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• Case study: Businesses benefit from consolidationPosted:17:00 21 Sep 2009Consolidation helps businesses lower the cost of IT management by reducing the number of physical servers, desktop PCs and network infrastructures that must be supported.
• Public service IT faces budget challengesPosted:14:20 28 Aug 2009 It is going to be a very difficult time for local government in the years ahead, writes Simon Moores, Conservative district councillor for Westgate-on Sea. I...
• Case Study: How Wow saved money by switching to hostingPosted:12:41 23 Jun 2009 Accountancy services firm The Wow Company has saved money and improved its operations with a hosted file management platform and an improved messaging system. The...
• Case study: Jaeger uses data mining to reduce losses from crime and wastePosted:11:29 23 Feb 2009 Leg of lamb is the most stolen item at Iceland. Thieves also like cheese, bacon and coffee. With the UK in recession, shoplifters appear to be switching...
• E-commerce sites under scrutiny on green credentialsPosted:10:35 10 Feb 2009E-commerce sites generally do not need to have any shop fronts in the real world and they are generally more tech-savvy than traditional businesses. As such, you would expect internet-based businesses to be green. But because they rely on power-hungry servers, routers and storage arrays running 24/7, they are increasingly coming under scrutiny over their green credentials.
• Case study: Zurich sets up pan-European paperless office with Swiss PostPosted:13:51 27 Jan 2009Zurich Financial Services, the $56bn global insurance firm, now knows exactly how much it will pay to process each of the 400,000 documents a day it receives for the next 10 years.
• Web 2.0 streamlines financial services HRPosted:10:19 14 Oct 2008 Financial services firm LV= Liverpool...
• Ten years in: how Google raced aheadPosted:15:23 03 Sep 2008Over the last ten years, Google has become a poster child for successful internet businesses. Much of its success derives from a business strategy which CEO Eric Schmidt has described as "ubiquity first, revenues later".
• Case study: Simplifying IT at Nottingham Building SocietyPosted:11:04 28 Jul 2008IT often underpins any business drive to improve efficiency, and the Nottingham Building Society has found that simplifying IT makes a big difference.
• Tube Lines gets smart to monitor escalator wearPosted:10:09 07 Jan 2008The in-house escalator maintenance team at Tube Lines has developed a novel escalator "smart step" to help the company understand wear and tear on escalators.
• Lessons from a technology start-upPosted:12:00 31 Dec 2007Fund management software start-up Sutherlands Edinburgh meets the challenges of finding backers, getting the right staff and being open to user feedback
• Napier University adopts coursework fingerprint schemePosted:16:48 27 Nov 2007Napier University in Edinburgh is using biometrics to revolutionise the way that undergraduate and postgraduate students submit coursework within its School of Computing.
• HSBC: developing a different wayPosted:00:00 27 Nov 2007How HSBC streamlined its application development by dismantling the silos that had developed across the business and focusing on specific skill sets
• Managed VoIP keeps regatta's communications afloatPosted:00:00 07 Nov 2007The world's largest rowing regatta utilises managed VoIP to ease its year-round communications needs -- and for a temporary system during its celebrated two-day event.
• Vanderbilt hospital fights archive growth with gridPosted:00:00 01 Nov 2007Vanderbilt University Medical Centre simplifies document management using Bycast's archiving grid system.
• Hybrid VoIP/TDM system improves patient carePosted:00:00 17 Sep 2007Hybrid VoIP and unified communications improve an aging TDM system for one medical centre that focuses on quality patient care.
• MANSION houses its business on outsourced datacentre Posted:11:04 07 Sep 2007The online gaming industry continues to grow rapidly and competition is fierce to secure customer loyalty. Reliable IT and network capabilities will remain at the forefront.
• Business intelligence drives compliance for M&SPosted:14:21 06 Sep 2007BI tools enable financial services company to achieve Basel II legislative compliance and create an environment for assuring the quality of data
• BI brings Speedy returns Posted:13:45 06 Sep 2007Business intelligence allows firm to more effectively make decisions that have a positive impact on business
• The profitable alternatives to building your own datacentrePosted:16:26 03 Sep 2007Mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) service that provides the global advisory and corporate communities with intelligence and analysis, leading to real revenues for clients.
