The Government Procurement Service has published a£1bn tender for IT services. The request said the maximum number of participants in the four-year framework was 680,which will include central government departments and their ...
Stephen Kelly, the former CEO of Cobol tools software vendor Micro Focus, has been appointed government chief operating officer (COO) in the Cabinet Office. He succeeds Ian Watmore, who left in May 2012 to pursue non-executive and charity ...
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Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a £32m-a-year contract to run its back-office services. The 10-year deal would see the outsourcing company operate London Borough of Barnet's new support and customer ...
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AP quoted an Iraqi Kurdish official saying that the country's self ruled northern Kurdish region has suspended oil exports over a payment row with Baghdad,a development that could add to already souring relations between the Kurds and the ...
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The government of southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is planning to soon launch new schemes and facilities for the benefit of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), including textile MSMEs, in the state. Speaking at the ...
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China's domestic solar demand has been rising, but due to risks, Taiwan-based makers believe the best way to enter the market is to provide products such as solar cells instead of investing in projects. Due to the global trade war, ...
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For promotion of conservation and scientific development of mineral resources and ensuring protection of mines environment in mining areas, IBM carried out 1,457 Inspection of mines for enforcement of provision of MCDR, 1988 and examination ...
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1. How to protect trade secrets and processes? The best thing your company can do is to only disseminate trade secrets to those who have a need to know the information. When outsourcing manufacturers you may consider separating your ...
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Chief information security officers (CISOs) have an important role in moving their organisations, whether they are public or private, to a cloud computing environment, according to professional certification body (ISC)2. The move is ...
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Reuters reported that LUKoil had decided not to join the development of Iraq's West Qurna-1 oil field,citing high risks,paving the way for Chinese companies to enter the project. LUKoil oversees the largest share of oil reserves in ...
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Local authorities could pay double that of central government to fund the broadband roll-out across the UK. The European Commission gave the green light to the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme, which will see a £530m pot of ...
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Fujitsu has pulled out of the £40m tender to roll out superfast broadband across rural Cumbria. However, Computer Weekly has learned the supplier didn't fully complete the bidding process. A council document, seen by a source, ...
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has revealed the 12 cities awarded funding for superfast broadband roll-out in the second phase of the government’s ‘super-connected cities’ programme. He made the announcement ...
Rare earth production throughout China – responsible for more than 90% of the world's output – has slowed due to weak downstream demand with output in Guangdong province particularly depressed. China Daily reports ...
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Police in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong announced on Tuesday that they have shut down nine rare earth mines operating illegally in Longchuan county over the past six months. According to a Xinhua news report, police in Heyuan ...
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