Upgrade downs 80,000 UK government computers
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Staff at the United Kingdom&#39;s Department for Work and Pensions were unable to use their PCs this week after a routine software upgrade knocked out 80 percent of the computers in the sprawling department.
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The new computer system being installed by the NHS is set to cost taxpayers at least Â£15bn over the next 10 years - more than the total investment in the Channel Tunnel.
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By ANDREW DENHOLM EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT  THOUSANDS of primary school children are still without any "meaningful" computer access a month after the introduction of a new system worth GBP15.5m, teachers claimed yesterday.
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U.K. companies have downgraded their technology-spending plans for 2007, but huge differences exist between sectors.
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TechWeb - A British educational report suggests the upgrade would increase costs and create software compatibility problems while providing little benefit.
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NOVEMBER 26, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - IT system failures continued to plague the UK government this week, when as many as 80,000 civil servants working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) had to deal with what is being described in the local
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The final cost of modernising NHS computer systems could rise to between Â£18.6bn and Â£31bn - three to five times the declared figure - it is reported.
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Massive computer failure at the Department for Work and Pensions may affect some benefit claims, says the government. Are you affected?
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1.5 million public sector users The government is to make further cash savings thanks to higher discounts offered by Microsoftâ¦
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The cost of a 10-year contract to run computers for Revenue and Customs has doubled to Â£8.5bn, MPs say.
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Details on 11 million customers went awol The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined The Nationwide Building Society Â£980,000 for the loss of a laptop which contained "confidential customer data" on 11 million customers.â¦
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Power off Intellect, the UKâs trade body for the technology industry, has signed up to a government plan to phase out energy-guzzling consumer electronics products.â¦
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Business & money: Overspend on Â£17bn programme to upgrade network could be more than double previous estimate.
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When it comes to the corporate customer, desktops are still king, particularly because they're the easiest and least expensive to upgrade with fast, power-hungry components. Yet one researcher predicts it will be five to seven years before only the "die-hard" desktop users are left. Is it time for you to make the switch?
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The cost of upgrading Britain's schools to Vista would be $350 million, two-thirds of which go to deployment costs, testing and hardware upgrades.
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Less than 25% of old computers sold or given away by companies have had data removed, a survey suggests.
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Government procurers will have to be more CPU agnostic