454-Ict-dienstverlener Logica ontslaat 25 werknemers bij zijn divisie Outsourcing Services. Het bedrijf wil deze divisie concurrerender maken en snijdt daarom in de kosten. In Nederland werken bij er ongeveer duizend mensen, vertelt een woordvoerder. De voorlichter laat weten dat de reorganisatie van de divisie te maken heeft met een in 2009 aangekondigde ontslagronde. Toen schrapte de dienstverlener vijftig ondersteunende functies, zoals secretaresses.

434-Parliament was told that many Europeans are missing out on the "digital revolution" because of a shortage of information technology skills. A breakfast briefing on Wednesday heard that seven per cent of the EU population has no computer skills whatsoever and 33 per cent say they have never used the internet. In an effort to raise awareness of "e-skills" the commission is once again hosting a European e-skills week, from 1 March.

314-Er is ruim 22,3 miljoen kilo afgedankte ict-apparatuur ingezameld in 2009. Ten opzichte van 2008, waarin 22,7 miljoen kilo werd opgehaald, betekent dit een lichte daling. Volgens ICT~Milieu, de stichting die verantwoordelijk is voor de inzameling van ict-afval, is de daling onder andere te wijten aan de recessie.

227-"`" " While leading Informatica to record revenue in each of his five years as CEO, Sohaib Abbasi has made his mark on the company in multiple ways-but perhaps none so strongly as in the company's desire to remain independent.

128-The author of a new book on outsourcing, which is based on his real-world experience, shares insight on outsourcing and pricing.

442-COMPUTABLE EXPERT Maurice van der Woude Strategic Business Information Manager / Strategie Consultant Expert van Computable voor de topics: Outsourcing, SaaS en Smart ITMeer Cloud computing, software as a service, software plus services. Welke variant ook gekozen wordt, alles met betrekking tot de juiste dienstverlening staat of valt met de afspraken die de leverancier met de klant maakt over de mate en de wijze van die dienstverlening.

337-"`" " Saying that Oracle "is getting a crown jewel of the technology industry" and "will do great things with Sun," Sun founder and chairman Scott McNealy's farewell memo assured Sun employees that Larry Ellison "will do well with the assets that Sun brings to Oracle." It's a moving, passionate, candid, and funny memo-classic McNealy.

194-Oracle"s purchase of Sun, which European regulators approved last week after months of scrutiny, stands out as the most game-changing corporate technology play made during the economic downturn.

260-DEN HAAG - De centrale ICT-afdeling van de politie is steeds minder geld kwijt aan het inhuren van personeel van buitenaf. Kostte dit in 2008 nog 147 miljoen euro, vorig jaar ging het nog om 108 miljoen. De bedoeling is om dit jaar op 50 miljoen uit te komen.

412-The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and greater standardisation across the public sector. The strategy identifies potential savings of £1.8 billion from developing a single voice and data network for the public sector, rationalising data centres, setting up a government app store and creating common designs for desktop services.

471-Kanshebber voor de award Beste Business Case 2009 In de strijd om de beste business cases van 2009 heeft ook Tools4ever een inzending gedaan. Met het project 'Identity management bij KPN' dingen zij mee naar de prestigieuze Computable-prijs. Het project en aangekoppelde business case gaan over het terug draaien van de werkplekuitbesteding en stroomlijnen van het personeelsysteem. Voor het beheer van de user accounts had KPN een outsourceovereenkomst met Atos Origin.

369-Het nieuwe jaar is net begonnen en de IT-beheerder staat weer een aantal nieuwe uitdagingen te wachten. Ontwikkelingen als het nieuwe werken en de migratie naar Windows 7 leveren voor organisaties nieuwe IT-vraagstukken op. RES Software, marktleider op het gebied van User Workspace Management-software, geeft IT-beheerders daarom enkele tips om valkuilen te voorkomen.

180-BY), said Wednesday it won a multi-year outsourcing contract from British American Tobacco PLC (BTI) to support the tobacco major's global business ...See all stories on this topic

332-The government launched a radical overhaul of its IT strategy today which itsays will save the public sector £3.2bn annually in IT costs. The new initiative aims to facilitate greater sharing of resources across thepublic sector in the use of hardware and software where departments havetraditionally taken a more siloed approach.

49-Smarter, cheaper and greener, says Downing Street

392-Download image Download image SAN DIEGO, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Spooner, CIO of Sharp HealthCare, a seven-hospital system in San Diego County, has been named CIO of the Year by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for his lifetime achievements in the health care IT industry.

323-"`" " Whether you agree with his premise or think it's just marketing hype, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano has successfully articulated a global vision that transcends IT products and services by focusing upon the power of intelligence in improving everything from people's quality of life to business outcomes to policy decisions.

407-A large car dealership in Mumbai, India, has deployed an open source business process management (BPM) solution to automate workflow and to help handle the company's growth. Lakozy Toyota is using Colosa's ProcessMaker software--an AJAX-enabled, service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web-based application. The dealership wanted to automate its business processes, which were paper-based and time-consuming.

185-1014-Jan - De ict-markt slaat om van krimp naar sterke groei, constateert Forrester. In 2010 komt er een groei van 8,1 procent, in West-Europa zelfs ruim 11 procent, voorzien analisten.

388-Research giant Gartner is sharing its predictions that "herald long-term changes in approach" for information technology in 2010 and beyond. Some excerpts from the release: -- By 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide. According to Gartner's PC installed-base forecast, the total number of PCs in use will reach 1.78 billion units in 2013.