Incentives and persuasion do not work in NHS procurement
The government needs to build on its existing model rather than changing every few years, says Colin Cram The public accounts committee report on the £4.6bn a year procurement of consumables by the NHS highlights problems that exist throughout the public sector. The government, on behalf of the taxpayer, provides vast funding for procurement with little accountability for the efficiency and …
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Cloud CIO: How IT can become a cloud service provider
One of the aspects of cloud computing I find most fascinating is the fact that much, if not most, of the discussion about it focuses on how it affects infrastructure. Boiled down, most people spend their time thinking about what hypervisor should underpin their cloud, what server form factor should host their cloud, what storage device should persist their virtual machines, and so on.
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
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