http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbFri, 09 May 2008 14:55:00 GMT60http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230629/update-lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230629/update-lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmA lack of IT testing contributed to the disastrous opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, British Airways' chief executive, Willie Walsh, told MPs last week. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:55:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230632/identity-passport-service-appoints-two-new-consultants.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230632/identity-passport-service-appoints-two-new-consultants.htmThe Identity & Passport Service (IPS) has appointed two new consulting firms, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, to help PA Consulting, which up to now has enjoyed the lion's share of consulting business on the National Identity Scheme. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:42:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230631/information-commissioners-office-gains-power-to-fine-for-breaches-of-data-protection-act.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230631/information-commissioners-office-gains-power-to-fine-for-breaches-of-data-protection-act.htmOrganisations that deliberately or recklessly commit serious breaches of the Data Protection Act can now be fined by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) following Royal Assent to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act today. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:29:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230630/oracle-creates-web-2.0-division.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230630/oracle-creates-web-2.0-division.htmOracle is building a global division to offer businesses products, services and best practices for Web 2.0 collaboration. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:28:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230627/fsa-calls-for-clarity-in-insurance-comparison-websites.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230627/fsa-calls-for-clarity-in-insurance-comparison-websites.htmThe Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called for all insurance comparison websites to provide consumers with clear, fair information. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:38:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230623/hampshire-county-council-trials-road-maintenance-software.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230623/hampshire-county-council-trials-road-maintenance-software.htmHampshire County Council is trialling software to improve its road maintenance programme. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:37:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230622/hsbc-loses-server-containing-details-on-159000-customers.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230622/hsbc-loses-server-containing-details-on-159000-customers.htmAn HSBC branch in Hong Kong has lost a server containing the personal details of 159,000 customers.Fri, 09 May 2008 12:36:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230624/ministry-of-defence-awards-eds-supply-chain-system-contract.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230624/ministry-of-defence-awards-eds-supply-chain-system-contract.htmThe Ministry of Defence has awarded EDS a contract to roll out an improved supply chain system as part of its Management of Material in Transit (MMiT) project.Fri, 09 May 2008 12:35:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230625/marks-spencer-outsources-to-tata-consultancy-services.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230625/marks-spencer-outsources-to-tata-consultancy-services.htmMarks & Spencer has consolidated application development services on its legacy applications with India-based outsource supplier Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).Fri, 09 May 2008 12:33:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230626/sap-netweaver-gets-new-business-process-management-capabilities-to-support-soas.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230626/sap-netweaver-gets-new-business-process-management-capabilities-to-support-soas.htmSAP has unveiled business process management features for its Netweaver platform.Fri, 09 May 2008 12:31:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230620/taiwan-to-issue-e-passports.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230620/taiwan-to-issue-e-passports.htmThe Taiwanese government will start issuing e-passports to its nearly 23 million citizens by the end of 2008 in an effort to tighten border control and reduce the use of forged travel documents. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:01:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230621/information-assurance-advisory-council-publishes-directors-guides.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230621/information-assurance-advisory-council-publishes-directors-guides.htmThree guides that set out company directors' liabilities for managing information risk are now available from the Information Assurance Advisory Council website. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:01:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230619/edf-energy-cuts-costs-with-mobile-routing.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230619/edf-energy-cuts-costs-with-mobile-routing.htmEDF Energy is to cut maintenance costs by deploying mobile routing technology to monitor the performance of 400 electricity substations across South East England. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230617/unilever-transforms-it-professionals-into-business-partners.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230617/unilever-transforms-it-professionals-into-business-partners.htmGlobal manufacturer Unilever is training its IT services departments to to play a more important role in the business. Fri, 09 May 2008 09:41:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230616/database-blacklist-threat-for-dishonest-employees.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230616/database-blacklist-threat-for-dishonest-employees.htmUK staff accused of theft or dishonesty could be listed on a database now available to employers.Thu, 08 May 2008 16:31:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230615/sunderland-council-deploys-secure-information-sharing-to-tackle-anti-social-behaviour.