• Business success from consolidationPosted:16:16 03 Sep 2007Lease Plan is one of the largest fleet management companies in the world. Historically, the IT infrastructure that supported its European business resided in each individual country.
• Voice over WLAN improves a hospital's communicationsPosted:11:00 17 Aug 2007A Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) system was the solution to improving communications and response times for staff at one hospital, while boosting employee satisfaction.
• Asterisk PBX solves enterprise's growing communication problemPosted:11:15 15 Aug 2007An Asterisk-based PBX proved to be the solution to one enterprise's communications growing pains.
• BlackBerrys' underground reception solutionPosted:16:44 26 Jul 2007BlackBerrys and cell phones wouldn't work in a law office until it deployed a multi-carrier system.
• Project portfolio management saves CIO big bucksPosted:11:25 19 Jul 2007A municipal CIO has reduced his $10 million budget by 6.8% just by using a project and portfolio management (PPM) application to align his department with strategic goals and objectives.
• Videoconferencing tool gives Uno an edgePosted:10:26 13 Jul 2007Videoconferencing has given Pizzeria Uno the ability to bring together more than 200 people and has enabled more efficient and cost-effective communication.
• Faster, more reliable backups for increased productivity Posted:17:00 05 Jul 2007 With a centralised storage system, Miller Group transformed its backups and ultimately its productivity
• Single sign-on reduces security risk and boosts productivityPosted:16:37 05 Jul 2007At Welwyn Hatfield Council, the complexity of access management and the frequent need to reset forgotten passwords were draining user satisfaction and increasing help-desk traffic. Fortunately, there was a solution
• VoIP centralises global companyPosted:10:10 29 Jun 2007For one company, building a VoIP deployment from scratch meant years of planning, design and implementation before it achieved its goal of a centralised, global network.
• VoIP eases communications constraintsPosted:11:45 14 Jun 2007Hosted VoIP solution -- converged communications as a service -- saves one company time and money and has liberated its IT staff to focus on higher-value activities.
• Unified communication case studies: What you need to knowPosted:12:53 04 Jun 2007Learn how others overcame the expected and the unexpected challenges of a UC deployment in our case studies.
• AT&T subsidiary talks real-world storage virtualisationPosted:15:00 01 Jun 20073PAR's storage virtualisation helps AT&T's managed services arm to stay competitive over EMC and NetApp, though there are still some kinks to be worked out.
• University tracks network to successPosted:12:26 29 May 2007Dundee University is upgrading its network to prevent downtime and meet rising demand. Asset-tracking software is helping to make the transition easier
• Knowsley targets £1m savings with IT infrastructure and services dealPosted:11:50 29 May 2007Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is updating its IT infrastructure in a project that it hopes will deliver cost savings of £1m over the next five years.
• Proven technology key to congestion charge successPosted:15:35 11 May 2007Using proven, rather than cutting-edge, technology was key to the success of the London congestion charge scheme, the chief architect of the project will tell a BCS discussion of road user charging this month.
• Somerset cuts costs with mobile system for occupational therapistsPosted:13:23 01 May 2007Somerset County Council has cut back-office administration costs by equipping social workers with tablet PCs.
• Local government consolidates storage with IP SANPosted:23:00 30 Apr 2007IP SAN was cheap, simple, and a NAS gateway allows end users at the City of Isles Beach better protection and access to files than traditional servers.
• IT change helps Parcelforce loss into profitPosted:10:34 27 Apr 2007An IT-based streamlining programme by Parcelforce has helped turn around initial losses of £193m to make a profit of £18m over the past 27 months
• Open source VoIP and UC ease company comms Posted:09:00 26 Apr 2007Open source VoIP and unified communications improve inter-office communications for a young enterprise that is growing and expanding geographically.
• Information security: Implementing converged securityPosted:15:05 23 Apr 2007Today's technology allows greater integration of identity recognition and access management. We look at how businesses are implementing converged security.

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• Computing demand pressures the datacentre at Southampton UniversityPosted:08:54 20 Aug 2009"In common with many people in academia, the datacentre was was built in 1975/76 - trying to put 21st century equipment into an old factility meant that cooling was one of our key issues."
