6 London boroughs haul all their kit to 1 Oracle biz product
Six London boroughs intend to generate £6m savings from a plan to implement the same version of Oracle's E-Business Suite.
The boroughs - Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Lambeth, Lewisham, Havering and Croydon - will implement Oracle EBS Release 12 as part of a plan to support the introduction of HR, finance, payroll, pensions and procurement functionality as part of Project Athena. The project is aimed at implementing and converging IT and business processes across London to save costs.
The councils have jointly appointed Capgemini to implement Oracle R12, which is a single system that manages HR, finance, payroll and procurement functions.
Using EBS means that employees are able to request leave, pay for services and manage budgets though a single system instead of using several systems or spreadsheets. Read more...
Samsung is introducing ‘pop-up’ stores in London for a slice of that Olympic money
Samsung has revealed that it will introduce ‘pop-up’ mobile stores in London at the end of May, as it seeks to grab a share of increased consumer spending while the UK capital hosts the 2012 Olympic Games.
The ‘Samsung Mobile PIN’ will come to Westfield in Shepherd’s Bush and Old Spitalfields Market on May 29, offering customers an “immersive” and more convenient way to peruse products or shop for a new device from the Korean giant’s stores. Read more...
London 2012: Why the Olympics CIO is preparing for the worst
When asked what nightmare scenarios keep him awake at night, Gerry Pennell, the man in charge of technology for the London 2012 Olympic Games, jokes: "At this stage we're all significantly tired that staying awake is not a problem".
With less than a year to go before the Olympics opening ceremony, Pennell, CIO for the organisers of the London Olympics, has a team of 600 people working "flat out" on testing and preparing the technology for the games.
"The pace of delivery has picked up big time. We have been running the test events for the last three to four months - so it's becoming very real," he told silicon.com at an event in London yesterday.
The games hit a milestone this week with the official unveiling of the Technology Operations Centre (TOC) - the London-based centre that will manage and monitor the Olympics systems that run the venues, record results and relay them to the rest of the world. The centre's 450 staff will work with the thousands of technical staff situated in the Olympic's 94 venues to make sure the technology works without a hitch. Read more...
BBM used by London rioters? BlackBerry maker RIM responds
After two days of rioting in London in which youths reportedly used BBM, the instant-messaging service for BlackBerry devices, to help organise their attacks, Blackberry maker RIM has confirmed it is working with the authorities.
Patrick Spence, the company's managing director of its global sales and regional marketing, said in a statement: "We feel for those impacted by this weekend's riots in London. We have engaged with the authorities to assist in any way we can. Read more...
‘LONDON IS THE CENTRE OF THE technology WORLD’
Demand for IT jobs in London grew by 18 per cent in the last quarter compared with the same period in 2010.
Meanwhile, code monkey jobs dominated the recruitment market, according to employment outfit CWJobs.
It said London positions now make up 33 per cent of all UK-based IT jobs advertised on its site.
More than 37,000 job ads for positions in the capital were posted on CWJobs in the past three months.
"It's promising to see that the government's investment in the IT sector is being reflected in the recruitment market," said the company's website director Richard Nott. Read more...