Computing articles from August 2005

Computing archives from August 2005

News - Shared IT plans take shape. Several billion pounds to be spent on centralised systems in next five years.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The public sector will spend several billion pounds on centralised IT systems in the next five years, according to the newly-appointed head of the government's shared services programme. Shared services are...

News - London looks at car tracking options.(London, England. Transport for London investigation)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. Transport for London (TfL) is investigating in-car satellite tracking technology for the capital's congestion charge zone. The organisation says that it has no definite plans, but is inviting suppliers to...

News - Hacker criticises cyber crime laws.(Gary McKinnon)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Gary McKinnon, the UK hacker facing extradition to the US accused of 'the biggest military computer hack of all time', is calling for international computer crime laws to be passed. McKinnon, who faces up to 70 years in a US jail, says...

News - BAA finishes [pounds sterling]20m IT renewal project. Faster check-in one of many benefits for air passengers.(United Kingdom. British Airports Authority)
August 4, 2005... Byline: James Watson. BAA has completed a [pounds sterling]20m infrastructure renewal project to enable a series of technology initiatives that will improve passenger services in its airports. The company, which operates Heathrow and...

News - Eight suppliers on [pounds sterling]1bn court IT plan shortlist.(United Kingdom. Department for Constitutional Affairs, contract)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has shortlisted eight companies for its [pounds sterling]1bn IT infrastructure and applications programme. The Development, Innovation and Support Contracts (Disc)...

News - Harrow Council seals 10-year IT contract. Incremental contract for IT systems upgrade could be worth up to [pounds sterling]100m.(Capita Group PLC)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Harrow Council has awarded services company Capita a 10-year contract worth up to [pounds sterling]100m to overhaul its IT systems. The deal is initially worth [pounds sterling]45m, but includes provision for extra...

News - Software helps the search for planets. Digital cameras will generate 60GB of data each night.(Super Wide Angle Search for Planets, research)
August 4, 2005... Byline: James Watson. A collaborative astronomy venture that is looking for up to 1,000 new planets outside our solar system is to start using sophisticated software to help process the visual data of the night skies. Launched in...

News - Microsoft releases Vista beta.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Chris Green. Microsoft has released the first test copies of Windows Vista, the next version of the company's desktop operating system. Vista, formerly known as Longhorn, is scheduled for general release by the end of 2006,...

News - Financial World.(revenue report from few information technology companies )(Computer Associates International Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.)
August 4, 2005... Sun Microsystems reported fourth-quarter revenue of $2.98bn ([pounds sterling]1.7bn), a decrease of 4.3 per cent compared with the same period last year. Net income of $121m ([pounds sterling]69m) was down from $783m ([pounds sterling]447m),...

News - Hacker defends raids into Pentagon's heart. Accused of hacking US military systems, Gary McKinnon fights extradition.(Mark Summers filed a case against the computer hacker)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Gary McKinnon, the man accused of carrying out 'the biggest military computer hack of all time', says he will fight attempts to extradite him to the US, after appearing at Bow Street Magistrates' Court last week. ...

News - Mapping deal to save [pounds sterling]100m.(national mapping deal by United Kingdom. Improvement and Development Agency)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... A national mapping agreement covering local authorities, police and fire authorities will save more than [pounds sterling]100m over the next four years. The deal, signed this week, was brokered by the Improvement and Development Agency, and...

News - Hatches, matches and dispatches.(United Kingdom. Office for National Statistics, Siemens Business Services)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has signed a three-year deal with Siemens Business Services to scan, digitise and index UK births, deaths and marriage certificates. The Digitisation of Vital Events (Dove) project includes 250 million...

News - Rail deal continues for Atos Origin.(Atos Origin S.A., Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd., contract)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Network Rail has signed a five-year, [pounds sterling]48m contract with IT services company Atos Origin to extend an existing relationship as its IT partner. The deal will deliver [pounds sterling]500,000 of savings by improving the service...