• Case study: NYSE readies 800Gbps super fast networkPosted:13:24 11 May 2009 Stock exchange NYSE Euronext is deploying a 100Gbps network from Ciena as part of its plans to improve bandwidth tenfold and reduce latency in financial...
• Hosting brings it all together for Unite Posted:17:07 01 Dec 2008Unite Form is a web design and development agency specialising in marketing, branding and development for a range of clients. Providing services across the entire country, the firm deals with a wide client base from SMEs to very large enterprises. With a rapidly expanding client base it realised that it had to look outside the organisation to find a third party that could provide a high level of service that could offer the flexibility and reliability essential for attracting and maintaining successful relationships with these clients.
• Networking at liberty to improve SMB’s network performancePosted:10:37 26 Nov 2008Liberty Living, the Brandeaux Student Funds brand, is the fastest growing student and key worker accommodation provider in the UK. Providing over 10,000 beds in 14 Cities, Liberty Living works in conjunction with Universities and other representative bodies to provide modern, attractive and affordable accommodation to the growing student and key worker population in the UK.
• The right network infrastructure puts SME in the picturePosted:16:55 25 Nov 2008Media Storehouse creates e-commerce websites based around photography. The company offers two distinct photographic services: it creates online image libraries for sports clubs and media outlets, enabling the general public to select and buy prints via the internet; and photographers can upload images from their digital cameras for Media Storehouse to print and send directly to their homes.
• Perfect synergy to address SMBs’ connectivity issuesPosted:16:51 25 Nov 2008The Synergy Housing Group is one of the largest social housing providers in the south of England. It helps build thriving neighbourhoods where people choose to live. Like any business, it relies on effective communication and the ability to grow and develop when the market demands. This requires a flexible and scaleable IT infrastructure.
• Expanding past core networking for business continuity and successPosted:15:31 17 Nov 2008MediaVest is the UK’s largest independent media agency. Formed in 1994 it has grown rapidly attracting a large collection of prestigious clients. This growth has been helped by a focus on exploiting the latest advertising media and strategies, winning acclaim and leading to the employment of 300 members of staff.
• Internet service reaches for the stars through the cloudPosted:15:28 17 Nov 2008Missing Link Communications is a networking specialist established in 1997. It builds both wide and local area networks for small and medium sized clients. It designed and implemented a WAN for Blackwell’s bookshops, for example, and at JJB Sports’ upgraded its infrastructure, implementing high-speed switches, application servers, firewalls, wireless warehousing and an email system.
• Managed service the right form for building firmPosted:15:22 17 Nov 2008RMD Kwikform, who employs 200 people in the UK and has around 800 employees worldwide, designs and supplies formwork, shoring, access and safety solutions for the construction industry. It operates on a hire and sale basis worldwide, using its own range of unique products.
• Peace of mind through trusted IT servicesPosted:16:16 07 Nov 2008Email is absolutely crucial to Campbell Hooper who has a duty of care to protect clients and make sure that confidential client information is kept secure
• Peace of mind with flexible, reliable and secure IT servicesPosted:16:13 07 Nov 2008For a number of years, Oxfam GB employed a small web hosting company but as it grew, Oxfam GB began to feel restricted by the size of this supplier, mainly due to its lack of investment in the technology infrastructure and the limited services available.
• Safe, secure and supported benefits for SMBsPosted:16:10 07 Nov 2008Given that reputation is key to the success of its business, Caversham Buchanan sees security of the utmost importance and the company faced a security challenge, the majority of its 22 advisors work from home or from customer sites and need to be able to access sensitive data by email wherever they are.
• Solving business challenges without increasing IT budgetPosted:16:00 07 Nov 2008With nine major sites throughout Cornwall, Devon and Somerset as well as eight smaller offices, Connexions Cornwall and Devon Ltd employs around 450 people, giving 13-19 year olds information, advice, guidance and practical help in preparing for adult and working life.
• Managed IT solutions tailor made for SMBsPosted:17:47 24 Oct 2008With technology having become an an integral part of almost all modern businesses, the supply of IT services has become an essential part of how we all work.
• M2 drives hosting advantagesPosted:17:23 24 Oct 2008The growth of the internet has resulted in a plethora of niche businesses offering products and services to help maintain every conceivable aspect of IT management. Even though these products can work admirably well they are often targeted at a single element.
