Computing articles from November 2005

Computing archives from November 2005

News - Public sector IT plan issued. Strategy addresses potential for IT to transform modern government.(United Kingdom. Cabinet Office)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The first public sector-wide technology strategy has been published by the Cabinet Office eGovernment Unit (eGU). The Strategy for Transformational Government has been developed by head of egovernment Ian Watmore...

News - Gates trains his sights on Google. Search engines will have to offer financial incentives, says Microsoft chief.(Bill Gates)(Brief Article)(Interview)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Bryan Glick. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says internet search engines will have to start paying customers to use their service as the market becomes increasingly competitive. And in an exclusive interview with Computing,...

News - Wrangle over NHS delays.(views of Nigel Crisp of United Kingdom. National Health Service )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. Delays to the electronic bookings element of the [pounds sterling]6bn National Programme for NHS IT are not the responsibility of the central programme, says Health Service IT director general Richard Granger. ...

News - Data laws raise security worries. Compliance creates difficulties securing corporate data.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Regulatory compliance is now the biggest security concern for IT departments, according to international research published yesterday (Wednesday). Nearly two-thirds of firms that responded to consultancy Ernst &...

News - SAP is key to Thames Water efficiency drive. New software system to aid utility firm's business process restructure.(RWE Thames Water PLC)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Utility firm Thames Water is beginning a business transformation project to improve the quality of its information and boost efficiency. The firm, which handles water supplies and sewage removal for three million...

News - Financial firms get ready for MiFID deadline.(Markets in Financial Instruments Directive)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Sixty per cent of investment firms have started budgeting for technology projects in 2006 to prepare for the upcoming Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), according to research published this week. ...

News - Financial world.
November 3, 2005... Software giant Microsoft announced first-quarter revenue of $9.74bn ([pounds sterling]5.5bn) this year, a six per cent increase on the same period in 2004. The firm's net income of $3.14bn ([pounds sterling]1.8bn) compares with $2.53bn ([pounds...

News - HSBC readies online user authentication. Banking giant strengthens arsenal against online fraud.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. HSBC will issue keyring-sized authentication devices to UK internet banking customers if phishing emails and key-logging software continues to grow. The bank, which has seen a 50 per cent increase in internet...

News - Prudential plots cost-saving push.(Prudential Banking PLC plans for its subsidiary Egg Banking PLC)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Financial services group Prudential plans to make annual cost savings of between [pounds sterling]20m and [pounds sterling]25m by integrating its global IT infrastructure. The company confirmed last week that it...

News - Sainsbury's calls time on Accenture contract. Food chain takes IT in-house after ending extended outsourcing deal.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Supermarket giant Sainsbury's is set to terminate its IT outsourcing contract with Accenture five years early and take its systems back in-house. The company signed a seven-year deal valued at [pounds...

News - Fire disrupts Met Office systems.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The Met Office's forecasting systems were affected last week after a small fire disrupted power supplies at its Exeter headquarters. The fire burned through power cables at about 11.30am on 26 October, affecting...

News - Oracle customers are satisfied with post-merger performance. But 80 per cent say licensing scheme is far too complex.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Former JD Edwards and PeopleSoft customers are generally satisfied with Oracle's post-merger performance, according to a survey conducted by the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG). More than half (58 per cent) of former...

News - O2 finds buyer in Telefonica.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica is to acquire mobile operator O2 in a deal valued at [pounds sterling]17.7bn. The merged company will be the second biggest mobile operator in the world after Vodafone. The cash deal ends months of speculation...

News - NHS Trusts save cash on IT.(United Kingdom. National Health Service)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... A group of NHS trusts has saved more than [pounds sterling]4.5m using a collaborative, online auction to buy IT hardware. The group of 137 trusts in six regional consortia bought PC equipment worth [pounds sterling]11.5m, including 21,000...

News - Police secure Airwave network.
November 3, 2005... Supplier O2 Airwave has won a deal with the Police IT Organisation to provide a national fallback network as back up for the Airwave secure network used by 130,000 police officers across England, Scotland and Wales. The duplicate network will...

News - Netsky p worm still dominates.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Netsky p, the worm written by German teenager Sven Jaschan, continues to be the leading cause of computer infection, according to anti-virus company Sophos. The top 10 chart of worldwide infection in business computers for October is also...

News - Survey highlights Epos use.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The annual survey of UK electronic point-of-sale (Epos) vendors from retail analyst Nemea urges retailers to properly plan project requirements and get commitment from senior management to avoid costly rollout issues. The survey found that the...

