Highlights from Intellect's coverage in the broadcast, national and trade press from 2008 - 2009:
March 2010
15/03/10 - IT companies call for tax relief
February 2010
November 2009 30/11/09 -'Public sector green ICT: local government paves the way' by Jon Lindberg, public sector execeutive at Intellect (PDF 119KB)
11/09/09 - Carla Baker's article 'Identity management & public service delivery' is featured on the Security News website.
October 2009
September 2009 23/09/09 - George Fullam, Intellect's head of technical affairs, article on the raft of energy regulations that comes in to force next year in the ERT Energy Supplement
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August 2009 24/08/09 - Workers in IT lead transfers from overseas
May 2009 20/05/09 - Advertisers call for closer scrutiny of free-to-air plans
20/05/09 - Plea for venture capital fund of funds
18/05/09 - Recession Creates Opportunities, Mandelson Tells Google Zeitgeist
11/05/09 - Intellect promote collaborative IT contracts
April 2009 15/04/09 - BBC Radio 4, Costing the Earth interviewed Ian Osborne, Director at Intellect for Grid Computing Now
01/04/09 - Stephen Hearnden, Director - Telecommunications, Intellect features in April's magazine edition of 'What's Satellite and Digital TV' - What's Your SAT? From 4051i to 1080p (PDF 1MB)
March 2009
02/03/09 – Electronics Weekly – Intellect highlights scheme to cut counterfeit electronic components in the UK. 23/03/09 – Vnuent.com – Intellect highlights gender divide in IT industry and education as it launches the Women in IT Scorecard in conjunction with BCS and e-skills.
February 2009
25/02/09 - Managementconsultancy.co.uk - Intellect comments on government’s open-source commitment 23/02/09 - Microsoft say broadband is recession proof 20/02/09 - UK electronic manufacturing sector expects ‘rough ride’
19/02/09 - Is technology pulling its weight in the fight against climate change? Back to top
January 2009
29/01/09 - The Daily Express – Intellect comments on Lord Carter’s interim Digital Britain report.
12/01/09 - Silicon.com – Intellect helps develop new OGC procurement tools which will improve the ICT procurement process
02/01/09 - The Financial Times - A report issued jointly by trade body Intellect, the British Computer Society and Microsoft, warns that small software companies faced “significant pressure” in 2009 Back to top
November 2008
06/11/08 – Computing – Director General, John Higgins is given the editor’s award for Outstanding contribution to UK IT at Computing ‘s Awards for Excellence.
October 2008
02/10/08 – Computing – Director-General, John Higgins, calls for data to be treated like a financial asset in order to minimise security breaches.
16/10/08 – Vnunet – Intellect points to private sector expertise in improving the efficiency of public sector IT projects.
30/10/08 – SmallCapNews – Charles Ward, COO at Intellect, discusses the challenges facing software and IT companies in the industry.
30/10/08 –Computer World – Intellect publishes its Offshoring Futures report which looks at future trends in the offshoring sector.
31/10/08 – IT Pro – Intellect publishes results from its third annual perceptions of pay survey.
September 2008
11/09/08 – IT Pro – Global IT spending continues to rise according to figures released from EITO. Intellect comments on the UK context.
12/09/08 – Computer Weekly – Intellect comments on the impact of the weakening pound on the IT market.
17/09/08 – Zdnet – Intellect comments on how the credit crunch will affect the IT industry.
22/09/08 – The Financial Times – Intellect’s perceptions of equal pay survey is mentioned in an interview with Intellect board member, Kate Craig-Wood.
29/09/08 – Contingency Today – Intellect launches Securipedia, a wiki which aims to link the large and diverse security and resilience community.
August 2008
01/08/08 – CRN – Intellect expresses concern at the lack of engagement with industry with the government’s building schools for the future programme.
04/08/08 – The Guardian – Intellect criticises the digital switchover help scheme and calls on government to reconsider its current implementation.
20/08/08 – Computing – Intellect is upbeat in its outlook on IT staffing levels during the credit crunch. 27/08/08 – e-Health Insider – Intellect expresses disappointment that the Department of Health’s latest policy statement on diabetes fails to give a role to telehealth and telecare.
July 2008
02/07/08 – The Guardian Blogs – Director of consumer electronics at Intellect, Laurence Harrison, comments on the future of DAB radio.