• Video: Stay light, stay nimblePosted:15:38 09 Sep 2008Keeping down IT costs without detriment to a company’s productivity, agility or competitive edge has long been a challenge for businesses. As the economy lurches downwards, organisations of all sizes, but especially small to medium-sized enterprises, are wondering how they can justifying pushing forward with new projects, even if they are growing.
• San in tune for BRIT SchoolPosted:07:00 06 May 2008Centralised storage brings famous music school increased archival security plus added flexibility.
• Photo story: Heathrow Terminal 3 RFID trialPosted:18:02 13 Feb 2008Pictures of the RFID trial at Heathrow's Terminal 3. Terminal 3 will spend £150,000 trialling Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for six months to see if it reduces the number of misread bags over existing barcode methods.
• Managed VoIP keeps regatta's communications afloatPosted:00:00 07 Nov 2007The world's largest rowing regatta utilises managed VoIP to ease its year-round communications needs -- and for a temporary system during its celebrated two-day event.
• IP PBX eases VoIP transition for gas companyPosted:00:00 08 Oct 2007An IP PBX with Sip helped one gas company upgrade to a new phone system while also jumping into VoIP.
• Hybrid VoIP/TDM system improves patient carePosted:00:00 17 Sep 2007Hybrid VoIP and unified communications improve an aging TDM system for one medical centre that focuses on quality patient care.
• Volvo signs up to iPass Wi-Fi servicePosted:08:42 22 Aug 2007Swedish car maker Volvo is migrating 17,000 staff in 180 countries to Wi-Fi and dial-up remote connectivity from iPass after signing a three-year deal with the access company.
• Voice over WLAN improves a hospital's communicationsPosted:11:00 17 Aug 2007A Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) system was the solution to improving communications and response times for staff at one hospital, while boosting employee satisfaction.
• Remote VoIP is a communications WorldWinnerPosted:11:25 15 Jun 2007VoIP and application integration helped one company bring IP communications to its remote workers.
• VoIP eases communications constraintsPosted:11:45 14 Jun 2007Hosted VoIP solution -- converged communications as a service -- saves one company time and money and has liberated its IT staff to focus on higher-value activities.
• Unified communication case studies: What you need to knowPosted:12:53 04 Jun 2007Learn how others overcame the expected and the unexpected challenges of a UC deployment in our case studies.
• AT&T subsidiary talks real-world storage virtualisationPosted:15:00 01 Jun 20073PAR's storage virtualisation helps AT&T's managed services arm to stay competitive over EMC and NetApp, though there are still some kinks to be worked out.
• Local government consolidates storage with IP SANPosted:23:00 30 Apr 2007IP SAN was cheap, simple, and a NAS gateway allows end users at the City of Isles Beach better protection and access to files than traditional servers.
• Skype to the desk phone saves company a bundlePosted:10:29 19 Apr 2007Skype on the desk phone has helped a Chicago-based furniture maker save a considerable amount of money on long-distance voice charges.
• Video clip firm sticks with tape storagePosted:00:00 20 Mar 2007Received wisdom has it that there is a headling drive to disk-based storage. Wrong, says Thought Equity Motion who is serving up half a petabyte of video clips to its customers using tape drives
• Mobile IT boosts haulier's productivityPosted:00:00 15 Mar 2007Mobile applications have helped Old Dominion Freight Line, a delivery service, deliver real-time services to customers while boosting driver productivity.
• Outsourced VoIP helps devastated company recoverPosted:00:00 27 Feb 2007Outsourced VoIP helped a Berkeley company keep up business as usual after a fire destroyed its offices.
• VoIP case studies: What you need to knowPosted:00:00 29 Jan 2007Case studies are the next best thing to being there. Learn how others overcame the expected and the unexpected challenges of a VoIP migration in our case studies series.
• VoIP flows over optimised pipesPosted:00:00 16 Jan 2007To ensure the quality of its VoIP traffic, Gold Line, a phone card company, used WAN optimisation techniques to prioritise voice traffic.
• Converged IPnet puts it all under one roofPosted:04:05 21 Nov 2006Northamptonshire Enterprise, a group of economic development agencies, has implemented a converged IP network to connect its office-based and remote users and allow a centralised IT department to manage several business-critical applications from one place.
