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Technology revives British industrial might

Delegates at Cambridge Enterprise Conference dream of a tech-driven economic recovery 07 Oct 2009

Council staff making "serious security breaches" of key government database

DWP admits 33 people accessed Customer Information System - containing 75 million citizen records - without justification 25 Feb 2009

Power of Intellect wins out in contract dispute

Government agrees to pause before introducing unpopular new-model 12 Sep 2005

connecting with IP

The latest in a range of new storage technologies, IP promises good opportunities 05 Sep 2005

Will the IT industry attract women?

Will IT incorporate women? 08 Aug 2005

Integrators face one Dell of a challenge

Dell not performing up to par 25 Jul 2005

Can education really fill the e-skill gap? The government’s scheme to resolve what it says is an urgent crisis of IT skills seems to have put a few

The government’s scheme to resolve what it says is an urgent crisis of IT skills seems to have put a few commercial training providers’ noses out of joint. Mark Ballard investigates why trainers feel that they have been treated as an afterthought. 11 Jul 2005

HP draws up direct business hit list at low end

Vendor opens up more direct accounts to VARs, but is poised to create more 31 May 2005

GCat reform may leave channel out of pocket

Concern that if catalogue suppliers are cut, it could be harder for SMEs to sell to government 23 May 2005

Lightening the load

As government IT bodies prepare to reconsider the guidelines forpublic-sector contracts, resellers and suppliers are hoping to shed someof the responsibility. 26 Apr 2005