October 2005
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
House of cards set to fall?
The government says ID cards will cost around £100 each, while The London School of Economics says they will cost £300. But this dispute becomes almost insignificant next to the likely cost of poor project management. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Whitbread to split its IT operations
Leisure group Whitbread is to reallocate its 140 head-office IT staff between a new business division and a shared IT services operation covering its remaining brands. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
A problem shared: help desk support
The software supplier's support person was quietly handling a system upgrade in the corner when the screaming started. A raised voice became louder and increasingly aggressive until it reached full volume, at which point it was punctuated by the ... Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Your shout: New outsourcing skills, PDF features, Offshore testing
Computer Weekly readers have their say Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Real-time background checks could cut web credit card fraud
Credit card processing company Metacharge is piloting technology that could reduce online card fraud by allowing web retailers to carry out real-time background checks on card holders. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Navision update adds employee portal
Microsoft Business Solutions is fleshing out its Dynamics initiative by bringing together its range of enterprise resource planning and accounting systems, with an update to Navision that adds an employee portal feature. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Time is money: choosing a charging method for IT services
Time recording can enable more accurate charging for IT services, but there is no single best practice when it comes to charging business users for the IT they use, said Barbara Gomolski, research vice-president at analyst firm Gartner. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Citrix reveals software virtualisation strategy
Citrix revealed its virtualisation strategy at the iForum user conference in Las Vegas in mid-October, with the announcement of Project Constellation. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Cost main reason for slow adoption of internet telephony
The take up of IP communications among large European firms is sluggish, with many companies put off by the costs, according to a report published by Forrester Research last week. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Suppliers starting to offer free products for B2B connectivity
IT companies are starting to offer low-cost or free products to provide business-to-business connectivity. Analyst firm Gartner sees this as a shift in the way such software is sold. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Users need to work more closely with the open source community, says Forrester
Businesses that want to make more use of open source technology have been advised to work more closely with the open source community. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Oracle updates PeopleSoft as part of ongoing Project Fusion -- and more tech news briefs
Short takes from this week's technology news Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Ease of data use key to Saga analytics roll-out
Over-50s group Saga has begun using predictive analytics software to develop a cross-campaign strategy for its direct marketing campaigns. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Law firm gains British standard for IT quality
Law firm Irwin Mitchell has completed an 18-month project to attain BS7799 accreditation, enabling it to demonstrate compliance and quality throughout its IT department. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Revenue to look into £3bn deal after system delays
Department investigates remedies from Capgemini after tax collection hit. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Standard aims to boost voice over IP quality
A specification that should improve the quality of voice and video data on wireless local area networks has received approval from the IEEE. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
IT staff welcome Voca's switch to Java
Payment clearing house Voca is preparing its IT systems to handle up to a 100 million transactions a day from 2007. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Somerset social workers to share patient data using mobile PCs
Somerset County Council is equipping care workers with mobile PCs as part of a project to enable social workers, nurses and other hospital staff to share information about elderly patients and children that may be at risk. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Best council IT project named today
IT leaders from councils in Cumbria, Lambeth and Leeds will today (18 October) find out which has won the Best Local Government IT Project of 2005 award. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
64-bit Citrix could offer cost efficiencies
Citrix has released a 64-bit version of its application virtualisation system, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0. The software is expected to boost application performance and speed up network file transfers. Continue Reading