News - Hackers on the increase.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... There were 237 million hacking attacks from January to June this year, a 50 per cent increase on the previous half year, research shows. IBM's Global Business Security Index shows one in 52 emails in December 2004 contained a malicious security...

News - Debenhams organises orders.(installation of multi-channel order management software from Sterling Commerce Inc.)(Yantra)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Department store Debenhams is installing software to integrate the processing of customer orders from its stores with those made online, and into its supplier network. The company is using Yantra multi-channel order management software from...

News - Big Brother is watching out for hackers. Channel 4 overhauls its system to improve performance and tighten security on show site.(Channel Four Television Company Ltd., NetScaler Inc., contract)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Channel 4 has upgraded the IT infrastructure behind its Big Brother web site to boost performance and improve security. The company has overhauled the system after seeing the number of monthly page impressions...

Enterprise - B&Q analyses baskets to find buying patterns.(IntelliQ, contract)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. DIY retailer B&Q is testing basket analysis software to help it use sales data to make better decisions about promotions, merchandising and store layouts. It hopes the software will provide far better...

Enterprise - Robots fly high at Eden Project. 'Eyes in the sky' could help study rainforest conservation.(new product)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The Eden Project has developed flying robots that could be used for future conservation research in rainforests. The motorised robots have cameras and detectors, and are attached to helium balloons that travel...

Enterprise - The Officers Club tunes in to radio frequency. Clothing retailer brings IT system back in-house to improve accuracy.(BanTec Inc. Frederick, contract)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. High-street clothing retailer The Officers Club has developed an IT system based on radio frequency barcodes, to cut costs and improve the accuracy of its stocktaking. The company had been relying on an outsourced...

Enterprise - M&S execs go mobile.(Marks and Spencer)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... UK high-street retailer Marks & Spencer is providing some of its executives with smartphone mobile devices to access corporate information on the move. The devices will use a GPRS connection to its corporate network, and run the Windows Mobile...

Enterprise - Animal signs supply chain deal.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Sportswear manufacturer and retailer Animal has bought a suite of software products to manage its retail arm and supply chain. The deal with technology vendor Geac is worth $1.6m ([pounds sterling]914,000). www.computing.co.uk/2071717.

Enterprise - Capitals punishment.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Research into the UK's email habits has revealed that people's biggest complaint is the overuse of capital letters in messages. The study of 3,000 email users by peripherals firm i.Tech Dynamic has revealed the top five email gripes as: overuse...

Enterprise - New architecture for mobiles.(Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IPMS) in the future)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... A new network architecture known as Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IPMS) will be installed by most mobile operators inside five years, according to research by Analysys. Vendors of the technology are pushing the potential to offer...

Enterprise - Epson Epos for fashion retailer.(electronic point-of-sale contract with Fenn Wright Manson)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... UK fashion retailer Fenn Wright Manson has selected electronic point-of-sale (Epos) systems and equipment from Epson to better manage and monitor stock across its store, distribution and wholesale network. The new systems will also link into...

Enterprise - WHSmith makes [pounds sterling]3.5m upgrade to core technology.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. WHSmith News has spent [pounds sterling]3.5m upgrading its core IT systems to improve the flexibility of the business. The newspaper and magazine retailer has outsourced the upgrade and maintenance of the...

Enterprise - Utility firm to integrate IT systems for better HR. Scottish Power consolidates human resources data into a single system.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Scottish Power is to overhaul its human resources (HR) and payroll operations and introduce integrated IT systems. The utility firm believes that the Human Resources Information System, which it plans to start...

Enterprise - Opticians focus on elearning.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Some 15,000 UK opticians and optometrists are using an elearning system designed to meet statutory training regulations. The General Optical Council's (GOC's) Continuing Education and Training (CET) web site has...

Enterprise - Elvis helps police return car to owner much faster. System speeds up the process of dealing with recovered vehicles.(WPC Software designs vehicle identification software)
August 4, 2005... Byline: James Brown. West Midlands Police has deployed a system to speed up the way abandoned and recovered vehicles are dealt with. The new system, codenamed Elvis-VR, automates processes for recording vehicle details and passes...

