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British American Tobacco rolls out performance-monitoring software

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 25 January 2008
UK-based tobacco firm British American Tobacco (BAT) has developed a corporate-wide IT system to monitor the performance of its managers.

IT outsourcing to save Deutsche Post World Net £100m a year

Deutsche Post World Net is outsourcing large chunks of its IT functions to HP Services, in a move designed to save around £100m a year over a seven year period.

Japan authorities arrest first virus writer, but only for copyright theft

Japanese authorities have arrested their first virus writer, but only for breaching copyright.

SQL Server database provides police performance data to Home Office

For a number of years, the Home Office's Police & Crimes Standards Directorate (PCSD) has been compiling and publishing a range of data on the performance of the nation's police forces.

BAE Systems and Accenture pull out of UK's National Identity Scheme

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 25 January 2008
Two firms shortlisted for the Home Office's £5.4bn ID card project have dropped out of the bidding to run the National Identity Scheme.

Rogue trader exploits system loopholes losing Societe Generale £3.6bn

French bank Societe Generale has lost £3.6bn following unauthorised activity of a rogue trader who covered up fraudulent activity as a result of his understanding of the bank's fraud control systems.

AA brings datacentre back in-house to cut costs

The AA, which has saved £22m in IT running costs since the £50m contract began in 2005, believes it can now run its datacentre more cost-effectively internally.

Profiling coming under scrutiny

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 24 January 2008
The capacity of organisations to build up "profiles" of people based on their use of the internet, their personal choices and other activities is coming under greater scrutiny by legislators and regulators in the UK, US and Europe.

St Helens Council implements e-mail security to protect care records

St Helens council has implemented e-mail security to protect sensitive information and ensure the privacy of its social care clients.

Network engineers with project management skills earn more

Network engineers should learn project management skills such as budgeting and scheduling as they come under pressure to deliver advanced networks for businesses, said attendees at the Cisco Networkers 2008 event this week.
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