News - Court system aids joined-up justice.(use of Xhibit by the courts)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. Rollout of the [pounds sterling]20m Xhibit court information system has reached the halfway point, with 56 of England and Wales' 101 Crown Courts using the new technology. Xhibit includes an internet portal...

News - A year to fix tax credits glitch.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Parliamentary correspondent. Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo says it will take a year to fix a software glitch on the troubled tax credits system that causes automatic recovery of disputed overpayments. The system has caused...

News - IBM installs fastest supercomputer.(National Nuclear Security Administration, contract)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Watson. IBM has implemented a new supercomputer that performs at more than double the speed of its predecessor. The new Blue Gene/L system has reached speeds of 280.6 trillion operations per second in tests, compared with...

News - Backbytes.(humors of information technology industry)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Reasons to feel grrrr... Having tortured you with useless keyboard jokes for too long, we bring you this from Mike Sykes. 'Win-Pause brings up the System Properties dialog box, and Scroll Lock has the effect in Excel of toggling the...

Enterprise - Utility firms to offer pre-pay text service.(LogicaCMG PLC and T-Mobile (UK) Ltd. to develop Instant Energy metering system )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. IT services firm LogicaCMG and mobile operator T-Mobile are developing an energy metering system to allow pre-pay customers to top up their electricity or gas without using a meter card or key. The Instant Energy...

Enterprise - Channel Five staff get remote control. VPN lets TV channel avoid downtime from a distance.(virtual private networks)(Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Five Holdings Ltd., conract)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Channel Five has installed remote working technology to deal with last-minute programming changes to help cope with potential disasters. Senior executives, scheduling directors and sales staff are now using a...

Enterprise - Storage system aids council's IT overhaul. Local authority improves operational efficiency with centralised records.(Conwy County Borough Council)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Conwy County Borough Council has replaced old storage technology with a storage area network (San) as the basis of an IT overhaul. The 3.2TB system, supplied by Hitachi and Viglen, is helping the council handle a...

Enterprise - Visual Server 2005 draws nearer.(enhanced product SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 to manufacturing. The tools are set to be officially launched by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on 7 November at an event in San Francisco. The release to manufacturing...

Enterprise - BSA cracks down on illegal usage.(Business Software Alliance)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The Business Software Alliance (BSA) says that so far this year it has carried out 300 investigations into businesses that were reported to be using illegal software. Many of these inquiries, which are up 23 per cent on the same time last year,...

Enterprise - Microsoft attacks spammers.
November 3, 2005... Microsoft has filed lawsuits against 13 unnamed senders of spam email messages through botnets. The actual charges were filed in August, but Microsoft has only now announced details about the cases. A botnet is a collection of hacked computers...

Enterprise - Travel firm sets up document handling tools.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Thomas Cook is updating customer data and communication management systems to improve internal processes and cut costs. The travel company is installing document handling software to reduce the amount of money it...

Enterprise - Water utility sharpens up roadworks scheduling. Severn Trent Water keeps electronic tabs on highway authority regulations.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Severn Trent Water (STW) has installed a management system to improve communication with highway authorities when planning roadworks. The utility firm has put the Exor Street Works Manager technology in place in...

Enterprise - Charity speeds up network for remote offices. Communications are improved by the use of accelerator technology.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Conservation charity the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) has centralised its IT management and cut maintenance costs by a quarter using network acceleration technology. The charity, the largest of its kind in...

Conference Call - Europe leads on hotspot access. Computing reports from the WiFi Business Development Summit in Milan.
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Watson in Milan. Europe has become the world leader in the public availability of wireless internet access points, or hotspots, according to figures published last week. More than 44,000 wireless hotspots are available in...

Conference Call - Voice over IP not without risks, warn experts.
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Voice over IP (VoIP) has rapidly risen to prominence in both large and small businesses in recent years, but experts are warning that the technology continues to raise security and cost concerns. 'There are lots...

Conference Call - Hospital goes wireless to track patients.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Birmingham's Heartlands hospital is using wireless networking in its ear, nose and throat department to improve efficiency and patient care. Under the scheme, patients are photographed and tagged with...

Conference Call - Open source pushed for storage.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... IBM, Cisco and Network Appliance have teamed up to promote the role of open source computing for storage management software. The firms have formed a group called Aperi, along with Computer Associates, Engenio Information Technologies, Brocade...

Conference Call - Icann settles with VeriSign.(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has announced a draft settlement with VeriSign over issues relating to a service that Icann forced VeriSign to close down shortly after launch. Site Finder was a service VeriSign...