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230615/sunderland-council-deploys-secure-information-sharing-to-tackle-anti-social-behaviour.htmSunderland City Council has installed Cyber-Ark's Inter-Business Vault to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.Thu, 08 May 2008 16:15:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230614/mastercard-takes-aci-for-payment-processing-system.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230614/mastercard-takes-aci-for-payment-processing-system.htmMasterCard Worldwide has selected ACI Worldwide Solutions to support its new debit and prepaid processing systems...Thu, 08 May 2008 15:40:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230613/logica-wins-five-year-outsourcing-deal-with-elexon.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230613/logica-wins-five-year-outsourcing-deal-with-elexon.htmWholesale electricity transaction processing company, Elexon has signed a £40m, five-year outsourcing deal with Logica, which is expected to pass on operational cost savings to the retail electricity industry.Thu, 08 May 2008 14:50:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230610/coda-accounting-software-goes-pay-per-use.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230610/coda-accounting-software-goes-pay-per-use.htm Coda has developed a version of its accounting...Thu, 08 May 2008 14:15:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230611/hard-disc-from-columbia-space-shuttle-yields-data.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230611/hard-disc-from-columbia-space-shuttle-yields-data.htmData has been recovered from a hard disc on the Columbia space shuttle which exploded in 2003, killing its seven crew.Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230608/openoffice.org-3.0-released-to-public-beta.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230608/openoffice.org-3.0-released-to-public-beta.htmThe OpenOffice.org 3.0 productivity suite beta has now been released for testing. OpenOffice is seen as an open-source rival to Microsoft's Office suite.Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230607/hitachi-ships-320gb-notebook-hard-drive.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230607/hitachi-ships-320gb-notebook-hard-drive.htmHitachi is shipping a 320GB notebook hard drive that combines high capacity with improved power efficiency...Thu, 08 May 2008 13:05:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230606/bt-bundles-smartphone-with-broadband.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230606/bt-bundles-smartphone-with-broadband.htmBT is offering its broadband customers a smartphone option so they can check their e-mail and surf the web while...Thu, 08 May 2008 12:55:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230604/mobile-telematics-to-embrace-200-million-machines-by-2012.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230604/mobile-telematics-to-embrace-200-million-machines-by-2012.htmAnalyst Berg Insight says 186 million machines will be connected to mobile networks by 2012...Thu, 08 May 2008 12:43:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230602/lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230602/lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmA lack of IT testing led in part to the disastrous opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, British Airways' chief executive, Willie Walsh, told MPs this week. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230603/actimize-system-sets-sights-on-rogue-traders.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230603/actimize-system-sets-sights-on-rogue-traders.htmActimize has unveiled surveillance software to detect rogue trading and enhance risk management capabilities at financial institutions Thu, 08 May 2008 12:26:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230605/po-ferries-monitors-web-customers-behaviour.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230605/po-ferries-monitors-web-customers-behaviour.htmP&O Ferries is to use software from Speed-Trap to monitor how customers use the P&O website.Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230601/shaky-it-fatal-for-governments-shared-services-savings-claims.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230601/shaky-it-fatal-for-governments-shared-services-savings-claims.htmIt is unclear how a move to shared services would benefit government departments because of the government's inability to measure...Thu, 08 May 2008 11:29:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230598/national-identity-scheme-has-no-business-case-government-admits.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230598/national-identity-scheme-has-no-business-case-government-admits.htmThe government has, for the first time, admitted publicly that it cannot justify its controversial £5.4bn National Identity Scheme in financial terms.Thu, 08 May 2008 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230594/it-departments-must-adopt-strategic-systems-management-to-acheive-business-goals.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230594/it-departments-must-adopt-strategic-systems-management-to-acheive-business-goals.htmThe time has come for IT departments to think strategically about systems management, and how it can be used in a co-ordinated and effective manner to deliver real business benefits, says analyst Butler Group. Thu, 08 May 2008 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230597/shared-data-processing-savings-unlikely-to-materialise-mps-warn.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230597/shared-data-processing-savings-unlikely-to-materialise-mps-warn.htmThe government is unlikely to be able to justify its claim of saving £1.4bn from £7bn costs through sharing data-processing services for financial and staff applications between government departments, MPs warned today. Thu, 08 May 2008 10:54:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230595/bournemouth-to-get-fibre-broadband-via-sewers.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230595/bournemouth-to-get-fibre-broadband-via-sewers.htmBournemouth will begin the deployment of a fibre network within the next six months, bringing next-generation broadband and connectivity to all homes and businesses in the town. Thu, 08 May 2008 10:43:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230596/peter-gabriels-web-server-stolen.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230596/peter-gabriels-web-server-stolen.htmPeter "Sledgehammer" Gabriel 's website suffered a period of downtime this week, following the theft of servers from his ISP. Thu, 08 May 2008 10:42:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230592/police-plan-national-database-of-cctv-images.