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March 28, 2008
28
Mar'08
Speedy Hire tools up for savings after rationalising Microsoft licences
Tools hire firm Speedy Hire expects to save £2m over the next six years after rationalising the way it licenses Microsoft software.
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March 27, 2008
27
Mar'08
Councils sign up for Fujitsu enterprise resource planning service
Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire County Councils have selected Fujitsu Services to provide what is believed to be the first enterprise resource planning (ERP) shared service in local government.
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March 27, 2008
27
Mar'08
Oracle customers delay purchase of new software
Oracle has said that corporate customers have delayed investing in new software owing to the turmoil in the financial markets, which led to revenue growth lower than expected, according to a Financial Times report.
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
BAA suspends fingerprint biometrics security system at Heathrow Terminal 5
Heathrow Airport owner BAA is pulling a biometric fingerprint system at the new Terminal 5 (T5) the day before the building opens to the public, after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) raised concerns about the system.
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
Sabre to identify origin of malicious HBOS rumours
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is using complex event processing (CEP) software to monitor transactions as it attempts to find the source of rumours that threatened HBOS last week.
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
Reed recruits Windows Server 2008
Recruitment agency Reed is using Windows Server 2008 to support the growth of...
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
Virtualisation presents security challenges
The advent of virtualisation is changing the way we think about datacentres, servers and networks.
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March 25, 2008
25
Mar'08
Email back-up compliance saves solicitors time and money
A solicitors firm has reduced its email and storage overheads and saved two days' work from the email backup, search and retrieval process using software from Waterford Technologies.
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March 25, 2008
25
Mar'08
A guide to practical encryption across the business
There is only one thing worse than realising that you have left your laptop in the back of a taxi. That is the recollection that you have not encrypted any of the data on it - including all of your contact information, your sensitive e-mails, all of...
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March 24, 2008
24
Mar'08
Windows XP Service Pack 3 download to include Vista features
The third service pack...
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March 20, 2008
20
Mar'08
E.ON maps overhead powerlines
Central England electricity distribution company E.ON...
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March 20, 2008
20
Mar'08
Bruichladdich distillery adopts Tropos ERP system
Scotland's Bruichladdich Distillery Company has invested £200,000 in an ERP system developed for food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries to help manage its complex supply chain and support planned expansion.
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March 20, 2008
20
Mar'08
Prisoner database riddled with errors
Prison Service staff are trying to correct errors in a database covering more than 80,000 prisoners after it emerged that thousands of records were wrong,...
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March 20, 2008
20
Mar'08
Business metrics software can combat recession, says Gartner
Gartner has urged IT directors to push the use of business metrics software in their companies as a recession-busting tactic.
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March 20, 2008
20
Mar'08
Microsoft releases final test version of Hyper-V
Microsoft has released the final test version of its virtualisation software, Hyper-V, for public testing.
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March 19, 2008
19
Mar'08
Brocade unveils file management system for Windows
Brocade has unveiled what it describes as a "breakthrough" file management system for Windows environments.
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March 19, 2008
19
Mar'08
Premier Decorations takes HighJump for supply chain platform
Premier Decorations, an importer of Christmas decorations and Halloween products, has selected the HighJump Warehouse Advantage platform to boost operations at its distribution warehouse in Wrexham.
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March 19, 2008
19
Mar'08
Unison offers live online test for Linux unified comms system
Unison Technologies' Linux-based unified communications software is now available for instant testing.
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March 19, 2008
19
Mar'08
Top Caterpillar dealer selects Lawson Software to improve customer service
The world's biggest Caterpillar equipment dealer has selected Lawson Software to enhance its customer service.
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March 19, 2008
19
Mar'08
Microsoft releases Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows Update
Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 via its Windows Update service, but will not start automatically sending it to users until "mid-April".
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March 18, 2008
18
Mar'08
Solarsoft management information software saves Bako £30,000 a year
Bakery supplies distributor Bako UK expects to save tens of thousands of pounds a year by introducing management information software to collate purchasing information across the organisation.
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March 18, 2008
18
Mar'08
York St John University selects data archiving platform to support ILM strategy
York St John University has selected archiving software to support its information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy.
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March 14, 2008
14
Mar'08
Turquoise IT infrastructure nears completion
Share trading exchange Turquoise, funded by nine investment banks, will next month finish a pan-european trading platform that has taken only six months to develop using off-the-shelf software.
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March 14, 2008
14
Mar'08
Telford council adopts Sophos platform to protect schools from spam
Telford and Wrekin Council has deployed the Sophos E-mail Security and Control platform to defend local schools' e-mail from spam.
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March 14, 2008
14
Mar'08
Ellesmere Port and Neston Council secures online payments with 3D Secure
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council in Cheshire has deployed Anite's PARIS 3D Secure module to secure online payments to the authority.
