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• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• National Archives brings 1911 up to datePosted:01:41 17 Apr 2007The National Archives has partnered with ScotlandOnline for a project to put the 1911 census for England and Wales online.
• Wokingham develops online tool to help schools with Ofsted reports Posted:13:52 02 Apr 2007Smart projects: Council's school self-evaluation application supports compliance
• IP communications tools boost productivityPosted:00:00 29 Mar 2007IP communications tools have opened up several possibilities for one North American company, giving it presence awareness and unified messaging.
• Back office overhaul helps Surrey council meet online planning targetPosted:00:00 27 Mar 2007Smart projects: Integration project enables compliance with Pendleton principles
• Insurer speeds SOA developmentPosted:13:59 26 Mar 2007Insurance company Atradius has implemented an emerging technology that automates monitoring of software development.
• 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
• The portal to staying in control of compliancePosted:13:00 16 Mar 2007For Simon Benson, Environmental, Safety & Security Manager, NYK Group Europe Ltd, there are a number of challenges that occupy his working day but there’s one in particular: compliance

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• 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.
• 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.
• Northern rejigs its supply chain to optimise RFIDPosted:08:05 06 Jun 2006Northern Foods, which supplies £1.4bn of convenience food a year to UK supermarkets, is redesigning its supply chain to better use the information it has gathered from deploying radio frequency identification tags on pallets.
• Bookseller scores a first with RFID movePosted:05:36 02 May 2006A Dutch bookseller has become the first large retailer to introduce item-level radio frequency identification tagging across its entire product range.
• 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.
• Case study: mobile ERP - Efficiency in connectivityPosted:08:53 18 Apr 2006In the first of two case studies, Antony Adshead reports on how mobile technology helped BT Industries simplify its truck maintenance scheduling and service system and save £1.7m a year
• Case study: Mobile data - Mobile waterwaysPosted:07:58 18 Apr 2006A GPRS roll-out is enabling British Waterways to monitor the UK's canal networks more effectively. Antony Adshead reports
• Marks & Spencer expands RFID trial as it moves closer to decision over full roll-outPosted:06:05 04 Apr 2006Marks & Spencer is expanding a trial of radio frequency identification tags on clothing from nine to 53 stores, in preparation for a possible roll-out across the business. The retailer said it would decide in June whether to move to a full implementation.
• BT completes RFID trial to track construction site assetsPosted:05:09 04 Apr 2006BT has finished a project to trial RFID tagging in the construction industry. The system, believed to be the first of its type, uses RFID to monitor the condition and location of construction assets in transit around sites.
• RFID tags overtake barcodes in M&S food business supply chainPosted:07:24 28 Mar 2006Marks & Spencer is using radio frequency identification tags on almost two-thirds of the pallets used in its food business, making it the largest RFID user in the UK.
• Enhanced management and cost advantage set market research firm on the VoIP routePosted:09:58 07 Mar 2006Case study: BMRB rolls out VoIP and looks ahead to fully integrated network services.
• Do-it-yourself converged voice and data network cuts telephone bill for Kent PolicePosted:09:56 07 Mar 2006Case study: The managed service option proved too costly when one force needed a comms upgrade.
• Hospital upgrade will offer PacsPosted:07:01 28 Feb 2006The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) is building a wireless network as part of a major infrastructure upgrade to support the use of Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) on hospital wards.
• IP networks hit right note for Four SeasonsPosted:16:45 09 Feb 2006Care home provider looking healthy after an injection of convergence technology.
• Police system converges voice and dataPosted:12:25 30 Aug 2005British Transport Police is completing a major network renewal as part of its overarching IT infrastructure overhaul. The police force is preparing to switch on a converged IP network that can carry roughly four times the traffic at the same cost as before.
• Mellon converges voice and data in business consolidationPosted:00:29 28 Jun 2005When financial services firm Mellon Financial decided to bring its business under one roof in Blackfriars, London in April 2004, it quickly became clear that the consolidation effort would also apply to its voice and data networks.
• Radio group ditches fixed-line telecoms costs as it brings three networks into onePosted:00:00 28 Jun 2005Just a year ago, Vincent Bourne, infrastructure manager at radio group GWR, was responsible for running three distinct networks: one for telephony, one for data and one carrying live audio broadcasts.

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• 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.
• Wokingham develops online tool to help schools with Ofsted reports Posted:13:52 02 Apr 2007Smart projects: Council's school self-evaluation application supports compliance
• UCAS takes systems to the top gradePosted:12:30 30 Mar 2007Every August, A-Level exam results make the headlines as the grades go ever higher and a political debate ensues.
• Back office overhaul helps Surrey council meet online planning targetPosted:00:00 27 Mar 2007Smart projects: Integration project enables compliance with Pendleton principles
• Insurer speeds SOA developmentPosted:13:59 26 Mar 2007Insurance company Atradius has implemented an emerging technology that automates monitoring of software development.
• 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

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• 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...
• Sun, Borland and Compuware give apps a boostPosted:12:15 01 Oct 2004Application developers are getting a raft of new options this week with Sun Microsystems updating J2SE, Borland Software upping...