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info@commonwealthcontractors.comEd Thomas, senior Director at Ovum, said that “The total contract value of deals is up on the first half of 2009. There have been some big deals out there, mainly in the public sector in the UK. We\’ve seen big deals such as Desktop 21 awarded by the UK government to Fujitsu, Atos and […]
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The Director of convergence and network strategy at Star, Hugo Harber, said that \”The decision not to conduct the review creates an imbalance. If you\’re running a small network, and you\’re not one of the big two (British Telecom and Virgin Media), then it\’s going to cost you more to run fibre to a local […]
The Ofcom director of Wales, Rhodri Williams, said that \”It’s good to see that the digital divide between Wales and the UK as a whole is narrowing. Communications services are rapidly becoming a necessity rather than a luxury for Welsh consumers and businesses in all parts of Wales. Even though our report indicates that there […]
Research Director at Gartner, Kenneth Brant, said that \”We are advising our technology provider clients to prepare business plans for 2011 on the basis of our most-likely scenario for enterprise IT spending growth – 3.5%. However, they should act now to develop contingencies to mitigate the risk of zero growth in 2011, a scenario that […]
Xenios Thrasyvoulou, Chief Executive of PeoplePerHour.com, has said that \”The last decade has seen a boom in remote freelance working, facilitated by the internet. This has been led by the IT industry, which lends itself to freelancing. Our survey findings suggest that the importance of IT industry to the freelance economy is set to grow.\” […]
The Head of Enforcement at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Mick Gorrill, said that “The fact that this information was several years old is of no consequence – patients’ personal data should always be handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act. I am pleased that the Trust has agreed to take remedial steps to ensure […]
The Associate Director and Head of Healthcare at Frontline, Andrew Butters, said that “It enables you to look at how work flows through a department. So you can look at the levels of staff and demand and model changing patterns of need. It will recognise the big bulge in demand within accident and emergency on […]
The Managing Director of Health at the Audit Commission, Andy McKeon, said that “It\’s reassuring that the NHS is getting better at clinical coding. Efficiency is more important than ever and accurate clinical coding under payment by results will contribute to better data, better decisions and better outcomes for patients. But the variation in error […]
Mike Jones, Human Resources Director for the Energy Sector at Siemens, said that “There is a need to develop an estimated 50,000 skilled engineers, project managers, construction supervisors and craft workers nationally over the next 10 years. A further 70,000 UK jobs will also be created in the offshore wind sector by 2020. But if […]
Edward Thomas, a senior analyst at Ovum, said that \”In the past the government struggled because of the political implications of outsourcing to India, but as it looks at costs with greater scrutiny I wouldn\’t be surprised if we start seeing more contracts coming from this area. Since the recession, companies have become more wary […]