Computing articles from June 2005

Computing archives from June 2005

News - NHS cuts key supplier from IT programme. But replacing IDX could cause more delays, say NHS experts.(United Kingdom. National Health Service)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The Department of Health is to carry out its threat to get tough with vendors by dropping a key supplier to the [pounds sterling]6bn Connecting for Health (CfH) plan, Computing has learned. Software provider IDX...

News - New bill proposes 10-year sentence for online fraud.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Online identity thieves could face up to 10 years in prison if parliament passes a new Fraud Bill introduced to the House of Lords last week. The bill would replace eight existing fraud offences with one general...

News - An innovative campaign for UK technology.
June 2, 2005... Computing, in partnership with Intellect, the high-tech trade association, this week launches Innovation Nation?, a major campaign to examine the role of innovation in the UK economy. Our aim is to identify the key steps to ensuring that...

News - Business IT boosts Royal Mail profits. Software upgrade helps organisation revive its fortunes.(Information Technology)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Royal Mail says new technology systems have played a major role in modernising operations and reviving its fortunes. The organisation, which earlier this month posted record annual profits of [pounds...

News - Costs likely to rise for single payments area plan. European Union scheme troubled by high costs and 'unrealistic' deadline.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: James Watson. The European Union's aim of establishing a Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) by 2010, making cross-border payments as easy as those conducted domestically, remains a challenge likely to cost an additional $10bn...

News - Europe PCs most used in attacks.(distributed denial of service)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. European computers are the most susceptible to exploitation by hackers looking to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on internet businesses, according to two reports released last week. ...

News - ID cards plan faces increased hostility. Cost and technology issues blight bill's return to parliament.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The government's plans for national identity cards are facing a series of setbacks after the legislation was reintroduced to parliament last week. Experts at the London School of Economics (LSE) say costs could...

News - Paperchase installs RFID.(Radio Frequency Identification)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. High-street retailer Paperchase is introducing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology into its supply chain as part of a programme to update IT systems. The stationery chain will use RFID with wireless...

News - Mapping deal could save councils [pounds sterling]100m.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. A national agreement for mapping and geographic information services could save local authorities more than [pounds sterling]100m over its four-year life. The framework deal, brokered by the Improvement and...

News - Financial world.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Vodafone's preliminary results for the year ended 31 March saw turnover of [pounds sterling]34.1bn, up two per cent on the previous year. Profit before tax grew three per cent to [pounds sterling]10.3bn, although the company reported a loss of...

News - Centrica extends mobile benefits to senior staff. Company sees rise in effectiveness thanks to faster decision-making.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, is extending its use of mobile technology following successful trials. The company announced last week that it is proceeding with a programme to equip senior staff,...

News - Licensing boost for Home Office.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. A Home Office deal with Microsoft should save the criminal justice sector [pounds sterling]8.4m in licensing costs over three years. The contract covers the Home Office and criminal justice agencies such as the...

News - UK climbs to 14th in the world broadband league. Penetration has almost doubled between 2003 and 2004, says report.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The UK has risen from 17th to 14th in the world broadband league, thanks to strong competition and increasing growth rates. According to the latest figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

News - Our mission is to make the UK a nation of innovation. This week Computing launches the Innovation Nation? initiative, a campaign to ensure that the UK makes the best use of technology to remain at the forefront of the knowledge economy. Intellect's John Higgins reports on the importance of innovation, and how it can be achieved.
June 2, 2005... Look back through history and you will see that we are a nation of inventors - the pocket calculator, the internet and the TV are all products invented by Britons. It is this ability to invent that has secured our place at the forefront of...

News - Visit our appeal web site to pledge PCs for Africa.(Computer Aid International)(Personal Computers)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Mark Samuels. IT directors have pledged almost 8,000 second-hand PCs via our new Computer Aid appeal web site. Working with specialist charity Computer Aid International, we are asking the UK's technology leaders to donate old...

News - Backbytes - back_bytes@vnu.co.uk.(Association for Project Management )(Brief Article)(Column)
June 2, 2005... HOW OFTEN DO THESE CRASH? 'I came across this web page the other day while searching for something completely unrelated,' says Gerald Oakham, at Thatcham Medical Practice, as if he thinks we'd believe that. But he's big enough to share...

Enterprise - House building body moves to voice over IP.(National House Builders Council)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. The National House Builders Council (NHBC) has laid the foundations to install voice over IP in its offices. NHBC, which sets UK building standards and provides insurance for new homes, has selected telecoms...

