November 2005
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October 31, 2005
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Whitbread sets up shared service centre
Whitbread has set up a shared services centre for its IT operations to help it achieve cost savings of £25m across the business over the next two years. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Pru aims to save £25m from global IT system
Financial services group Prudential expects to save as much as £25m a year from creating a single global IT infrastructure to support all its brands, including online bank Egg. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Wickes gains Eops stability with upgrade
DIY retailer Wickes is set to roll out 1,000 point of sale systems across all its stores nationwide over the next eight weeks. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Academy aims to boost public IT delivery
Joint working between senior IT staff, government policy makers and ministers is to get a boost with the formation of a Government IT Academy next year. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Swansea and Capgemini outsourcing deal delayed
Swansea Council has delayed its planned IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini for the second time. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Channel Five to use remote access
Broadcaster Channel Five is rolling out remote access technology that will allow staff to make programming decisions from home. The move is part of a drive to strengthen its business continuity planning. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Your shout: Healthcare investment, NHS e-mail, NHS suppliers
Computer Weekly readers have their say Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Microsoft updates key products
Microsoft will next week launch two crucial product updates for corporate users: a new version of its flagship relational database server and an update of the .net development environment. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Phone appointments boost e-booking figures
The Department of Health has conceded that it is using hospital appointments booked by telephone in official figures that indicate a rapid take-up of Choose and Book, a key component of the NHS' national programme for IT. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Virtual environment aids patch testing
The IT industry is starting to address patch management in a virtual server environment. The latest company to offer virtual testing technology is Enteo. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Exchange builds real-time system on .net
The London Stock Exchange has launched a real-time information broadcast system based on Microsoft .net technology and a SQL Server 2000 database. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Passwords for Oracle were 'cracked in 20 days'
Oracle database users could be at risk because of weak encryption mechanisms around the password system, security experts have warned. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Has SQL Server 2005 been worth the wait?
After five years of waiting, users will finally get their hands on a completely new version of Microsoft's database product when SQL Server 2005 and a new database management system (DBMS) are released next week. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Course set up for budding IT architects
A qualification aimed at people working or aspiring to work as IT architects has been launched by the BCS Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB). Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
News in brief
Short takes from this week's news Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Sainsbury's scraps £2.1bn Accenture deal
Sainsbury's has scrapped its £2.1bn outsourcing agreement with Accenture, one of the largest such deals in the UK, to bring its technology back in-house. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
UK IT directors group shares Gates' vision of the future
Despite rumours that he would be held up by a one-to-one with Gordon Brown, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was punctual for his breakfast address to British Computer Society IT directors group Elite last week. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Prepare for second age of the internet, says Gartner
By 2010, every business and organisational activity will revolve around the effective use of web-based content and applications, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Record growth helps BCS take a lead in drive for professionalism
A year of unprecedented membership growth and record income is enabling the BCS to take the lead in establishing IT as a recognised profession, according to senior officials in the society's annual report for the year ending 30 April. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Rise of the data security tsar
When an issue becomes so grave that it threatens the national way of life, a "tsar" is ushered in by the prime minister to fix it. Something similar is happening in the corporate world, where security bouncers are being appointed to ensure the ... Continue Reading