• Airline flies towards a cheaper way to block unauthorised applicationsPosted:02:00 07 Nov 2006Budget airline FlyBe is assessing anti-virus-style technology for locking down PCs which could reduce the costs associated with keeping blocked-application lists updated.
• Production databases find a home on IP SANsPosted:00:00 01 Nov 2006Dow Chemical will be cutting costs with a NetApp system; AirClic goes with EqualLogic's newest SAS array after evaluating both NetApp and EMC.
• Arsenal kicks off with wireless networkPosted:01:36 31 Oct 2006Arsenal Football Club has deployed a wireless network at its new Emirates Stadium.
• Marks & Spencer extends item-level RFID trialPosted:02:00 26 Sep 2006Marks & Spencer has extended its item-level radio frequency identification trial to cover its autumn/winter clothing range.
• Case study: Going is good as Ascot upgrades its infrastructurePosted:10:34 10 Jul 2006Wireless local area networking technology has turned Ascot Race Course into a cutting edge sports facility, following a complete rebuild of the site.

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• Case study: Businesses benefit from consolidationPosted:17:00 21 Sep 2009Consolidation helps businesses lower the cost of IT management by reducing the number of physical servers, desktop PCs and network infrastructures that must be supported.
• Case study: Virtualisation at the London Borough of HillingdonPosted:14:16 01 May 2009 Our municipal buildings date back to the 1970s, and use power supplies from the same period. Since moving in there we had simply gone out and bought the...
• Case study: SABMiller revamps supply chain managementPosted:15:52 21 Apr 2009SABMilller, the $24bn global brewing giant, is revamping its supply chain management system to reduce stock-outs caused by an increasingly complex and hard to predict market.
• Case study: Jaeger uses data mining to reduce losses from crime and wastePosted:11:29 23 Feb 2009 Leg of lamb is the most stolen item at Iceland. Thieves also like cheese, bacon and coffee. With the UK in recession, shoplifters appear to be switching...
• Wessex Water boosts customer satisfaction with new softwarePosted:08:26 11 Feb 2009Wessex Water is aiming for a 99.7% satisfaction rating from its customers following its implementation of a software-based scheduling system for its 700+ field technicians.
• South Tyneside Trust cuts costs with business intelligencePosted:10:00 09 Jan 2008South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust is using business intelligence software to cut costs, reduce hospital waiting lists, and combat its data duplication problems.
• Business intelligence rejuvenates cancer researchPosted:14:32 08 Jan 2008When child cancer charities Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood and Sargent Cancer Care merged in 2005, the new organisation, called CLIC...
• SAP User Conference: Warburtons SAP systems secures better deals on suppliesPosted:00:00 04 Dec 2007The UK's largest independent bakery, Warburtons, has implemented a mobile SAP purchase order approval application to improve productivity and speed up decision making.
• Next MovePosted:10:45 27 Nov 2007Career advice for IT professionals
• Vanderbilt hospital fights archive growth with gridPosted:00:00 01 Nov 2007Vanderbilt University Medical Centre simplifies document management using Bycast's archiving grid system.
• IP PBX eases VoIP transition for gas companyPosted:00:00 08 Oct 2007An IP PBX with Sip helped one gas company upgrade to a new phone system while also jumping into VoIP.
• Business intelligence drives compliance for M&SPosted:14:21 06 Sep 2007BI tools enable financial services company to achieve Basel II legislative compliance and create an environment for assuring the quality of data
• BI brings Speedy returns Posted:13:45 06 Sep 2007Business intelligence allows firm to more effectively make decisions that have a positive impact on business
• Vendor report: IT Goes Green to Keep Companies GrowingPosted:12:00 06 Sep 2007Enterprise customers can dramatically reduce their cost base by using products designed to improve the energy efficiency of their datacentre environments
• The profitable alternatives to building your own datacentrePosted:16:26 03 Sep 2007Mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) service that provides the global advisory and corporate communities with intelligence and analysis, leading to real revenues for clients.
• Volvo signs up to iPass Wi-Fi servicePosted:08:42 22 Aug 2007Swedish car maker Volvo is migrating 17,000 staff in 180 countries to Wi-Fi and dial-up remote connectivity from iPass after signing a three-year deal with the access company.
