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Getting the IT department ready for 2009
News The Corporate IT Forum says its most senior members are planning to invest in IT with careful budgeting and trimming discretionary spending as key priorities.
Tags: Virtualization, Green IT, Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Green IT, Outsourcing, Business, cost savings, Quocirca
UK ID cards 'may still fail'
News UK Government U-turn on databases may not be enough to save project.
Tags: Database management, Biometrics, Government
More data breaches to come, warns UK govt
News U.K. government departments are seven months into an ongoing process of cataloging all of the information they held for a "register of information assets", says official.
Tags: Data security, Hacking, Government, Data, Conference, Officer, Information Security, London, tax revenue, Silicon.com
UK IT suppliers forced to invest in staff training
News U.K. IT suppliers have to commit to lifting their staff's tech skills if they want to win government contracts.
Tags: HR policies and procedures, IT Services, Supplier, Training, Workforce, Whitehall, Government, public sector, U.K., industry
TCS trims UK headcount by 10 percent
News Indian outsourcer TCS has reduced its UK workforce to 4,500 people as part of a cost-cutting drive, pulling back staff from delivery centers and customer offices in the United Kingdom to fill other posts in India.
Tags: Human resources, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Outsourcing, British Telecommunications, CRM, Outsourcing Company, Lakshmi, Sales, Consulting, public sector
UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News New government agency will coordinate national IT security defence and response, including launching DDoS attacks and cyberespionage.
Tags: Security, Cybersecurity, IT Security, Government, Prime Minister, U.S., Cyberattack, agency, Security
