background of high-profile infections, with a number of public sector bodies being hit by the Conficker worm. Conficker has in the past infected several public sector computer networks, including computer systems at... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39553021,00.htm Consequently the tech market is feeling the pinch: IT purchases by business and the public sector in Western and Central European countries are forecast to shrink 6.3 per cent year-on-year in 2009, following a decline of 0.8 per cent in 2008. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:27:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/john-suffolk-39550665.htm As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of £16bn, the importance of government CIO John Suffolk cannot be overstated. Panellists said Suffolk is a pair of safe hands for the nation's IT, praising him for "driving... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:15:20 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/nandan-nilekani-39550652.htm Before stepping down as co-chairman of Infosys to take up his government role in July he was helping Infosys expand its offerings for the financial sector, which provides a sizeable portion of the company's $4bn-plus revenues. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:12:56 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/karen-price-39547901.htm As CEO of e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for business and information technology, it's Karen Price's job to nurture and grow the nation's IT skills. The Agenda Setters judges were impressed with Price's success in driving IT up the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:39:11 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39546159,00.htm At the moment the public sector is spending £16bn a year on IT procurement and that is going to about eight different companies, clearly there are some issues there," he said. In February the CIO Council published a policy designed to stimulate the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:56:01 +0000