Public sector
Patients in Wales to get online access to medical records
Welsh government health minister Edwina Hart has announced £1.7 million of funding for a new website, allowing patients to check their medical records at the click of a mouse.
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Essex signs IBM cost efficiency deal
Essex County Council has signed an eight-year, £5.4 billion agreement with IBM that it claims will deliver significant savings to local resident tax payers and which some claim will be a template for similar deals under a Tory national government.
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Total reward schemes offer major opportunity for the public sector
Research shows that holistic health and wellbeing packages could significantly improve productivity and staff retention in the public sector.
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Doing HR with technology
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Changing VAT in the Cloud
Suppliers of web-based accounting applications to customers in the UK have pounced on the VAT rate rise on 1 January 2010 as an opportunity to demonstrate the advantages of Cloud Computing.
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The people side of going green
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ERP still too too clunky for real performance says IDC
IDC says ERP systems not agile enough for business
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Cloudy days ahead
Cloud Computing has racked up a staggering number of column inches during 2009, yet confusion still reigns for many. Will 2010 clear the air?
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IBM report: Better analytics lead to smarter decision making
A new IBM report identifies a strong relationship betwen perffrojmance and analytics.
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SAP chasing the clouds
SAP executive vice president John Wookey knows he's got a mountain to climb when it comes to taking on the likes of Salesforce.com in the Cloud Computing applications market.
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Cutting the costs of public sector technology
Public sector technology: Expensive, unnecessary hassle or a major component in increasing efficiency and reducing costs?
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CIPD annual survey signals last hurrah for public sector pay, with employees surprisingly optimistic for 2010
The golden era of public sector earnings is coming to an end in 2011 with the Chancellors 1% cap on salaries - yet 57% of workers expect a similar or higher pay increase than in 2009.
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The beauty of being Linked-In
Thousands of people are using social networking website LinkedIn to make contacts. But can the service really benefit your career and business?
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Managing recessionary depression in the workplace
As a result of the recession, business and managers need to anticipate and manage longer-term effects such as mental health problems in the workplace.
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Jobs and skills boost key to London's future economic success
London must boost the skills of its workforce to remain a competitive world city and fight its way out of recession.
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Smarter, cheaper government?
In a major speech Gordon Brown outlined plans for a third generation of public services, reported on The Birmingham and Solihull Social Economy Consortium.
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