Enterprise - Kimberly-Clark to boost supply chain. Manufacturer simplifies interactions with 100 partners.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Consumer goods manufacturer Kimberly-Clark is to install a supply chain messaging system to improve communications with transportation suppliers that deliver its products to shops. The manufacturer of hygiene...

Enterprise - Virgin Mobile revamps storage to meet demand. GlassHouse to consolidate and manage overhaul of storage systems.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Virgin Mobile is overhauling its storage infrastructure to cope with an increase in customers. The virtual mobile network operator, which has some five million pay-as-you-go customers, entered the contract...

Enterprise - Deterrence must be the key to avoiding costly server attacks. Computing talks to the corporate victim of a malicious distributed denial of service attack.(Asif Malik)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. At 7pm on Monday 23 August 2004 Asif Malik, a Leeds-based technical director, arrived home after a busy day at Nochex, the online payments firm he had co-founded four years earlier. A few minutes later he...

Enterprise - Samsung's design focus helps reach new market. Computing reports from Samsung's headquarters on the firm's strategies.(Company Profile)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott in South Korea. Samsung is unavoidable in South Korea. From apartment buildings to cars to electronics, the brand is everywhere. The organisation is responsible for 17 per cent of the country's exports and last...

Enterprise - Traditional hard disks give way to Flash storage.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott in South Korea. Traditional hard disk technology could give way to newer solid-state storage over the coming years, according to components giant Samsung Electronics. The Korean corporation acknowledges that its...

Enterprise - Public sector outsourcing hits [pounds sterling]43bn. Central government is still the biggest IT infrastructure outsourcing spender, research finds.
June 2, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. Public sector IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) will grow by 78 per cent to an annual spend of [pounds sterling]6bn by 2006-07, according to researcher Kable. The IT sector represents just under 10 per...

Enterprise - CIOs face new challenges as the role of IT changes. The predicted cultural shift in the IT organisation will have significant implications, says Gartner.(Interview)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Bryan Glick. IT departments will undergo major changes over the next five years, and IT directors must be prepared to make their team a more business-focused operation, according to Gartner. The analyst predicted last week that...

Computing Awards for Excellence - Meet our 12 awards judges. We announce the panel of experts for this year's Computing Awards For Excellence.
June 2, 2005... The entries are already coming in for this year's Computing Awards for Excellence - and we can now announce the prestigious line-up of judges who will decide the winners. The awards are recognised as the Oscars of the IT industry. This...

Comment - UK IT must take risks to compete.(Brief Article)(Column)
June 2, 2005... What is innovation? For one thing, it is a much-maligned, often overused, poorly-explained word. Ask an IT supplier the meaning of innovation and they will reply: 'We are an innovator.' What many of them really mean is: 'We keep...

Comment - Laws alone cannot stop spyware threat. Struan Robertson looks at legal measures against spyware, and what firms can do to protect themselves.(Column)
June 2, 2005... Byline: Struan Robertson, a lawyer at international law firm Pinsent Masons. Spyware and adware threats are growing more quickly than worms and viruses. Bill Gates said so at a security conference in February, when he promised new tools to...

Networking - Wireless set for take-off in the UK public sector. Computing's monthly networking special kicks off with a look at how WiFi is gaining support from local authorities. Cath Everett reports.
June 2, 2005... Adoption of wireless networks by local authorities for public service delivery is still in its infancy, but the technology has the potential to radically alter the way council services are accessed. The UK market for public sector WiFi...

Networking - Startups court investors to help sell the next big thing. William Knight talks to three young businesses that have used venture capital investment to develop products for the networking market.
June 2, 2005... Predicting the next big thing, or the next niche market, is a game played on a knife edge of success or failure. Startup companies know this precarious position as they court investors and struggle to take products to market, or to grow their...

Networking - 1060 Research - Simplification and scalability.(1060 Research Ltd.'s NetKernel)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... 1060 has built on research projects originally developed by HP Labs and created a marketable product. The Bristol-based company started in late 2002 with founder capital and a later round of 'business angel' investment. Its product,...

Networking - Riverbed Technology - Angling for success in the optimisation market.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The founders of Riverbed Technology, based in Reading and California, are all keen anglers, so named their products to suit their hobby. Steelhead is a wide area network (Wan) accelerator appliance devised to speed up application data streams....

Networking - OmPrompt - The challenge to keep growth manageable.
June 2, 2005... For many years, electronic data interchange has been beset with translation and set-up cost problems caused by differing standards. But UK-based OmPrompt has developed an automatic mapping process that takes a message in any format - such as...