• Project portfolio management saves CIO big bucksPosted:11:25 19 Jul 2007A municipal CIO has reduced his $10 million budget by 6.8% just by using a project and portfolio management (PPM) application to align his department with strategic goals and objectives.
• Faster, more reliable backups for increased productivity Posted:17:00 05 Jul 2007 With a centralised storage system, Miller Group transformed its backups and ultimately its productivity
• Single sign-on reduces security risk and boosts productivityPosted:16:37 05 Jul 2007At Welwyn Hatfield Council, the complexity of access management and the frequent need to reset forgotten passwords were draining user satisfaction and increasing help-desk traffic. Fortunately, there was a solution
• State agency tiers records storage with CompellentPosted:10:40 29 Jun 2007The South Carolina attorney general's office estimates it will save thousands by storing millions of paper records in digital format using Compellent's automated tiered storage.
• Remote VoIP is a communications WorldWinnerPosted:11:25 15 Jun 2007VoIP and application integration helped one company bring IP communications to its remote workers.
• VoIP eases communications constraintsPosted:11:45 14 Jun 2007Hosted VoIP solution -- converged communications as a service -- saves one company time and money and has liberated its IT staff to focus on higher-value activities.
• How HBOS and Tesco survive the storage testPosted:00:00 11 Jun 2007Buying the hardware and the software to manage your storage needs from one supplier is a logical choice for most businesses, as there is no question who is responsible when it goes wrong.
• Voice application delivery gets boostPosted:14:42 06 Jun 2007Delivery of voice applications improved when one company used an application session controller as a gateway to its network.
• Eastleigh improves services with web-based GIS integration schemePosted:15:40 05 Jun 2007Online planning function is among council services available online
• BMS cuts paperwork with ImpactPosted:12:22 04 Jun 2007West Midlands-based property maintenance firm BMS Property Care is preparing to deploy the next version of Impact Applications' hosted workforce management software to improve its job scheduling.
• AT&T subsidiary talks real-world storage virtualisationPosted:15:00 01 Jun 20073PAR's storage virtualisation helps AT&T's managed services arm to stay competitive over EMC and NetApp, though there are still some kinks to be worked out.
• University tracks network to successPosted:12:26 29 May 2007Dundee University is upgrading its network to prevent downtime and meet rising demand. Asset-tracking software is helping to make the transition easier
• When Microsoft Vista and VPNs don't mixPosted:15:57 25 May 2007Papa Gino's is ahead of many companies in deploying Windows Vista, thanks to its involvement in the Microsoft TAP program. But VPN compatibility has been a sticking point.
• BP to save £600m in global IT process standardisationPosted:10:32 21 May 2007BP Retail expects to save up to £600m over the next few years by standardising business processes and IT systems at all of its petrol stations around the world.
• AA launches interactive site for learnersPosted:01:37 21 May 2007The Automobile Association has developed a driving school website that includes functionality to book lessons and schedule driving instructors.
• Continental loads up for IT efficienciesPosted:12:19 18 May 2007The cargo operation of Continental Airlines is upgrading to the latest version of a performance management system from JDA after a trial demonstrated that it could boost efficiency and revenues.
• Virgin Media gets rapid queries and fast ROI with datawarehouse serverPosted:11:18 18 May 2007Virgin Media is trialling a datawarehouse appliance that performs queries several times faster than its previous database system in a bid to enable business efficiencies.
• Local government consolidates storage with IP SANPosted:23:00 30 Apr 2007IP SAN was cheap, simple, and a NAS gateway allows end users at the City of Isles Beach better protection and access to files than traditional servers.
• Hillingdon beats targets thanks to 3G mobile accessPosted:15:39 27 Apr 2007The London Borough of Hillingdon has beaten government performance targets after introducing 3G-based mobile access to its back-office systems for its benefits inspectors.
• IT change helps Parcelforce loss into profitPosted:10:34 27 Apr 2007An IT-based streamlining programme by Parcelforce has helped turn around initial losses of £193m to make a profit of £18m over the past 27 months
• East Ayrshire expands e-booking system for efficiency savingsPosted:00:00 24 Apr 2007East Ayrshire Council is extending the use of its online booking application to as many of its services as possible in an effort to increase efficiency savings
• Information security: Implementing converged securityPosted:15:05 23 Apr 2007Today's technology allows greater integration of identity recognition and access management. We look at how businesses are implementing converged security.
