Tesco moves to the next stage with RFID milk
pilot
Tesco plans to pilot radio frequency identification technology
to tag and track milk deliveries from supplier Robert Wiseman
Dairies to distribution plants and two Tesco stores. With the move,
Tesco is moving into the next phase of its RFID programme, which
involves putting permanent tags on transportation items such as
cages and trolleys.
New Exchange features will push the price
up
The next version of the Microsoft Exchange e-mail server will
cost businesses more to implement if they want to take advantage of
new features. Exchange Server 2007 will be equipped with new
unified messaging and anti-virus features, but these will all cost
more to implement, Microsoft has confirmed. The company is aiming
to release the product by early 2007.
Revenue overpays tax credits for second
year
HM Revenue and Customs has overpaid tax credits for the second
year running. The total overpayment for 2004/2005 was £1.8bn, with
the number of families receiving overpayments rising to 1.96
million claims, against 1.88 million in 2003/2004. Ministers have
blamed inflexible IT systems for some of the overpayments.
Symantec patches flaw in anti-virus
software
Symantec has patched a publicly reported security flaw in its
enterprise anti-virus software. The flaw, which affects recent
versions of its Client Security and Antivirus Corporate Edition
products, was discovered by rival security company eEye Digital
Security last month. The flaw was said to allow hackers to run
unauthorised software on users’ computers.
Court blocks US airline passenger data
deal
The European Court of Justice has blocked an agreement that
forces airlines to hand over passenger data to the US authorities.
The handover of data had been agreed between the European Union and
the US, but the court has now ruled that the deal was not legal.
The EU first ordered airlines to provide data on passengers flying
to the US from Europe in May 2004.
IT savings key to global stock exchange
plan
Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange have agreed a merger to
create the world’s first global exchange, with expected technology
synergies lying at the heart of the deal. Two-thirds of the
projected annual savings of £200m will derive from rationalisation
of the combined group’s IT systems and platforms, including three
cash trading systems and three derivatives platforms being migrated
to a single global cash and a single global derivatives
platform.
US reaches limit for high-tech visas for
2007
The US government has reached the limit on how many high-tech
worker visas it can issue for 2007, the US Citizenship and
Immigration Services said last Thursday. US companies have called
for the 65,000 annual cap on H-1B visas to be raised. The popular
visa is used to bring engineers, computer programmers and IT
professionals into the US.
VisitBritain plans global Citrix
implementation
National tourism agency VisitBritain plans to implement Citrix
Access Platform to enable its staff around the world to access
central resources securely and to work remotely. The organisation
has nearly 600 staff in 36 different countries, working in 19
languages.
Survey highlights staff snooping
Twenty two per cent of UK workers have admitted to illegally
accessing sensitive data, and 54% said they would illegally gain
access to private information if the opportunity presented itself,
according to a YouGov survey commissioned by Microsoft. HR and
payroll information was the most popular target.