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March 14, 2008
14
Mar'08
ChangeBASE AOK testing tool eases Old Mutual’s migration to Windows Vista
Financial services provider Old Mutual has used an application testing tool to ensure its migration to Windows Vista across 15,000 desktops runs smoothly.
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March 14, 2008
14
Mar'08
Nottingham Primary Care Trust rolls out telecare system to reduce hospital admissions
Nottingham City Primary Care Trust (PCT) has launched one of the UK 's largest mainstream deployments of telehealth.
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March 14, 2008
14
Mar'08
Barclays centralises HR data
Barclays bank has rolled out software to scan 800 paper-based human resource documents every day and send them to a centralised SAP system.
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March 14, 2008
14
Mar'08
Revenue management system boosts sales at Eurostar
Eurostar, the high-speed rail service that links the UK with the Continent, has attracted record passengers and boosted sales 15.5% after implementing a revenue management software package.
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March 13, 2008
13
Mar'08
EDS and Microsoft to jointly offer CRM systems to enterprises
EDS has signed a deal with Microsoft to enable it to offer Microsoft Dynamics CRM as an enterprise application to its clients.
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March 13, 2008
13
Mar'08
IBM acquires Encentuate to extend network security offering
IBM has acquired enterprise identity and access management software firm Encentuate to extend its network security offering.
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March 12, 2008
12
Mar'08
Google gets green light to acquire DoubleClick for £1.55bn
Google has been allowed to complete its £1.55bn acquisition of online advertising group DoubleClick after getting the green light from European competition authorities.
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March 12, 2008
12
Mar'08
Oracle releases new on-demand CRM platform
Oracle has released Oracle CRM On Demand Release 15, which should boost customers' productivity.
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March 12, 2008
12
Mar'08
National Express boosts profits with revenue management system
UK rail and bus operator National Express has boosted sales on its new East Coast franchise by 2.5% after upgrading itsrevenue management system
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March 12, 2008
12
Mar'08
Ten Open Source Business Applications
Looking for a business application that is free as in speech? Adam Turner lists business applications and infrastructure to support them... all free!
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March 11, 2008
11
Mar'08
Online rail enquiry system relieves call centre traffic during storms
National Rail Enquiries' Online Journey Planner has helped the company to cope with a massive increase in the number of calls during this week's bad weather (10 March).
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March 11, 2008
11
Mar'08
Reckitt Benckiser deploys Halcyon disk space manager for IBM servers
Reckitt Benckiser has implemented Halcyon's disk space manager system to improve the performance of its IBM servers.
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March 11, 2008
11
Mar'08
How to slash data management and integration costs
Analyst Gartner has recommended key cost-cutting tactics in data management and integration to help prepare firms for an economic downturn.
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March 11, 2008
11
Mar'08
Stockton-on-Tees council opens new call centre to improve access to services
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has improved access to council services with a new contact centre.
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March 07, 2008
07
Mar'08
Inchcape Shipping Services to save £50,00 through application centralisation
Inchcape Shipping Services expects to save £50,000 a year by reducing its IT hardware by 85% in 200 offices around the world through centralising applications.
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March 07, 2008
07
Mar'08
London Stock Exchange and Borsa e-trades up 46% last month
Electronic trading across the London Stock Exchange and the Borsa Italiana was up 46% in a year during February.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Nursing home firm cuts costs with 40% by integrated systems
The Brendoncare Foundation has cut operational costs by 40% by implementing integrated payroll and time and attendance software.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Havering council uses GIS to boost efficiency
The London Borough of Havering is using a geographic information system (GIS) to boost its efficiency.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
How to negotiate virtualisation licensing
IT managers negotiating the price of virtualisation licences with software suppliers such as Microsoft, SAP and Oracle could get cheaper deals if they audit software use beforehand.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Banks rush to invest in business intelligence
The spend by retail banking institutions on business intelligence (BI) IT in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, will reach £4.5bn by 2012, up from the £2.8bn in 2006, says analyst Datamonitor.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Government says ID cards will not be compulsory for all citizens
The government has delayed the widespread introduction of ID cards, and will instead initially target three groups for the £18bn scheme.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Oracle releases Secure Backup 10.2
Oracle has released Secure Backup 10.2, its tape back-up software for Oracle Databases and NAS storage devices.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Anti-malware failing firms, Nato expert says
Organisations with sensitive data remain at risk from increasingly cunning spies because anti-malware firms are not interested in "low traffic" problems, a top Nato expert said yesterday.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Ministry of Defence deploys IRIS system to improve health and safety
TheMinistry of Defence has launched its £5m Incident Recording Information System (IRIS)to improve the health and safety of 300,000 personnel.
