Computer Weekly IT news round-up: 25 February 2008

Published: Feb. 25, 2008, 3:45 p.m.

b"Stories this week include a report from executive editor Tony Collins that the UK government is planning a 'green' strategy for the public sector; news on Barclays Bank's two-year project to link legacy systems to frontline applications using Java-based web services; and Windows Server 2008, implementation plans at General Motors (GM), Tubelines, Newham Borough Council and frozen food supplier Windrus; and an analysis by deputy technology editor John Paul Kamath on how proposed changes to relax the rules covering BT\\u2019s wholesale broadband division have met with criticism from industry experts."