Conference Call - Fuel for thought on battery life.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... A Japanese firm has unveiled a fuel cell for mobile computers based on so-called 'solid methanol' technology. Kurita Water Industries says the technology solves the safety issues that have prevented adoption of such volatile material as a power...

Conference Call - Negative feelings of offshoring.
November 3, 2005... People are becoming ever more hostile to firms that outsource call centre operations overseas, research shows. According to a study conducted by Harris Interactive, four out of five people feel negative about the growing trend of offshoring...

Conference Call - Smartphone sales to rocket.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Worldwide annual shipments of smartphones are expected to triple over the next five years to reach 153.5 million units by 2010, according to research by Informa Telecoms & Media. This will represent 17.4 per cent of all handsets sold that year,...

Enterprise - Gates reflects on Microsoft's past and future plans. Computing talks with Bill Gates in an exclusive two-part interview looking back on Microsoft's 30 years.(Bill Gates)(Interview)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Bryan Glick. Thirty years after founding the world's biggest software company, and despite being the richest man on the planet, Bill Gates is still very much a techie at heart. In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with...

View from the Top - Microsoft turns bounty hunter to fight IT crime. Computing talks to Microsoft's chief of security about tackling cyber crime.(Interview)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. While the internet is providing new opportunities for businesses and consumers, its success is also making it a lucrative ground for criminals. Organised crime syndicates and individual hackers are exposing...

Enterprise - Hire firm invests [pounds sterling]13.8m in IT.
November 3, 2005... Hewden, the UK's largest equipment hire company, is investing [pounds sterling]13.8m in IT systems intended to improve customer service and reduce transaction costs. The company will invest an additional [pounds sterling]1m in broadband and...

Enterprise - Arup installs email filtering.
November 3, 2005... Engineering firm Arup has stopped more than 100,000 spam emails a day from affecting employee productivity by installing IronPort security appliances. The IronPort C-60 technology filters spam from Arup's Microsoft Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2003...

Enterprise - Surrey boosts Oval security.(Surrey County Cricket Club)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Surrey County Cricket Club has installed a converged Nortel voice and data network at The Oval ground. The network will help support staff mobility, hotdesking and improve corporate hospitality facilities. As part of the deal wireless access...

Enterprise - Coach commuters go wireless.
November 3, 2005... The Kings Ferry Travel Group is piloting onboard wireless access for commuters who take the coach into London. Passengers will be able to use a wireless device to connect to the internet via a 3G or GPRS network, to check email and view web...

Enterprise - Alcatel and Sun seal deal.(Compagnie Financiere Alcatel)(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Alcatel and Sun Microsystems have sealed a co-operation agreement to help them better target carrier and service provider networking customers. As part of the multi-year agreement, Sun will become the 'prime platform partner and integrator of...

Enterprise - Top roles enter era of unpredictability. Chief executives feel the sting of software market consolidation.(Industry Overview)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Emma Nash. The software industry is in the midst of widely predicted consolidation. Each week more firms are being bought by their peers to gain market share and plug gaps in technology portfolios. David Mitchell, practice...

Questions & Answers - IT is key to closing productivity gap between the UK and the US. Computing talks to Oracle UK chief Ian Smith about the impact of the vendor's recent acquisitions on customers.(Interview)
November 3, 2005... Byline: Bryan Glick. There are few IT vendors that have witnessed as many changes in 2005 than Oracle. In the past year, the company has spent nearly $18bn ([pounds sterling]10bn) acquiring 11 companies, including major rivals such as...

Enterprise - Gartner aims to ease CIO role. Next week's Gartner ITxpo event will look at the difficulties facing chief information officers.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Chief information officers (CIOs) are feeling the pressure of keeping senior executives happy with short-term results while implementing major IT changes, according to analyst Gartner. Over the next year CIOs...

Computing Awards for Excellence - Employers take the stand for IT excellence. This week in the Computing Awards for Excellence, we look at the three companies that are competing for this year's IT Employer of the Year Award.
November 3, 2005... This award is based on research carried out by the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF), in association with Computing. Entrants have been put through a benchmarking exercise based on selection criteria that includes pay and benefits,...

Comment - A crucial step for government IT.(Column)
November 3, 2005... The Strategy for Transformational Government published by the Cabinet Office eGovernment Unit (eGU) this week is a milestone in Whitehall's progress into the 21st century. The document is the most comprehensive overview of government...

Comment - IT heads must learn to sell their worth. Savvy CIOs will adopt a marketing plan to promote their wares and gain the trust of users, says Bobby Cameron.(Column)
November 3, 2005... Although chief information officers (CIOs) have more access to the business now than they did even a year ago, their background and time management choices have typecast them as technology specialists. Most business users view the CIO as a...