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March 05, 2008
05
Mar'08
Microsoft to offer hosted software services
Microsoft is following Google and Amazon with a cloud computing service that will allow businesses to buy hosted software services over the internet.
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March 05, 2008
05
Mar'08
Chelmsford council deploys hosted e-mail security platform to cut costs
Chelmsford Borough Council has selected the hosted Websense E-mail Security system to protect its network and reduce costs.
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March 04, 2008
04
Mar'08
SAP and Intel partner at CeBIT to showcase pre-installed business software on Linux Xeon servers
SAP and Intel are using this week's CeBIT to showcase pre-installed business software systems for midsize companies on optimised quad core Xeon-based servers.
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March 04, 2008
04
Mar'08
Microsoft CEO Ballmer unveils server products at Cebit 2008
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer anounced the company's new hosted Sharepoint and Exchange Server products that signal the supplier's increasing shift to green computing.
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March 04, 2008
04
Mar'08
Microsoft releases Office Live Workspace Beta
Microsoft has released Office Live Workspace beta, a web application that lets people access their documents online and share their work with others.
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March 04, 2008
04
Mar'08
FSA tells firms to record communications
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has created a new set of rules that require all investment firms to record electronic communications to help the FSA fight market abuse.
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March 04, 2008
04
Mar'08
Size does matter when it comes to security
SMBs are outspending their larger counterparts on security technology.
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March 03, 2008
03
Mar'08
Nationwide fails to debit thousands of withdrawals in ATM blunder
The Nationwide Building Society has admitted an ATM blunder which has seen thousands of customers not charged for machine cash withdrawals.
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March 03, 2008
03
Mar'08
Dream offers Paperchase financial reassurance
Stationery retailer Paperchase is improving its accounting transparency with CODA's Dream financial platform.
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March 03, 2008
03
Mar'08
Microsoft to launch cloud computing service
Microsoft is following the likes of Google and Amazon with a cloud computing service to provide businesses with a way to buy computing services on demand over the internet.
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February 29, 2008
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Feb'08
Schroders enhances portfolio construction tool with speedy algorithms
Global asset management firm Schroders has enhanced its in-house portfolio construction tool.
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February 29, 2008
29
Feb'08
Data warehousing and business intelligence still on an upward curve
Data warehousing and business intelligence software is being increasingly used by businesses, says research commissioned by software procurement firm the Evaluation Centre.
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February 29, 2008
29
Feb'08
MindManager aids Ice Warrior Project
Arctic explorer Jim McNeill is using project management software to support an expedition to explore the North West Passage, which links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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February 29, 2008
29
Feb'08
Konica Minolta UK drops SAP Netweaver Mobile following fall in productivity
The UK division of document systems company Konica Minolta has abandoned using the off-the-shelf packageSAP Netweaver Mobile to communicate with its field engineers following a sharp drop in productivity.
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February 29, 2008
29
Feb'08
Abbey integrates systems to speed invoicing
Abbey is integrating its in-house e-invoicing platform into its core banking system in a move that will offer businesses faster invoicing and what Abbey describes as a new form of financing.
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
LV Friendly Society offers web-based financial guidance
Financial services provider LV has created a web portal to offer advice to the public. The Friendly Society, formerly known...
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Data warehousing and business intelligence increasingly important
Data warehousing and business intelligence increasingly important The use of data...
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Wyse ships desktop thin clients with VMware to simplify desktop delivery
VMware desktop virtualisation is now available on Wyse thin clients, to simplify desktop delivery.
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
F-Secure offers improved security to Windows servers
F-Secure has launched the latest version of its F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers system.
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Drinks maker Nichols saves £100,000 a year with electronic document management
Soft drinks group Nichols, maker of drinks including Vimto and Sunkist, is saving £100,000 a year after rolling out electronic document management and imaging software.
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Government will have to ask permission for ID card information
People will have to give explicit permission for the government to access their personal details held on various databases before they can get a national...
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Premier Foods and Specsavers adopt virtual network operator model
Virtual network operator (VNO) Vanco has announced a series of contracts with companies at its annual press and customer event in Barcelona.
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Cisco and Microsoft join forces to optimise branch apps
Cisco and Microsoft will develop joint architectures that combine Windows Server...
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Microsoft interoperability announcement gets a mixed reception
Microsoft's plans to open up hidden programming interfaces in its Office and Windows products, should make it easier for IT directors to combine open source with Windows platforms.
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
EasyJet plans Web 2.0 travel engine to increase sales
EasyJet plans Web 2.0 travel engine to increase sales - by John-Paul Kamath EasyJet will redesign its website using
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February 27, 2008
27
Feb'08
Microsoft launches Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has unveiled the next generation of server products, including Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
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February 27, 2008
27
Feb'08
AVG upgrades security protection for SMEs with Internet Security 8.0
AVG has upgraded its security protection software for SMEs and consumers with the release of AVG Internet Security 8.0.