Enterprise - Retailers unhappy with till systems.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. UK retailers believe electronic point-of-sale (Epos) systems are too complicated to integrate, hamper productivity and are costly to run, research shows. More than a third (33.6 per cent) of UK retailers...

BCS - Open source has its own problems.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Stephen Marshall. The open source vision of the world is one in which there are no greedy corporations run by megalomaniac billionaires intent on screwing users out of their cash in return for bloated, unstable software that only...

Comment - The hard benefits of shared services.(Brief Article)(Column)
August 4, 2005... The creation of a head of shared services is a momentous event for government IT. It is significant not just because David Myers, the man appointed to do the job, says billions of pounds will be invested in such schemes over the next five...

Comment - The importance of being professional. Developing and maintaining a professional approach to public sector IT is the key to success, says John Higgins.(Column)
August 4, 2005... Professionalism may be summarised as 'doing things right and doing the right things'. Professional organisations create confidence and trust among their customers. They attract the best people and have loyal and dedicated workforces....

Networking - Wireless technologies on a course for convergence. Computing's monthly networking special kicks off with a look at the predicted convergence of wireless technologies. Martin Fustes reports on the choices and dilemmas ahead for businesses.
August 4, 2005... There are many wireless technologies available to today's workforce. Laptops are typically WiFi and 3G-enabled, ready to connect to the nearest wireless local area network (Lan) or 3G network. Mobile phones can also double as GPRS data modems...

Networking - How can IP communications bring benefits to business? Our panel of experts considers the use of rich media services. Chris Green reports.
August 4, 2005... In the latest of Computing's series of web seminars, we invited a panel of experts to discuss the practical and financial benefits of internet protocol (IP) communications in business. We looked at how voice over IP (VoIP), video...

Awards for Excellence - Rewarding the top IT employer. Our judging panel for IT Employer of the Year tells us what makes a company worth working for.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Frank Booty. What makes a good IT employer? Computing's Awards for Excellence is looking to answer this question. We want to recognise the top IT employers in the UK, and to reward the best with a prize at the awards ceremony at...

Services - Diary.
August 4, 2005... Softworld Accounting and Finance 12-13 October NEC, Birmingham Europe's leading software event for the accounting and finance profession brings together more than 70 leading software providers under one roof. Delegates can attend...

BCS Diary events.
August 4, 2005... Cybernetic Machine Specialist Group 8-13 August. The 7th International Conference On Computing Anticipatory Systems. Liege. Visit: www.bcs.org.uk/siggroup/cyber/bcs_cmg.htm Young Professionals Group 1 September. SkillCentre event:...

Training - listings.
August 4, 2005... Information for the courses page should follow our usual format - course category, title of course, venue, date, price, organising company/body, telephone number. Unless the information is presented in this way, we regret that it cannot be...

Careers - Orange IT team on course for upgrade. Fast-track learning gets staff up to speed on new software.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Mobile operator Orange is using specialist technology training to ensure the success of a major internal PC software upgrade. The company sent its own IT team on courses to help carry out the upgrade as...

Backbytes - A flaw on the floor.
August 4, 2005... 'The question is not so much what a "Taboo Colour" is, but more a case of why was somebody who doesn't know what a taboo colour is was wandering about the shop floor?' asks Richard Dalzell, at Tyco Electronics. 'The "Taboo Colour"...

News - IT problems torment Jobcentre Plus staff. Benefit claimants suffer hardships from delays.(problems in employment service computer systems)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. Benefits payments are being delayed by a new Jobcentre Plus (JC+) computer system that users say is badly designed and suffering serious teething problems. In one region using the second-generation Customer...

News - IT firms back security fight.(information technology security awareness campaign)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The government, online retailers and technology firms are to launch a [pounds sterling]2m IT security awareness campaign in October to combat the growing threat of computer viruses, identity fraud and spam. By...

News - Boots primed for integration with NHS e-prescriptions.(National Health Service )(Boots Company PLC, Systems Solutions Inc., contract)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Boots will this month complete the rollout of a medication records system that holds details of 12.5 million patients, hoping as a result to become the first pharmacy to integrate with the NHS e-prescriptions...

