August 2003
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August 18, 2003
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DoH reveals contenders' shortlist for NHS IT
The Department of Health last week unveiled the shortlist of contractors for the £2.3bn IT modernisation of the NHS. Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Injuries trial proves value of MMS
Analysts predict a sharp uptake in photo messaging in the public and private sectors following the launch of a trial by Scottish... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Lawyers first with Exchange 2003
Law firm Wragge & Co has become the UK's first user of Microsoft Exchange 2003. It will use the software to provide integrated... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Twelve-year-old passes IT A-level
A 12-year-old has become one of the youngest students to pass a computing A-level, after completing the two-year course in just... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
SCO will not refund Linux licence fees
SCO Group claimed its Linux licensing programme is "on track" and played down the legal action taken against it by IBM and Red... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Skipton move shaves £3m off annual data costs
Skipton Building Society has cut its IT costs by £3m a year by moving its main data processing systems to Windows Datacentre... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Thames Water's India deal leads way to offshore future for utilities
Outsourcing experts have predicted there will be a sharp rise in offshore business process outsourcing deals in the utility... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Group releases interoperable web services guidelines
The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I), whose 170 members include suppliers and user companies, announced the... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Customs extends PFI contract
Customs & Excise is to pay an extra £249m to Fujitsu Services in an extension of a Private Finance Initiative contract signed in... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
On-demand desktop offers savings
IT services firm EDS has claimed its new on-demand offering for desktop management, myCOE, can save users between 10% and 20% on... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Barclays shows cost wins override outsource fears
The news that Barclays is considering outsourcing its application development division illustrates how companies are now prepared... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Lessons of 9/11 helped US cope with power cut
Last Thursday's power cuts across the east coast of North America were the first test of the billions of dollars spent on... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Whitehall spending watchdog examines £2.3bn NHS IT plan
The National Audit Office wants to know how the Department of Health will manage risks. Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Suppliers unveil latest spam defence products
Network Associates this week will launch its McAfee SpamKiller appliance, which is based on McAfee's WebShield. Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Former Soviet Union has skills to provide future offshore outsourcing
While users appreciate the cost savings of moving software development to India, the Aberdeen Group has reported that the former... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Software maker i2 turns profit for quarter
Supply chain management software maker i2 Technologies has managed to turn a profit in its latest quarter, although its revenue... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Microsoft intervention thwarts Blaster attack
Microsoft's removal of the windowsupdate.com domain name appears to have prevented a feared slowdown of the internet as a result... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
No service pack for Win XP until late next year
Microsoft will not release a second service pack for Windows XP until the second half of next year, giving users more... Continue Reading
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August 18, 2003
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Aug'03
Customers give integration suppliers mixed marks
Users are finding integration software hard to use and costly to implement, a survey claims. Continue Reading
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August 15, 2003
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Aug'03
Linux rises to every challenge
What is it that makes users flock to use Linuxwhen they are threatened by costly licensing measures and doubts over security... Continue Reading