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February 27, 2008
27
Feb'08
Dell bundles VMware virtualisation with enterprise servers
Dell and VMware are broadening their relationship to simplify server virtualisation offerings to customers.
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February 26, 2008
26
Feb'08
Sun Microsystems completes £500m acquisition of MySQL
Sun Microsystems has completed the £500m acquisition of MySQL, the open source database server, in a move the company regards as the most significant in the open source community.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
Pernod Ricard deploys global data integration platform
Pernod Ricard is using the Informatica PowerCenter platform to globally standardise its data integration requirements.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
South African bank implements LogicaCMG system
Standard Bank in South Africa is replacing legacy payment systems across its corporate and investment banking business globally with a system from LogicaCMG.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
HSBC update causes card payment downtime
An upgrade to a telephone banking system for business customers caused some HSBC retail customers problems on Saturday (24 February).
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
Horseware rides on with Lawson Opportunity Analyzer
Horseware Ireland, a leading manufacturer of turnout rugs, riding clothing and accessories, has run a performance management assessment of its business before upgrading to its latest supply chain system.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
SAP encourages smaller firms to adopt All-in-One systems
SAP is encouraging more small and mid-size companies to adopt its SAP Business-All-in-One systems with a new fast-start programme.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
Adobe Systems floats AIR web services platform
Adobe Systems has announced the availability of Adobe AIR and Adobe Flex 3 software to extend its offering for developing rich internet applications (RIAs).
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
South Africa HIV hospital deploys TrakCare system
A hospital in South Africa is rolling out a web-based healthcare system already in use in the UK and 24 other countries to improve the quality of care in its HIV/AIDS treatment centre to an increasing number of patients.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
Pork Farms picks reduces costs with ERP system
Savoury pastry products supplier Pork Farms is implementing an ERP system tailored for the food and beverage industry to improve visibility of business processes at a lower cost of ownership.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
Sainsbury's partners with LMG for analytical reporting system
Sainsbury's is working with the company behind its Nectar card reward scheme, LMG, to develop an application to enable the supermarket and its suppliers to find out how well products are selling.
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February 22, 2008
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Feb'08
Alcatel-Lucent and HP team up to deliver SOA security
Alcatel-Lucent has teamed up with HP on a product that will aim to secure service-orientated architectures (SOAs).
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February 22, 2008
22
Feb'08
Glasgow school tackles anonymous proxies with new web filtering system
The High School of Glasgow has installed a web filtering solution to combat the threat of anonymous proxies.
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February 22, 2008
22
Feb'08
SMEs to be offered cut-price Linux-based unified comms platform
A Linux-based unified communications platform will be launched at next month's CeBIT show in Germany. The software-based beta solution will be available for firms to download from next month.
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February 22, 2008
22
Feb'08
Stella Travel Services automates ticket workflow
Stella Travel Services UK is using a new financial system to automate reconciliation workflow and mitigate risk.
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Microsoft pulls faulty Windows Vista update
Microsoft has suspended the distribution of a Windows Vista software update after users experienced problems on their computers following installation.
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Endoscope firm integrates ERP and CRM to boost efficiency
Medical equipment distributor and service contractor Endoscopy UK is saving more than £20,000 a year by integrating its ERP and CRM systems to improve operational efficiency.
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Biometrics could be answer to trader frauds, SocGen says
An internal investigation by French bank Societie Generale (SocGen) into the £3.6bn fraud that resulted after a rogue trader made unauthorised investments has recommended the use of biometric security to prevent a similar event happening again.
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Microsoft to launch Open Source Interoperability Initiative
Microsoft has said it would be supporting open source development as part of its interoperability initiative. Microsoft chef executive officer, Steve...
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Highways Agency uses pictogram signage to warn drivers of hazards
The Highways Agency has started to use new pictogram signs on the M42 in the West Midlands to warn drivers of upcoming hazards.
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Microsoft to work with open standards bodies
As part of its interoperability announcement Microsoft has said it would work with open standards bodies to help developers support Microsoft extensions...
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Microsoft announces plans for greater interoperability
Microsoft has announced a strategy to increase the way its software works with other systems, including the open source community.
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February 21, 2008
21
Feb'08
Software failure causes check-in delays at Heathrow
A computer software failure prevented thousands of passengers at Heathrow's Terminal 4 from checking luggage in on Tuesday and Wednesday (19 and 20 February).
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February 20, 2008
20
Feb'08
Microsoft releases latest test version of Windows XP SP3
Microsoft is making public its latest test version of Windows XP Service Pack 3.