News - Plain sailing at Cowes regatta. Race planners use complex software to plot races safely.(Cowes Week)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Race planners at last week's Cowes yachting festival used sophisticated new software to prevent collisions and increase safety on the water. With 1,040 boats and 8,000 sailors in 38 classes racing every day for...

News - Bank of England overhauls its notes systems.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: James Watson. The Bank of England is looking to replace its ageing banknote processing systems with a more integrated IT infrastructure. The systems control the demand, ordering and quality assurance of all new notes, as well...

News - EU supports research into anti-terror IT. Extra EUR15m will help pay for initial research into security for Europe.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: James Brown. The European Union (EU) has announced an extra EUR15m ([pounds sterling]10.4m) to fund anti-terrorist technology research. The Preparatory Action for Security Research (PASR) programme is designed to lay the...

News - Dairy Crest revamps production systems. Dairy giant to consolidate three legacy systems in major IT update.(Oracle Corp., contract)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Food manufacturer Dairy Crest is piloting an integrated manufacturing software package as part of a major consolidation of three separate legacy IT systems. The company, which makes leading dairy products such as...

News - Railway firm's IT refresh on track. First Engineering to cut overheads in three months.(IFS Systems Inc., contract)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Railway firm First Engineering is re-organising its IT infrastructure around a [pounds sterling]1m project management system. Part of a [pounds sterling]3m IT upgrade, the new system is to be implemented...

News - Financial world.(revenue report of few infomration technology companies)(Network Associates Inc., Capital Shopping Centres, Symantec Corp.)
August 11, 2005... IT services provider CSC reported first-quarter revenue of $3.58bn ([pounds sterling]2bn), up 8.6 per cent from the same period last year. Net income was $131.6m ([pounds sterling]73.9m), up from $110.4m ([pounds sterling]62m). EDS...

News - Why benefits offices are in crisis over CMS2. Call centre staff say new system is badly designed and delaying payments.(customer management system, Department for Work and Pensions)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The second-generation Customer Management System (CMS2) being rolled out across the UK's benefits offices is part of a programme designed to improve the efficiency of the claims process. New claimants no longer go...

News - Union targets outsource savings.(Amicus agreement with Capital Shopping Centres)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Trade union Amicus has agreed a deal with vendor CSC that will help to secure UK jobs when the firms takes on offshore outsourcing work. The deal will see any cost savings made through offshoring used to provide training for UK staff. Amicus...

News - IBM makes UIMA a free offer.(unstructured information management architecture)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... IBM has announced plans to open source its Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA). UIMA is the result of more than four years of development by IBM Research and is designed to support software applications that can process text...

News - Sun to support T-zone portal.(Sun Microsystems Inc., T-Mobile (UK) Ltd., contract)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Sun Microsystems is to provide, Unix servers, storage systems and Java software to support T-Mobile's T-zones customer portal. The system will improve the use of customer records, and process purchases made via T-zones across Europe. Sun will...

News - Identity parades get added bite.(West Yorkshire Police, GlassHouse Technologies Inc., contract)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... West Yorkshire Police, the UK's fourth largest police force, has signed up GlassHouse Technologies to provide storage and backup systems to support its Viper electronic video identification parade technology. The first stage of the project will...

News - NHS project reports confusion.(services of United Kingdom. National Health Service)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... The [pounds sterling]6.2bn Connecting for Health programme is suffering from lack of engagement with end users, according to research published last week. Staff from four NHS trusts described confusion among clinical and non-clinical staff and...

News - PFA on the ball with membership records. Football body rolls out Pro-7 software to improve services to players.(ProTech Computer Systems, Professional Footballers' Association, contract)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Mark Samuels. The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is implementing specialist software to help manage the training and educational development of its members. The PFA began the rollout of ProTech Computer Systems'...

News - The DVLA looks to data for profits.(Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, technology partnership)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is looking for a technology partner to develop commercial uses for its database. The plan is for the agency to sell reports generated by analysis of the data it...