Networking - It's good to talk to the machine. Speech recognition is beating the hype and going mainstream, reports Cath Everett.
June 2, 2005... The use of speech recognition systems in business is higher than might be expected for a technology that has sometimes struggled to convince potential users. Yet, given its potential, take-up is not as widespread as it could be, given the...

Networking - Managing your network. With the growing demands on networks to deliver value to the organisation, evolving best practice is essential. William Knight reports.
June 2, 2005... Networking has become a commodity. No one is interested in the pipes, bits and routes anymore; they are interested in what the network can do for the business, how it can improve application delivery, ensure the highest availability and...

Services - [pounds sterling]50 discount offer on our directories.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Computing Directories provide an invaluable resource for your sales and marketing, purchasing and research activities. Order any directory before 30 June and you can save [pounds sterling]50 on each. - Computing Sites: profiles the IT used...

Services - Diary.
June 2, 2005... CEO Summit - Leadership secrets of exceptional chief executives 22 June Chelsea Football Club, London This summit explains what the world's most visionary leaders do differently, how they organise their companies to succeed, and...

BCS diary events.
June 2, 2005... BCS Glasgow Branch 6 June. 6.30pm. Annual meeting. Lord Todd Conference Room, Strathclyde University. Visit: www.bcs.org/branches/glasgow Disability Group 7 June. 6pm. 'Web Sites - Applying Good Practice and Standards to Ensure...

BCS Training - listings.(British Computer Society)
June 2, 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 - TUC to expand its elearning courses. Union reps offered collaborative online training.(Union Education Online project)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is set to provide flexible online training for thousands of union reps across the country. The Union Education Online project has been piloting short web-based courses in...

Backbytes - back_bytes@vnu.co.uk.(information security management)
June 2, 2005... Stars in their eyes Last week we published Matthew Justice's problems with the retailer who kept sending him his numeric password with two digits starred 'for security'. 'My thanks to Matthew Justice. I worked out his password by a...

News - Thumbs up for online voting.(Estonia)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Successful pilots in Estonia have paved the way for online voting in local elections in the capital city of Tallinn this October, and in nationwide elections in 2007. The trial took place in January and 14 per cent of voters chose to use the...

News - Datamonitor predicts RFID boom.(Radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology use will increase three-fold, creating a $6.1bn ([pounds sterling]3.35bn) market by 2010, predicts analyst Datamonitor. In its report, RFID in Manufacturing, the company says hardware costs will...

News - Chip-and-PIN milestone.(personal identification number)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The 100 millionth chip-and-PIN card was issued in the UK last week, according to the UK Chip-and-PIN Programme, the organisation co-ordinating the rollout of the cards. The first card was issued in March 2003, and more than 70 PIN-verified...

News - Public sector salaries on the rise.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... A salary survey by local government user group the Society of IT Management shows an average salary increase among council IT professionals of 4.8 per cent, compared with 3.5 per cent in the private sector. Recruitment difficulties have gone...

News - Phishing sites under attack.(Netcraft services)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Hacking teams are targeting phishing web sites in online vigilante attacks. Security firm Netcraft has spotted two recent phishing sites that were taken down and replaced by pages warning customers of the attempted fraud. A hacker known as...

Enterprise - Bulletin - On-demand access for BG Group.(BG Group PLC)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Natural gas firm BG Group is rolling out remote working technology so 1,200 employees can access corporate networks when working away from the office. The iPass Corporate Access technology will enable workers in exploration territories, such as...

Enterprise - Bulletin - Sales of mobile handset rise.(market share increases)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Mobile phone manufacturers sold 180.6 million handsets in the first quarter of 2005, up 17 per cent on the same period last year. The top manufacturers further increased their lead. Nokia saw its market share increase from 28.8 per cent to 30.4...

Enterprise - Intel urges home improvements.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The government's Home Computing Initiative (HCI) needs a wider scope, says Intel. The HCI, set up in 1999 and relaunched in 2004, allows companies to buy computers for employees and write off a proportion of the cost against tax. Last year...

Enterprise - Security stays top of worry list.(Information technology managers survey)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... A poll by the BCS has revealed that security remains one of the most pressing worries for IT managers. Almost four out of five of those polled indicated that an effective IT security infrastructure is key to the UK's international...

Enterprise - Irish Life ditches spam.(Irish Life & Permanent installed email security and spam products, Tumbleweed installs email firewall)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Financial service firm Irish Life & Permanent has installed new email security and spam products after discovering that more than half of the messages it receives are junk. Internet security firm Tumbleweed will install an email firewall and...

