A U.S. government watchdog agency has found that nearly half of 14 large ongoing military IT projects are over budget and more than half are behind schedule. The Government Accountability Office's recently released report focused on 14 of ...
Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry posted record annual profits last year, a sign that production of Apple products remains strong despite heightened competition from rival electronics vendors. Hon Hai Precision, the central ...
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With oil prices still elevated and operator appetite for offshore drilling seemingly limitless, Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 appears headed for vigorous bidding and dollar totals that may match or even surpass 2012's collective ...
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare wanted to add to its armoury of analytical services and take advantage of its recent accreditation to access sensitive data sets. AIHW is the national agency for information and analysis ...
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As federal CIOs develop new strategies to support an increasingly mobile workforce, they will inevitably have to decide whether to adopt a bring-your-own-device policy, just as a similar challenge confronts their counterparts in the private ...
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ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project schedule overruns got even worse in 2012, according to newly released data from Panorama Consulting. Some 172 respondents replied to Panorama's online survey between September and ...
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Massive ERP (enterprise resource planning) software projects under way at the U.S. Army are in danger of missing crucial deadlines due to inadequate planning and management on the part of officials, according to a new auditor's report. ...
Unprecedented federal budget problems are creating a new reality for the software development operations of government IT units. The days of the big, lumbering, multiyear government IT projects are likely coming to an end as more and more ...
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Switzerland-based packaging firm Ball is set to cease production at its food and aerosol packaging manufacturing facility in Elgin, Illinois, US in December 2013. The Elgin plant produces aerosol and specialty steel cans, flat steel sheet ...
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Federal agencies, including the Defense Department, are facing unprecedented budget problems that are creating a new reality for government IT. IT managers are turning to agile development to speed up projects and to quickly show their ...
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The coalition wants to set a standard for digital delivery of public services that other governments around the world will aspire to. That's what Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude told the audience at Sprint 13, a government ...
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Google took down on Friday in Indonesia the controversial movie trailer that has sparked protests worldwide, adding the country to the short list of nations where the video can't be seen on YouTube. The company received a valid request ...
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They say you can't put a price on true love,but a government consultation into same-sex marriage has done just that.According to an impact assessment report,the Home Office has found that changes to IT systems could be the biggest cost ...
Liam Maxwell, formerly the deputy government CIO, has been appointed as the first Whitehall chief technology officer (CTO), in the latest stage of a major shake-up of the government IT leadership organisation. As revealed last week by ...
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Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some 38.7bn – was IT outsourcing. It is a sector that adapts to market ...
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