News - Justice system to obtain single view of offenders.(United Kingdom. Home Office uses new technology from EDS Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The National Offender Management Service (Noms) is to implement a [pounds sterling]39m system that will create a single view of convicted criminals as they move through the UK justice process. The National...

News - Backbytes - back_bytes@vnu.co.uk.(humor at information industry)
August 11, 2005... St Tropez... Barbados... Leicester 'Having read last week's Backbytes, I must take exception to your slur that Leicester is stuck in the last century,' says Carl Wright, at Ebiquita. He points out that Leicester has the National Space...

Enterprise - Truckers hit the road with RFID. Distribution firm installs tracking system on trailers.(radio frequency identification)(Christian Salvesen PLC provides equipments to the transportation industry)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. European logistics company Christian Salvesen is to fit a radio frequency identification (RFID) location tracking system to its distribution trailers. The company, which already has sophisticated satellite...

Enterprise - Loan arrears software cuts manual work.(Bradford & Bingley PLC, Talgentra, contract)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Bradford & Bingley is to install software to manage its mortgage arrears business and increase debt recovery rates. The financial services group is hoping that the Tallyman software from supplier Talgentra will...

Enterprise - Jeweller to improve store information flow. Beaverbrooks will install content management software for portal.(Datum International, contract)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Beaverbrooks the Jewellers is to install content management software to help cut store administration costs by half. The retailer will use the software as the basis of a store-based information portal to provide...

Enterprise - Fraud losses could be prevented.(survey)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Better bank security could have prevented $2.75bn ([pounds sterling]1.6bn) in losses caused by fraudulent use of ATMs and debit cards, research shows. The losses are the result of criminals obtaining personal data through phishing scams and...

Enterprise - Ventura call centre deal for C&W.(Cable and Wireless PLC, Ventura Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Ventura, the customer contact services subsidiary of UK retailer Next, has signed a three-year, [pounds sterling]7m deal with Cable & Wireless to provide a fully-managed call centre in India. The supplier will source, install, configure and...

Enterprise - Body Shop replaces till systems.(Body Shop International PLC, Fujitsu Ltd., contract)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... The Body Shop has contracted Fujitsu's services arm to replace till systems in all of its 2,000 shops around the world. The retailer will roll out TeamPoS 2000 using the vendor's infrastructure management services, to support expansion plans...

Enterprise - Harrods launches store gift card.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Department store Harrods is launching a gift card scheme to offer customers the convenience of a debit card in-store, up to a value of [pounds sterling]10,000. Harrods plans to extend the scheme to its airport concessions and online purchases...

Enterprise - One blog born every second.(survey )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... A new blog is created every second, according to online research firm Technorati. The company recorded 14.2 million blogs worldwide, up from 7.8 million in March, representing a doubling roughly every five months. The growth reflects a growing...

Enterprise - Boots nears end of IT update. High-street retailer overhauls nearly every part of its IT infrastructure in three-year project.(Boots Company PLC)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Three years ago high-street retailer Boots embarked on a major IT transformation programme. Boots says the programme, now almost complete, is critical to improving the efficiency of the business and allowing it to...

Enterprise - Symantec promises further acquisitions. Symantec's European head Lindsey Armstrong discusses the $13.5bn merger with Veritas.(VERITAS Software Corp.)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Emma Nash. Eyebrows were raised across the industry at the end of last year when security vendor Symantec announced that it was acquiring storage software firm Veritas. The companies said the $13.5bn merger would create one of...

Comment - Confusion continues for software patents. Rejection of EU directive could cause problems for software developers and investors, says Ayesha Bramwell.(formation of patent laws)(Column)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Ayesha Bramwell is a media and technology solicitor at law firm Shepherd + Wedderburn. The European Parliament last month dealt a blow to programmers seeking clarity on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (CIIs)...

Comment - Attracting pupils to IT a tough task.(demand of information technology skills)(Column)
August 11, 2005... Next week's release of this year's A-level exam results could make gloomy reading for IT employers. Every year since 2001 the number of schoolchildren studying computer studies in the UK has dropped - similar falls have affected science...

