Nick Heath

Recent Articles by Nick Heath

December 16, 2009

Five Technologies for 2010 Investment

While the economic gloom may be far from over, companies believe technology will be key to their post-recession future. According to a survey of CEOs and other senior ...

December 9, 2009

Britain to Go Forward with Broadband Tax

A tax to pay for next-generation broadband in the UK is expected to pass into law next year. The tax, known as the Next Generation Levy, will see every home with a ...

December 8, 2009

NHS Vows to Cut IT Revamp by $978 Million

The Health Secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to slash £600m from the cost of an NHS IT revamp by paring the programme back to its most critical core elements. Burnham...

November 24, 2009

Getting Outsourcing Right

Outsourcing deals typically promise to deliver cost savings and increased efficiency—but all too often the promises fail to match the reality. At the National ...

November 22, 2009

Squeezing Out Savings from Outsourcing

How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? It takes a long hard look at whether it needs to be gobbling up ...

November 19, 2009

Could Cloud Computing Hurt Outsourcers?

Could some of the big names in outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud –...

November 11, 2009

How Software Can Drive Green Business

Businesses that want to use green IT to save big bucks need to look beyond the server room and start getting creative with their business software. Companies should ...

November 5, 2009

Turbulence on the Way to the Cloud

Businesses thinking of switching to cloud computing should expect a bumpy probation period, if the experience of the Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is anything to go by. ...

October 28, 2009

Atos Revs Up London 2012 Olympics IT

With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London Olympics, the team in charge of the Games' tech is poised for the real work to get underway. After a...

October 27, 2009

Why Jaguar Jumped to Google Apps

Following its sale by parent company Ford (F) last year, car maker Jaguar Land Rover has had to face the thorny problem of cutting itself loose from Ford's web of ...