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230592/police-plan-national-database-of-cctv-images.htmBritish police forces are to explore the feasibility of a national database of CCTV images that would be on a par with the existing national databases for DNA and fingerprint samples. Wed, 07 May 2008 16:53:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230584/personalised-comms-increasingly-important-in-financial-services-to-keep-customers.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230584/personalised-comms-increasingly-important-in-financial-services-to-keep-customers.htmPersonalised and customised customer communications are increasingly important to maintain and grow relationships in the financial services sector. Wed, 07 May 2008 16:18:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230581/npfit-back-to-choice-of-suppliers-for-nhs-trusts.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230581/npfit-back-to-choice-of-suppliers-for-nhs-trusts.htmThe NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has taken a different direction with NHS trusts being given a choice of a range of systems from various suppliers - which they were able to do before the advent of the NPfIT in 2002. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:17:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230583/countryside-council-for-wales-improves-document-management-with-trim.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230583/countryside-council-for-wales-improves-document-management-with-trim.htmThe Countryside Council for Wales is improving its records and document management with Trim Context electronic document and records management (EDRM) software.Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230582/major-media-malware-attack-breaks-out-on-file-sharing-networks.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230582/major-media-malware-attack-breaks-out-on-file-sharing-networks.htmMcAfee has reported "the most significant malware outbreak in three years," with more than 500,000 detections of a Trojan horse masquerading as a media file. Wed, 07 May 2008 13:47:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230580/it-pricing-models-will-adapt-for-recession-analysts-predict.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230580/it-pricing-models-will-adapt-for-recession-analysts-predict.htmPricing models for IT and related services are likely to change in the coming year as buyers put pressure on suppliers to help insulate against economic recession, analysts have predicted. Wed, 07 May 2008 13:46:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230577/darlington-building-society-optimises-apps-over-wan.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230577/darlington-building-society-optimises-apps-over-wan.htmDarlington Building Society has accelerated the performance of its business applications by as much as 2,000% by optimising a Wan set-up. Wed, 07 May 2008 13:44:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230578/millions-of-dsl-broadband-subscribers-to-switch-to-wimax.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230578/millions-of-dsl-broadband-subscribers-to-switch-to-wimax.htmUp to 12% of the world's DSL broadband subscribers will transfer to fixed Wimax connections by 2013, according to Juniper Research. Wed, 07 May 2008 13:44:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230579/salesforce.com-lays-down-investment-challenge-for-budding-software-entrepreneurs.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230579/salesforce.com-lays-down-investment-challenge-for-budding-software-entrepreneurs.htmSalesforce.com and venture capital firm Eden Ventures have launched a Dragons' Den-style software investment challenge for budding software entrepreneurs.Wed, 07 May 2008 13:35:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230576/sap-netweaver-gets-new-business-process-management-capabilities-to-support-soas.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230576/sap-netweaver-gets-new-business-process-management-capabilities-to-support-soas.htmSAP unveils business process management features for its Netweaver platform.Wed, 07 May 2008 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230572/russian-cyberthief-grabs-business-records.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230572/russian-cyberthief-grabs-business-records.htmConfidential records from more than 40 global businesses have were freely available to anyone on the web after they were stolen and stored on an unprotected...Tue, 06 May 2008 17:32:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230571/mod-reinforces-guard-on-20000-laptops.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230571/mod-reinforces-guard-on-20000-laptops.htmThe Ministry of Defence is securing sensitive data on 20,000 RAF, Army and Navy laptops with technology from BeCrypt...Tue, 06 May 2008 17:11:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230569/sun-gives-away-opensolaris-operating-system-os-to-developers.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230569/sun-gives-away-opensolaris-operating-system-os-to-developers.htmSun is giving its OpenSolaris operating system to developers to generate more application development around it.Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230567/coventry-university-adopts-aliasstudio.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230567/coventry-university-adopts-aliasstudio.htmCoventry University has deployed three-dimensional computer-aided design (Cad) software at its Centre of Excellence in Product and Automotive Design (Cepad),...Tue, 06 May 2008 15:43:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230545/credit-crunch-hits-take-up-of-xml-e-commerce-mortgage-standard.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230545/credit-crunch-hits-take-up-of-xml-e-commerce-mortgage-standard.htmAdoption of an e-commerce standard that promises to streamline mortgage sales has been put on the back burner by mortgage firms because of the turmoil in the market.Tue, 06 May 2008 15:42:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230565/city-bank-outsources-it-to-capgemini.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230565/city-bank-outsources-it-to-capgemini.htmIndependent bank C Hoare & Co has awarded a five-year outsourcing contract to Capgemini...Tue, 06 May 2008 15:05:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230566/thomson-reuters-signs-bt-wide-area-network-wan-deal.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230566/thomson-reuters-signs-bt-wide-area-network-wan-deal.htmThomson Reuters has extended a contract with BT to manage its wide area network in an eight-year outsourcing deal. 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