• Case studies in implementing service oriented architecture (SOA) Posted:11:11 17 Apr 2007Implementing a service oriented architecture can throw up many unexpected challenges. Some SOA pioneers give advice about the lessons learned from deploying SOA
• Travelodge upgrades IT kit for growthPosted:03:35 10 Apr 2007Travelodge is preparing to upgrade the hardware used by its core systems to ensure service levels are maintained as the business goes through a period of rapid growth.

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• Case study: Virtualisation at the London Borough of HillingdonPosted:14:16 01 May 2009 Our municipal buildings date back to the 1970s, and use power supplies from the same period. Since moving in there we had simply gone out and bought the...
• San in tune for BRIT SchoolPosted:07:00 06 May 2008Centralised storage brings famous music school increased archival security plus added flexibility.
• A look back at LeoPosted:15:00 03 Dec 2007For John Simmons, comptroller of what was once Britain's largest catering company, J Lyons & Co, there was only one option available to take advantage of the huge benefits offered by electronic calculating machines: Lyons must build its own. It was 1947. No such machine was commercially available in the UK, and the costs of buying an American machine would be prohibitive.
• BlackBerrys' underground reception solutionPosted:16:44 26 Jul 2007BlackBerrys and cell phones wouldn't work in a law office until it deployed a multi-carrier system.
• Somerset cuts costs with mobile system for occupational therapistsPosted:13:23 01 May 2007Somerset County Council has cut back-office administration costs by equipping social workers with tablet PCs.
• Hillingdon beats targets thanks to 3G mobile accessPosted:15:39 27 Apr 2007The London Borough of Hillingdon has beaten government performance targets after introducing 3G-based mobile access to its back-office systems for its benefits inspectors.
• Mobile IT systems drive big savings for Caerphilly road maintenancePosted:09:35 30 Mar 2007Smart projects: Council speeds up repairs with GPS and data links to Tablet PCs
• Best Places winner sends IT team back to schoolPosted:01:16 04 Dec 2006Property services firm Telereal is building strong cultural links inside and outside the company after winning a Computer Weekly Best Places to Work in IT award.
• Esure has Wily way to handle screen scrapingPosted:00:00 31 Oct 2006Online insurance company esure has employed a Wily web performance management tool from Computer Associates to ensure its website availability remained close to 100% throughout its summer sale, despite peaks in CPU demand created by an online marketing partner regularly screen scraping its websites.
• Putting on PDA encryption at the RitzPosted:01:00 03 Oct 2006The Ritz hotel is issuing its staff with encrypted personal digital assistants to protect confidential information if devices are lost or stolen.
• Cisco expands server-aggregation technologyPosted:00:00 27 Sep 2006Cisco Systems has announced new products for its Service Oriented Network Architecture-based datacentre framework.
• How grid power pays off for HSBCPosted:09:31 26 Sep 2006Grid technology has broken out of the scientific and academic communities' labs and entered the enterprise.
• Licensing: How buyers can flex their musclesPosted:00:00 25 Jul 2006The buyer needs to be proactive to ensure a software licence deal meets their needs, rather than the supplier's convenience. Helen Beckett looks at how to create value and flexibility in real-world negotiations
• E-mail back-up keeps Arup on movePosted:04:05 18 Jul 2006Engineering consultant Arup Group has rolled out back-up technology to ensure that 800 engineering specialists can continue to receive e-mails in the event of a server failure.
• UPS rules out RFID tagging for small packagesPosted:09:14 20 Jun 2006Global logistics company UPS has ruled out introducing radio frequency identification tagging for small-package tracking for the foreseeable future.
• British Airways cites IT investment as key factor in 20% profit increasePosted:09:19 30 May 2006Investments in IT have played a key role in boosting British Airways’ profits by 20% to £620m in the face of rising fuel prices and growing competition from no-frills airlines.
• Air ambulance speeds up rescues with NHS broadband netPosted:05:11 09 May 2006The Yorkshire Air Ambulance has reduced the time taken from receiving an emergency call to getting in the air from seven to two minutes, after linking its computer systems to three local ambulance services through the NHS N3 broadband network.
