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May 22, 2012
10:10
Open Data Institute "closer to reality" - government
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Aha – now we know why there’s been so much Open Data Institute PR today.

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9:41
What's wrong with Whitehall: its lack of management information
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Think tank The Institute for Government says a key historical Whitehall weakness – its poor grasp of management information (MI) – may be what eventually scupper the Coalition’s plans to pay off the national deficit and reform public services. Whitehall needs accurate and timely information and analysis about all the activities on which it spends money, says its new study
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7:47
Open Data Institute's co-directors big up its prospects
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Creator of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee’s been on the Beeb today extolling the virtues of Open Data. He was ostensibly there to promote the soon to be opened Open Data Institute (ODI), which the BBC confused us briefly by saying it was open for business, though in fact it won’t actually get going until September. In any case the institution’s been doing some PR today,

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6:58
NPIA publishes final chunks of Olympics etraining
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The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has just launched what it says are its final set of Olympic elearning packages for the Police. The packages are made up of three separate modules which the group says are specifically aimed at those directly supporting the Games. They include:

Police Operational Awareness which is divided into four separate sections -National, Mutual Aid, London and Dorset, with officers and staff only needing to complete

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5:59
'The UK needs a new, tech-led industrial strategy to succeed'
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Government should actively embrace and support a modern ‘Industrial Strategy’ for innovation-led growth to secure economic recovery, say UK business leaders polled by supplier PA Consulting Group. More specifically, to secure a path to that elusive growth, the Colaituon has to support an active business-led strategy of identifying and supporting key technologies and sectors. The group says the call is a
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5:17
BCS welcomes NHS Information Strategy - with notable caveats
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BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has become one of the first technology stakeholders to officially welcome the publication of the NHS Information Strategy. BCS says it supports the strategy that focuses on the operational changes needed to extract the value from information technology and not simply on the technologies themselves. As the professional body for informatics, the Institute will continue

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4:45
Could your school win £4k for helping get a newbie online?
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The 2012 version of BT’s ‘Internet Rangers’ competition to encourage schools to help get older people online have just opened. Prizes on offer include iPads, laptops - and up to £4000 cash for the winning school. The awards are open to individual children up to the age of sixteen, teachers and schools who can demonstrate that they have helped an older person ge

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4:35
Big Data? Yes please. What exactly is it? Er...
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Over 60% of IT professionals think Big Data should be a “strategic priority” – but less than half feel there’s any clear definition of the approach. Even worse, arguably: even fewer, 20%, felt they had adequate knowledge of Big Data products, according to a study commissioned by data governance software house Varonis. When asked how they would like to use Big Data, at least, the respondents had clear ideas: finding at risk sen

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4:22
Technical Briefing: Gartner on the rise of 'reputonics'
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Analysts Gartner warns that organisations are not well placed to cope with the intense levels of change and advancement in IT – but that the most successful will learn to embrace this rapid change as a usual part of doing business. "The level of uncertainty and change is at an all-time high,” says Robert Handler, VP and distinguished analyst at the group.

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3:13
Global procurement outsourcing market grew 14% last year
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The procurement outsourcing market saw strong growth in 2011, expanding by 14% over the year, according to research from market watchers Everest Group. Dominating the market: IBM, Accenture, and specialist Procurian - which between them represent a massive 70% of the industry. "The rapidly growing PO [procurement outsourcing] market attracted new entrants. M&A activity also increased.

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