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NPfIT aims "no longer possible", says NHS London chief

 09 April 2010

A revised deal between BT and the Department of Health renders goals of NHS IT refresh plan unattainable, says healthcare executive in a leaked letter

Google '99.9% certain' on China exit

 15 March 2010

Search engine company draws up plans for closure of Chinese operation, press report claims

SAP launches on-demand business intelligence suite

 25 February 2010

Integrated suite of SAP’s existing on-demand BI tools is targeted at ‘the casual user’ in organisations of all sizes, says enterprise software vendor

EC launches antitrust probe into Google

 24 February 2010

Difficult week for search giant continues with antitrust complaints from, among others, a subsidiary of Microsoft

EC gives Oracle go ahead to buy Sun

 21 January 2010

European Commission says "competition and innovation will be preserved" as software giant buys systems maker

Government shuns social media

 19 January 2010

Security concerns prevent government organisations from using social media to connect to citizens and empower employees, says Socitm

Google stands up to China government over censorship

 13 January 2010

Search engine giant says it will no longer tolerate government censorship in the country, conceding it may have to close operations

ICO to gain power to fine £500k for data breaches

 13 January 2010

Secretary of state for justice approves bid from Information Commissioner's Office to increase penalty for data breaches a hundred fold

VMware to buy email and collaboration vendor

 13 January 2010

UPDATE VMware officially announces intention to buy Zimbra from web giant Yahoo!

London Mayor announces public ‘datastore’

 07 January 2010

City Hall to make civic data freely available online to encourage transparency and to open commercial opportunities to software developers

Tory NHS manifesto proposes IT reboot

 05 January 2010

Draft health manifesto from the Conservative party could be first step in transferral of patient data to third parties

Thousands sign petition against Oracle’s ownership of MySQL

 04 January 2010

Appeal to European Commission to force software giant to divest itself of open source database as it acquires Sun Microsystems attracts 14,000 signatures

Proposed immigration system "illegal" under EU rules

 21 December 2009

Home Office select committee deems government's electronic borders scheme illegal under EU rules protecting freedom of movement

Oracle returns to revenue growth thanks to weak dollar

 18 December 2009

Currency fluctuations push revenue up 4% to $5.9 billion in second quarter. Plus, Oracle optimistic for Sun acquisition

Congestion charge system crashes in IBM handover 

 05 November 2009

Online payments for London’s traffic control scheme were disrupted for nine hours this week as control of the system moved from Capita to IBM

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