Enterprise - Shop faster at White Hart Lane.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Premiership football club Tottenham Hotspur has installed new electronic point-of-sale equipment and software in six shops, in its ground and in the local area. The system implementation, from suppliers DigiPos and Retail Business Solutions,...

Enterprise - Supportworks in the archives.(United Kingdom. National Achives contract with Hornbill Systems)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The National Archives is using the Supportworks system from Hornbill Systems to manage requests made under the Freedom of Information Act. The software will enable the organisation to track and respond to customers' enquiries within the 20-day...

Enterprise - Telecoms set for IP revolution.(internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The telecoms market is set to be 'revolutionised' by IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), with all major operators rolling out services within a year, analysts predict. IMS began as a wireless network architecture for adding IP-based services to...

News - Fire service network faces fresh obstacles. Bids submitted by suppliers need more evaluation.
June 9, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The fire service national radio system procurement is suffering further delays and will not be signed until the autumn. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), which is running the project, says a further...

News - UK innovators restricted by fear of failure.(Innovation Nation)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... The first debate in Computing's Innovation Nation? campaign brought together a panel of experts to discuss the UK's culture of innovation. The panel believes the UK has a rich history of invention, but says a risk-averse culture and fear...

News - Treasury writes off [pounds sterling]37m following tax credits IT chaos.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The Treasury has written off [pounds sterling]37m in overpayments caused by problems with the tax credits IT system, paymaster general Dawn Primarolo told MPs this week. The issues surfaced in April and May 2003...

News - Wimbledon serves up a web revamp. Tennis club upgrades IT systems to enhance its web site.(Information Technology)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is upgrading its IT systems to give fans in-depth match information for this year's Wimbledon Championships. The organisation is working with Wimbledon IT supplier IBM to...

News - Schedule system shortens Tesco checkout queues.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Tesco is using software to stem the [pounds sterling]3m it loses each year as a result of checkout inefficiencies. The supermarket giant told delegates at this week's Retail Solutions conference in Birmingham that...

News - Commission launches five-year IT growth plan.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The European Commission is launching a five-year technology strategy to foster economic growth and job creation. In line with the renewed Lisbon Agenda, to make the European Community the most competitive...

News - Ways to boost our innovation status. Experts at the first of Computing's Innovation Nation? roundtables agree that UK companies must provide an environment that encourages risk-takers.
June 9, 2005... Innovation Nation? is a campaign to examine the role of innovation in the UK economy. Computing, in partnership with Intellect, the high-tech trade association, aims to identify the key steps to ensuring that the UK is able to innovatively...

News - Financial World.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Fujitsu Services announced profit before tax of [pounds sterling]85m for the year ended 31 March 2005, an increase of 69 per cent on the previous year. Revenue of [pounds sterling]1.98bn was up 14.5 per cent. IT consultancy Detica Group's...

News - GNER prints passwords in customer magazine. Train operator's mainframe security publicised in photograph.(Great North Eastern Railway)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Mark Samuels. Train operator Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) has inadvertently printed system passwords in a magazine available to thousands of passengers. The April/May edition of Livewire, GNER's passenger magazine,...

News - UK Biobank one step closer to system launch.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: James Watson. UK Biobank has successfully completed the first phase of its IT system trials. The biobank, set to go live early next year, will consist of databases and tissue samples that will form an invaluable resource to...

News - Scientists to create digital copy of brain. Swiss institute links with IBM to expose 'magic' of the human brain's neocortical column.
June 9, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Swiss scientists and IBM have announced plans to create a detailed digital model of a neocortical column, a tiny but crucial area of the human brain. Professor Henry Markram, founder and head of Switzerland's...

News - UK cancer registries to improve data links.
June 9, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. The organisations responsible for collecting data on cancer in the UK are looking to a new IT system to improve the survival rates of patients. The Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Registry (MCCR) and Thames...

News - Backbytes.
June 9, 2005... That's a lot of hair-splitification We note you are nit-picking in a friendly fire sort of way, over the use of the word 'momentarily' in last week's column. 'I see the Yanks have invaded Backbytes. Is nothing sacred?' says Rob Clack....

Enterprise - Sports body locks down critical data. Institute gives networks muscle to protect top athletes.(The English Institute of Sport)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The English Institute of Sport (EIS) has tightened IT security to ensure that sensitive medical details about famous athletes and their training programmes cannot be stolen by hackers. The organisation, which...

Enterprise - Newport puts remote support on curriculum. Software allows IT staff to focus on teaching rather than maintenance.(Newport Local Education Authority)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Newport Local Education Authority (LEA) is using remote support software to allow IT teachers to spend more time teaching and less time resolving technical issues. Newport has installed support and management...