• Case Study - Queen's UniversityPosted:17:00 27 Apr 2006In scientific research, it’s all about having the fastest, most advanced systems to achieve dramatic breakthroughs
• Wal-Mart to adopt latest RFID tagsPosted:06:24 25 Apr 2006Wal-Mart will stop using generation-one radio frequency identification tags by the end of June.
• Police get Streetwyse to mobile ID checksPosted:08:26 04 Apr 2006West Yorkshire Police able to access records on the beat via Blackberries
• Welsh force tackles overheating desktopsPosted:07:27 04 Apr 2006A Welsh police force has solved the problem of over-heating desktop computers by rolling out PC blades.
• Banks tread warily over two-factor securityPosted:07:00 28 Mar 2006Trading off customer convenience against security, banks are reluctant to follow the lead of Alliance & Leicester and implement two-factor authentication
• High performance servers drive AudiPosted:17:00 24 Mar 2006 In computer aided engineering, performance is key, and equates to a competitive advantage-or disadvantage.
• Glasgow Council targets savings with £1bn shared services projectPosted:09:21 22 Mar 2006Major public sector organisations in Glasgow have come together in the largest shared services project outside Whitehall.
• HBOS to extend security system to debit cards after major reduction in online fraudPosted:07:00 14 Mar 2006Monitoring technology can block suspicious card transactions on the internet
• Stock Exchange begins year-long testing programme for new core trading systemPosted:08:38 07 Mar 2006The London Stock Exchange is in the final stage of an IT systems overhaul.
• City-wide wireless network makes a big splash in BathPosted:06:31 21 Feb 2006The city of Bath is establishing a city-wide wireless network as part of a research project looking how people will use mobile technology in the future.
• Standard Life builds VPNPosted:01:54 17 Jan 2006Financial services company Standard Life is rolling out a virtual private network that will allow 800 staff to access critical business applications securely from any location.
• Global services company slashes number of servers with state-of-the-art datacentrePosted:01:00 06 Dec 2005Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a global provider of HR and financial services, has gone live with a state-of-the-art European datacentre at an ex-Ministry of Defence site 40 miles north of London.
• Voice-enabled order picking app boosts productivity at wholesalerPosted:01:22 29 Nov 2005Grocery wholesaler James Hall & Co is to roll out the Accord Voice Picking system from supply chain software firm BCP across its entire warehouse operation.
• Portman gets the message with unified commsPosted:01:02 29 Nov 2005Portman Building Society has deployed a unified messaging system with speech-control capabilities to improve productivity at its head office, customer service centre and across its 114-strong branch network.
• How mobile IT adds up at BDOPosted:17:00 28 Sep 2005For accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward it was vital that implementing mobile IT across the workforce combined efficiency with the right work-life balance. John Kavanagh investigates the challenges and benefits
• University sees savings in LinuxPosted:02:00 19 Jul 2005De Montfort University is anticipating major cost savings and service efficiencies from using open source Linux as well as Novell's identity management software.
• Case history - Defence Logistics Organisation, Ministry of DefencePosted:10:04 11 May 2005Although IT deployments are often referred to as mission-critical, it is very rare that a project actually has the potential to...
• Preparing for one of the web's busiest daysPosted:15:56 22 Feb 2005The Red Nose Day website has become the main focus for the public's donations. And with the number of broadband users increasing...
• Meeting notes: 10 November 2004Posted:11:44 14 Jan 2005The 10 November meeting of the CW500 Club considered the benefits of mobile computing.
• Intel to overhal its memory bus architecturePosted:14:48 17 Dec 2004As Intel moves in step with the rest of the chip industry toward multicore design, it is preparing to overhaul the memory bus...
• Toyota races for successPosted:17:15 04 Nov 2004In all sectors of manufacturing, it’s absolutely vital to reduce the design to production cycle. Time is literally money. In no...
• Combined biometric ID card planPosted:14:56 01 Nov 2004The Home Office has abandoned plans to combine biometric national identity cards with passports and driving licences following...
• Microsoft focuses on apps modellingPosted:13:00 27 Oct 2004Microsoft is looking to extend visual modelling of applications in its Visual Studio 2005 platform, with an early release of...