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Picture credit: Don Solo The Times has finally woken up to massively wasted Government IT investment. Better late than never. The issue has been around for many years but still remained below the mainstream media radar, even when told about it. I don’t agree that over-optimism is the fundamental cause. The absolute root of the problem is a failure Continue reading article » Picture credit: fdecomite These are turbulent times and common-sense dictates that, when the winds die down, we should not expect everything to be exactly as it was before. And yet trillions of dollars are being thrown at failed institutions in a desperate attempt to prevent essential change. We should realise that we are caught in the slipstream of Change Continue reading article » Picture credit: Jude I am wondering when someone will take the UK Cabinet behind the bikesheds and tell them the truth about the Internet. Andy Burnham, Culture Secretary, is the latest member of the UK Government to demonstrate ignorance about the way the world-wide-web works. It’s no surprise that the Government wants to extend the Nanny State but they Continue reading article » Despite the oft-vaunted remarks of Gordon Brown that “new technology” will deliver much-needed efficiencies in the Civil Service, we still see more evidence to the contrary. Let’s hope that someone actually does something about the latest PAC report on the Dept for Transport shared services fiasco. Excuse me if I don’t hold my breath. The latest Whitehall Farce is not funny, Continue reading article » It seems that Bernard Madoff’s $50 Billion “pyramid” investment scheme is little more than a scam, albeit on a massive scale. The fall-out is likely to be global and the UK news reports state that major banks are “frantically trying to find out if they have exposure to the fraud;” which means of course that they don’t know and have Continue reading article » |
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