Enterprise - Banks tighten net on laundering and fraud. Clydesdale and Yorkshire work on integrated financial crime system.
June 9, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Two UK banks, Clydesdale and Yorkshire, have spent [pounds sterling]2m implementing a transaction monitoring system to detect potential money laundering and fraud. Increased regulatory pressures on banks to deal...

Enterprise - US government issues warning of vulnerability.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Tom Sanders. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is failing to secure vital internet infrastructure, a US government organisation has warned. In a report published last week, the US Government Accountability Office...

Enterprise - Police force eases reporting.(Thames Valley Police)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Thames Valley Police is using software to simplify reporting and recording functions, to increase crime detection rates. The force's On The Record project will use software from Tibco to simplify information...

Enterprise - Data key to medical future. The UK is pushing on with plans to create biobanks of genetic and lifestyle data for future cures to today's diseases.(UK Biobank)
June 9, 2005... Byline: James Watson in Stockholm. Work to create online repositories of both lifestyle and genetic data is gathering pace in the UK. Researchers believe that the information will play a crucial role in advancing medical research and...

Enterprise - A network for female academics.(Column)
June 9, 2005... Byline: Dr Mateja Jamnik. What do Linus Torvalds, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Sergey Brin have in common? Geekiness? Money? The answer is probably yes to both. But equally importantly, they are all men. Why is this? Are there no women...

Comment - Blame issue hounds NHS implementers. Problems in the Connecting for Health programme raise stern questions about accountability, writes Sarah Arnott.(National Health Service)(Column)
June 9, 2005... When [pounds sterling]6bn-worth of NHS IT contracts were signed in 2003, the 'challenging' delivery timetables had two key focuses. One was political: quick wins in time for New Labour's 2005 election campaign to focus on improved public...

Comment - IT industry must widen its appeal.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... At a purely material level, the IT industry has something going for it when trying to convince school leavers to study computing. Research by the University of Swansea suggests that degrees in computing or technology are among the most...

Special Report - Find the right approach to information management. Managing the company's information assets is an increasingly high priority in business. Our special report this week opens with a look at some of the challenges involved. Cath Everett reports.
June 9, 2005... Nearly 90 per cent of organisations consider managing their information assets to be either a critical or high priority, according to exclusive Computing research conducted in association with Oracle. But the splintered fashion in which the...

Special Report - Front-office emphasis adds voice and emails to the mix. Cath Everett looks at the options for firms having to deal with unstructured data.
June 9, 2005... Many organisations are moving from automating routine back-office functions to improving front-office processes that help to differentiate the business from its rivals. But this has led to a shift of focus in their approach to information...

Networking - Justification of costs can be the biggest challenge. The expense of information management is a turn-off for business managers, says Cath Everett.
June 9, 2005... Companies are facing major dilemmas in their use of information management systems, according to exclusive Computing research conducted in association with Oracle. Most businesses that use information management systems rely on them for...

Special Report - Case studies. Distributing up-to-date information to disparate groups is no easy task, but the benefits are tangible. Bryan Glick talks to two organisations about the advantages of a shared environment.
June 9, 2005... CASE STUDY - BAE Systems Naval Ships Portal system works with military precision to update all partners. BAE Systems Naval Ships is one of the UK's largest shipbuilders, constructing and refurbishing enormous vessels such as aircraft...

Services - Free research on application costs.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Wily Technology, which provides software tools to manage the performance and reliability of enterprise applications, has teamed up with Butler Group to look at the cost to UK industry of badly-managed software. Their research, The Cost Benefit...

Services - Diary.(Calendar)
June 9, 2005... CEO Summit - Leadership secrets of exceptional chief executives 22 June Chelsea Football Club, London This summit explains what the world's most visionary leaders do differently, how they organise their companies to succeed, and...

BCS - Diary events.(Calendar)
June 9, 2005... Human Computer Interaction 13 June. 1pm. Queens Building, De Montfort University. Visit: www.cse.dmu.ac.uk Consultancy Specialist Group 14 June. 6.30pm. 'Moving from "Big" to "Small". The Implications of Moving from Big Monolithic...

BCS - Training - listings.(Calendar)
June 9, 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 - Companies must charm applicants. IT workers have upper hand as demand outstrips supply.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. Companies seeking skilled IT workers will increasingly have to use job interviews to sell themselves to candidates, rather than the other way round. According to IT recruitment specialist Parity, the current...