10/07/08 – The Guardian – The UKEA highlights the cost of electronics counterfeiting to UK electronic manufacturers.
10/07/08 – Computing – Intellect comments on data breach notification.
15/07/08 – HES Magazine – Intellect responds to the Health Informatics Review.
21/07/08 – CIO – Intellect’s Public Sector Council forms a task group to focus on the issue of reducing IT emissions for the public sector.
June 2008
03/06/08 - Silicon – Intellect joins judging panel looking at the world’s top tech hot spots.
12/06/08 – ComputerWorldUK - Intellect launches data security and data protection guidelines for offshoring and outsourcing.
17/06/08 – CIE – Intellect comments on ‘Through Life Capability Management’ in UK defence market.
21/06/08 – Kablenet - Intellect consults on new OGC ICT model contact
23/06/08 – The Financial Times – Intellect to provide standing joint committee with government gateway review process.
May 2008 07/05/08 - E-Health Insider - Intellect’s Healthcare Council comment’s on the award of Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) framework contracts for clinical information systems.
17/05/08 – Computing Business – Intellect comments on software patents.
21/05/08 – Computing – IT industry must front out hard times, according to Intellect’s President’s Report.
31/05/08 – The Independent – Stats from Intellect’s High-Tech: Low Carbon report are referenced.
April 2008 10/04/08 – Computing – Intellect comments on the government’s plans to use social networking site to interact with the public. 11/04/08 – Computing - Director-General, John Higgins, comments on identity schemes and the needs of users. 16/04/08 – BBC News online – Intellect and CEA work with members to reduce carbon emissions of electronics. 29/04/08 – Computer Weekly – Software and IT services companies are well places to ride the economic downturn according to Intellect’s Software and IT Services survey.
March 2008 03/03/08 – IT Week – IT can play a key part in reducing carbon emissions both in its own sector and across business.
07/03/08 – Government Technology – Intellect discusses the importance of improving the relationship between SROs and SRIEs when delivering a successful government IT project.
13/03/08 – Computing – Intellect comments on the defence funding debate.
13/03/08 – VNUnet – In response to the budget Intellect urges government to consult carefully with industry when seeking to increase the ammount of public sector contracts awarded to SMEs.
16/03/08 – The Sunday Times – Intellect comments on the potential for innovating through services.
18/03/08 – ZDNet – When considering the creation of a dedicated e-crime unit Intellect stressed the importance of ensuring that all relevant stakeholders are involved
27/03/08 – Electronics Weekly – Intellect calls on the electronics industry to adopt a tough approach on component counterfeiters.
28/03/08 – Public Service Review – Intellect urges that any programme based on personal information be underpinned by secure technology and proven processes.
21/02/08 – Computing – Energy efficiency should be at the heart of Government’s IT procurement process, using its power to positively shape the market
18/02/08 – IT Week – Intellect calls on software and services companies to adopt tougher security measures when outsourcing.
15/02/08 – Publictechnology.net – Intellect, in conjunction with UK Space and the Society of British Aerospace Companies, welcomes the launch of the UK Space strategy.
13/02/02 – Tech.co.uk – Intellect highlights DAB radio sales, which have increased to 6.45 million in 2007 from 4.4 million in 2006
13/02/08 - Publictechnology.net – Intellect, published a report examining the role of technology in tackling climate change.
12/02/08 – ComputerworldUK.com – Intellect announces the formation of its Energy and Environment leadership group which will guide work in this area.
01/02/08 – Management Today – Women are finding that after experiencing an even playing field at university, a boys’ club culture dominates in the IT industry
January 2008 25/01/08 – VNUnet - Intellect pledges to work with the British Retail Consortium, the government and retailers to phase out energy-intensive consumer electronics. 15/01/08 – Computer Weekly – Intellect advises CIO’s to consider buying software as a service in order to reduce costs. 08/01/08 – Yahoo News – Chair of Intellect’s Outsourcing Group Richard Sykes highlights the benefits of direct sourcing over conventional outsourcing. 07/01/08 – Computer Active – Research from Intellect highlights gender inequalities in IT pay and recruitment. 03/01/08 – Computing Business – Intellect commissions a joint report showing a decline in the number of students studying computing at a higher education level.
