ICT execs suspended
Four senior ICT and service bosses at Inverclyde Council in the UK have been suspended after it was revealed that a scheme hoping to save £2 million, actually only delivered £250 000 worth of savings and cost the council £650 000 in consultants' fees, according to Computing.co.uk.
The four reportedly established the 'Future Operating Model' to help the council achieve overall savings of £6.43 million in three years.
The scheme included a wide variety of efficiency measures as well as the establishment of a new council customer contact centre in the Municipal Buildings in Greenock, which opened in 2009.
CEPIS, IVI to develop ICT framework
The European Commission has engaged with the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) and the Innovation Value Institute (IVI), to advance the development of ICT Professionalism in Europe, says Newswire Today.
Together, IVI and CEPIS will undertake a pioneering research project which will strengthen and further professionalise the vital role of ICT professionals and will see the development of a pan-European training scheme for ICT managers. CEPIS and IVI are inviting all interested parties to engage with the research project.
The cost of IT project failures in business estimated at up to 4.5 trillion euros worldwide, and with research indicating that half of IT projects incur budget overruns of more than 80%.
Record system is back on track
New Zealand's Defence has kick-started its overdue e-health record system for armed forces personnel, awarding a $6.1 million three-year project management contract to consultant and IT services provider Oakton, writes The Australian.
The successor to HealthKeys, sidelined in 2009 after years of work with only 40% of medical files converted from paper, was to be a commercial off-the-shelf system. Top brass agreed to fast-track the purchase, and Defence's rapid prototype development and evaluation group put together a connected suite of commercial products in short order.
New Zealand software developer Orion Health completed a $15 000 proof of concept demonstration within a fortnight.
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