Networking - Online auctions offer firms huge cost savings. Electronic auctions have improved purchasing for many organisations by reducing prices and making procurement more open. Martin Fustes reports on current best practice.
November 3, 2005... Around the turn of the millennium, businesses were beginning to move transactions online and electronic auction sites were gaining considerable attention. Unlike consumer-focused auction sites, such as eBay, where buyers push up prices,...

Networking - Businesses see merits in convergence technologies. Voice and data convergence is growing in popularity as firms see the benefits, says Gary Flood.
November 3, 2005... Voice over IP (VoIP) - the convergence of voice and data networks using internet protocol - has grabbed the spotlight following online auction site eBay's $2.6bn ([pounds sterling]1.5bn) September swoop for peer-to-peer voice service Skype. ...

Networking - 3G remains the preserve of consumers. Businesses are still reluctant to adopt 3G, even though its effectiveness is proven, says Linda More.(third generation technology)(Column)
November 3, 2005... More than 90 per cent of European 3G accounts are held by consumer subscribers, meaning third-generation protocols have yet to gain the predicted momentum among a business audience. 'When 3G services were first launched, many industry...

Networking - Firms see a digital future. Convergence of broadcast, voice and data networks presents real opportunities for businesses.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Kim Thomas. Digital convergence, where all kinds of data, including audio and video, is delivered over the internet to all kinds of devices, offers rich opportunities for business. As the recent Capitalising on Convergence...

Management - How to ensure pilot projects are successful. Launching new technology comes with its own risks - not least of which is user acceptance. But a pilot can be an ideal way to encourage feedback before implementation, says Cath Everett.
November 3, 2005... In the past, running a pilot project to test a particular technology or initiative was probably not highly valued. But many IT departments are now more aware of the crucial role such trials play when implementing new computer systems. ...

Services - [pounds sterling]1,000 of email software to be won.
November 3, 2005... Computing has teamed up with Network Utilities to offer one lucky reader the chance to win an annual 100-user subscription licence for MailFrontier Gateway Server, worth more than [pounds sterling]1,000. Delivering industry-leading email...

Services - Diary.(information technology services industry)(Calendar)
November 3, 2005... Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2005 7-11 November Cannes, France Symposium/ITxpo is Gartner's flagship event for senior IT and business professionals. This year, more than 3,000 delegates will obtain Gartner advice on the big issues of...

BCS Diary Events.
November 3, 2005... BCS Glasgow Branch 7 November. 6.30pm. 'Digital Diamonds - Connecting Local Communities.' Strathclyde University. Visit: www.bcs.org.uk/branches/glasgow/venue.htm BCS Birmingham Branch 8 November. 6pm for 6.30pm. 'Building a...

Training - listings.
November 3, 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 - Superdrug employs recruitment software.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Superdrug is using candidate administration software to improve the management of its recruitment process. The health and beauty retailer is using the software to establish profiles for roles it wishes to fill,...

Backbytes - Words of wisdom on Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
November 3, 2005... Obviously rebooting is much on our minds this week, so the latest Beatles lyric entry, from Andy Cole, comes at an apposite time in this competition, which at this rate could last well into next year. 'Let me shut you down/Cause I'm going...

News - New plan for IT crime law. Home Office looks for ways to update 1990 Act after email case is dismissed.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The government is looking for ways to tackle emerging internet crimes without introducing a new Computer Misuse Act (CMA). Computing has learned that the Home Office is considering how to strengthen laws to...

News - Bichard systems progress slowly. Home Office says intelligence sharing is on track, but police raise concerns.(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The police intelligence system described as a 'national priority' after the Soham murders in 2002 will not be in place until 2010. The Bichard Inquiry into the employment of Soham murderer Ian Huntley in a...

News - IT at home will drive business.(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... Byline: Bryan Glick. Growing use of technology in the home will have a major impact on business IT in coming years, predicts analyst Gartner. Steve Prentice, Gartner chief of research, told the firm's annual Symposium/ITxpo conference...

News - Upgrade lifts Stock Exchange trading. New platforms increase trading capacity six times over.
November 10, 2005... Byline: James Watson. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has highlighted the increasingly crucial role that technology will play in the company's future in its interim financial results, reported last week. The Exchange has spent nearly...

News - Tesco speeds up web shopping with Microsoft. Online supermarket is among the first to use new database technology.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Tesco.com has become one of the first users of Microsoft's new database technology, to help maintain the performance of its web site. The online retailer offers new internet customers a facility to create a...

