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24 November 2011

With less than 1 week to go...

What will you be discussing at Socitm 2011?

With Socitm 2011 less than one week away, please could all delegates of this event register / confirm their discussion table topic preferences for each day of the conference.

Still time to book your place at Socitm 2011 too...

Quote code 'S11' when booking onto the full 3 day conference and benefit from the following reduced rates;

Public & Third sector members - £499 (normally £565)
Public sector non-members (including 1 years membership) - £599 (normally £665)
Private sector members - £545 (normally £615)

What a strikingly good counterplan...

If you haven't registered for Socitm 2011 because you are unable to attend on the 30 November, we have come up with the following plan to enable union campaigners the ability to...

• Send a substitute to represent you on the 30 November, even if they're not a Socitm member (and we'll give them membership until April 2012)
• Join colleagues and peers for the awards dinner on the evening of 30 November or first thing the next morning (1 December) for day 2 of the conference.
• Book a one day pass for 1 December - online at Socitm.net or come along on the day and register...

Further details about this event and an online booking form are available at Socitm.net

17 November 2011

What will you be discussing at Socitm 2011?

With Socitm 2011 only two weeks away, please could all delegates of this event register / confirm their discussion table topic preferences for each day of the conference by clicking here.

There is still time to book your place at Socitm 2011...

Quote code 'S11' when booking onto the full 3 day conference and benefit from the following reduced rates...

• Public & Third sector members - £499 (normally £565)
• Public sector non-members (including 1 years membership) - £599 (normally £665)
• Private sector members - £545 (normally £615)

Further details about this event and an online booking form are available at Socitm.net

Gen up on the latest innovations, technology & best practice

Socitm 2011 is the leading ICT event of the year where, you can meet with business leaders and discover first hand about new innovations, technology and best practice, that will enable you to achieve real change in the design and delivery of services for public benefit.

Full details of who is exhibiting at Socitm 2011 can be found at Socitm.net

Can you afford not to review your current budget preparation, forecasting and monitoring process?

Our clients are forecasting the following from using our budget management solution:

• £500,000 savings within three years.
• Savings of in the region of two to three full time earners.
• Reduce budget loading time from ten days to minutes.

Visit Advanced Business Solutions on Stand 10 at Socitm 2011 to find out how we can help you towards achieving your efficiency targets or click here for more information

10 November 2011

Socitm launches a new business stream...

An advisory service to complement and extend its existing range of consultancy services

Socitm, with its business partner Acuity, has created its new advisory service to complement and extend its existing range of consulting services.

Adrian Hancock, Managing Director of Socitm commented: "We recognise the rapidly changing environment in which our members operate and this service provides advice and tools to deal with the new challenges brought about by the demands of Public Sector Reform the delivery of services for public benefit."

Hancock also spoke about Socitm Advisory's key success factor: "Through intelligent collaboration with clients, we will elevate and sustain their capability and capacity via knowledge transfer, effective toolkits and proven transformation methodologies such as CHAMPS2."

Via Government frameworks and local procurement arrangements, Socitm Advisory will offer new solutions to Socitm members, private, public and third sector clients who are embarking on business transformation, strategic partnerships and collaborative programmes.

Socitm Advisory will officially launch at Socitm 2011 so, if you're interested to find out more about this new venture, please come and visit the Socitm stand and speak to one of our representatives.

3 November 2011

CIO or CTO? - time to choose says new Socitm briefing

Manage the technology or drive transformation: now is the time for ICT professionals to choose says latest briefing from Socitm Insight

The CTO/CIO dilemma - should ICT professionals aspire to become the organisation's chief technology officer, or widen their horizons to focus on delivering the transformational capability of ICT - is discussed in Career crossroads - CIO or CTO?: essential reading for all ICT managers.

The briefing is available now, free of charge to Socitm Insight subscribers, at Socitm.net

Many senior public service IT managers regard their job as being primarily about providing 99.95% service availability, and safeguarding diligently the security of the organisation's information.

However, at a time when austerity demands that public sector organisations maximise value from their information assets, exploit the potential of technology to transform service delivery, enable customer and employee self-service, deliver shared services and facilitate access anywhere, anytime with any device, there is a wider role for top ICT professionals beyond technology management.

The briefing acknowledges that the CIO role is not for everyone, and that some senior ICT professionals will wish to remain CTOs. However given the relentless march of cloud computing and the commoditisation of user devices that spell the end of the large internal ICT estate, it is important that they aware of the implications of so doing.

Be sure your pitches to public service organisations are well-informed

Subscribe to Socitm's Applications Register

Time and time again, ICT managers responsible for specifiying and purchasing hardware, software and services tell Socitm how unhelpful it is to get approaches from the private sector that are ill-researched and badly informed.

And this is simply not necessary. Socitm's Applications Register will allow your sales and marketing staff access to the latest information on what local public service organisations are buying and using, how long ago they purchased it, whether they are working in partnership with other organisations and so on.

The Register also carries data about each organisation's ICT function, how it is organised, how much it spends, how many are employed internally and externally.

Finally there is data about how highly organisations rate their suppliers and their offerings, information that may translate directly into business opportunities for you.

Isn't it time to find out more?

Call Agnes on 01604 497774  today, or email applicationsregister@socitm.net