Management - Lessons to learn for the IT skills assessment test. Some 40,000 children have already had online IT tests under the UK's e-assessment project. Mark Samuels gauges reaction to a scheme that could have a major impact on technology skills.(Column)
August 11, 2005... Finding a suitable way to assess schoolchildren's IT skills can be a testing process. Many commentators see school as a vital stage in the successful acquisition of technology knowledge - and are disappointed by the provision in secondary...

Services - Free trial of our online directories.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... We are offering a free trial of Computing Directories, the most accurate and detailed source of IT marketing intelligence on UK companies. We provide fresh and accurate data for lead generation, telemarketing, direct mail and research. ...

Services - Diary.
August 11, 2005... Softworld Accounting and Finance 12-13 October NEC, Birmingham Europe's leading software event for the accounting and finance profession brings together more than 70 leading software providers under one roof. Delegates can attend...

Careers - BT begins its search for graduate talent. Job descriptions have been honed to recruit the right skills.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Telecoms giant BT is looking to hire graduates with broad IT and team-working abilities rather than specialist technology skills. The company's skills needs have changed over the past couple of years, in line with...

Careers - Backbytes - back_bytes@vnu.co.uk.(humors in information technology industry)
August 11, 2005... Time to take your medication It has been some time since we've celebrated a really stupid user in our pages. But one of our old technical support friends, Tim Webber, gives us a reason to return to one of our favourite topics. He passes on...

Time to take your medication It has been some time since we've celebrated a really stupid user in our pages. But one of our old technical support friends, Tim Webber, gives us a reason to return to one of our favourite topics. He passes on a recent phone.(humors at information technology services industry)
August 11, 2005... Time to take your medication It has been some time since we've celebrated a really stupid user in our pages. But one of our old technical support friends, Tim Webber, gives us a reason to return to one of our favourite topics. He passes on...

BT begins its search for graduate talent.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights BT begins its search for graduate talent Job descriptions have been honed to recruit the right skills Miya Knights Telecoms giant BT is looking to hire graduates with broad IT and team-working abilities...

Free trial of our online directories.(Brief article)
August 11, 2005... Free trial of our online directories WE are offering a free trial of Computing Directories, the most accurate and detailed source of IT marketing intelligence on UK companies. We provide fresh and accurate data for lead generation,...

Jeweller to improve store information flow.(Beaverbrooks, Datum International, contract)(Brief article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights Jeweller to improve store information flow Beaverbrooks will install content management software for portal Miya Knights Beaverbrooks the Jewellers is to install content management software to help...

Fraud losses could be prevented Better bank security could have prevented $2.75bn ([pounds sterling]1.6bn) in losses caused by fraudulent use of ATMs and debit cards, research shows. The losses are the result of criminals obtaining personal data through phishing scams an.
August 11, 2005... Fraud losses could be prevented Better bank security could have prevented $2.75bn ([pounds sterling]1.6bn) in losses caused by fraudulent use of ATMs and debit cards, research shows. The losses are the result of criminals obtaining...

Justice system to obtain single view of offenders.(United Kingdom. Home Office. Criminal Justice Information Technology)(Brief article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott Justice system to obtain single view of offenders Sarah Arnott The National Offender Management Service (Noms) is to implement a [pounds sterling]39m system that will create a single view of convicted...

The DVLA looks to data for profits.(Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency)(Brief article)
August 11, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott The DVLA looks to data for profits Sarah Arnott The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is looking for a technology partner to develop commercial uses for its database. The plan is for the...

Union targets outsource savings Trade union Amicus has agreed a deal with vendor CSC that will help to secure UK jobs when the firms takes on offshore outsourcing work. The deal will see any cost savings made through offshoring used to provide training.
August 11, 2005... Union targets outsource savings Trade union Amicus has agreed a deal with vendor CSC that will help to secure UK jobs when the firms takes on offshore outsourcing work. The deal will see any cost savings made through offshoring used to...