News - DfES reveals [pounds sterling]125m boost for schools IT.(United Kingdom. Department for Education and Skills)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... Byline: James Brown. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has announced that an extra [pounds sterling]125m is to be invested in IT for schools. The money, which is being made available as ring-fenced elearning credits that...

News - NHS IT plan not to blame for delays. Late delivery of ebookings unrelated to technology problem.(Richard Granger)(Brief Article)(Interview)
November 10, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. Delays in NHS electronic bookings are down to competing health service priorities and political issues over the government's choice agenda, not the technology programme, says NHS IT director general Richard Granger....

News - Private road pricing plan.(Institute of Public Policy Research)(Alistair Darling plans to use satellite positioning systems)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... Byline: Parliamentary correspondent. The government intends to rely on existing technology that is used by private sector companies to administer its proposed variable road pricing scheme, rather than build a system of its own, according to...

News - Public sector continues to lead in IT spend. Analyst says outsourcing rise will help sector remain top IT spender for years.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The public sector is still the biggest spender on IT and will continue to be for at least another four years, according to research by analyst Ovum. The firm's latest forecasts, seen exclusively by Computing,...

News - Financial world.
November 10, 2005... Security specialist Symantec reported second-quarter revenue of $1.056bn ([pounds sterling]607m), up 71 per cent year on year. Net loss was $251m ([pounds sterling]144.2m) compared with net income of $135.6m ([pounds sterling]77.9m) last year,...

News - Banks are hit by huge rise in online attacks. Phishing and other fraud leads to [pounds sterling]14.5m losses in six months.
November 10, 2005... Byline: James Watson. The amount of money stolen through phishing and other online attacks on bank accounts increased 263 per cent in the first six months of this year compared with 2004. Banking industry body Apacs revealed this week...

News - Tests start on gun register.(National Firearms Licensing Management System used by United Kingdom. Metropolitan Police Office)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... Byline: Parliamentary correspondent. The Metropolitan Police is to start initial testing of the National Firearms Licensing Management System next week - eight years after it was proposed following the 1997 Dunblane massacre. The Met's...

News - Fashion retailer takes a New Look at tackling stock loss. High-street store tightens security using item tags.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Fashion retailer New Look is investing in technology to tackle potential theft and stock losses worth [pounds sterling]4m. The company is rolling out read-only radio-frequency tags on clothing this month to reduce...

News - Records transfer works in practice.(EMIS Software Inc., United Kingdom. National Health Service, contract)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... The first live GP-to-GP electronic patient records transfer has taken place in Gateshead. Two practices using surgery software from supplier Emis passed the record electronically rather than sending the paper notes and having to re-input them...

News - Serco wins [pounds sterling]125m DTI contract.(United Kingdom. Department of Trade and Industry, Serco Systems Ltd.)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... The Department of Trade and Industry has awarded supplier Serco a five-year contract worth up to [pounds sterling]125m to provide web-based information services to support small businesses. Serco will be responsible for developing and...

News - Workers use email for fun.(survey)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... More than 90 per cent of employees use work email to organise their social life and send jokes, according to a survey by email software firm Cryoserver. More than half of employees use work email for a non-work activity, says the research. More...

News - Autonomy set to buy Verity.(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... UK software supplier Autonomy is to buy search software provider Verity for $500m ([pounds sterling]287m). The cash deal is subject to shareholder approval, and is expected to close by the end of this year or early 2006. The new company would...

News - Microsoft scoops water deal.(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... Utilities firm South East Water has signed a deal with Microsoft to install new financial systems. The Great Plains software will be used to manage general ledger, accounts payable and debtor functions. The software will run on Microsoft's SQL...

News - Bexley Council extends Capita benefits contract.(Brief Article)
November 10, 2005... Byline: James Brown. Bexley Council has awarded supplier Capita a 10-year, [pounds sterling]50m renewal of its revenues and benefits outsourcing contract. Capita will continue to work on reducing claims processing times and expanding...

News - Winter Olympics team completes IT test run. Torino 2006 committee conducts first rehearsal of Games infrastructure.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Organisers of the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games have successfully completed the first of two technical rehearsals in the build-up to February's competition. The organising committee and Atos Origin, the...

News - Thorntons replaces systems.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Thorntons has begun a major overhaul of its IT systems with a warehouse management project that is expected to save [pounds sterling]100,000 within months. The confectionery retailer, working with supplier EDS, is...

News - Online sales rise by 81 per cent.
November 10, 2005... Byline: James Watson. The value of internet sales in the UK rose by 81 per cent to [pounds sterling]71.1bn in 2004, up from [pounds sterling]39.3bn a year earlier, according to the Office of National Statistics. Some seven per cent of...