Computer Weekly articles from July 2006

Computer Weekly archives from July 2006

It pays to be something in the City.(demand for IT workers and their salaries)
July 4, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukIt has the highest paid IT jobs, the biggest IT budgets and the tallest buildings, so it is little surprise that the financial services sector has IT professionals flocking to it. Competition for jobs is...

Banish bafflement in the boardroom.(information technology spending)(ING research)(Survey)
July 4, 2006... According to research carried out within financial services group ING, IT-enabled business change investments can deliver significantly greater value than almost any other type of corporate investment. At the same time, though, IT costs come...

Doctors vote for patient opt-in on e-records data.(British Medical Association conference)(medical records)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukDoctors have voted not to allow patient data to be loaded on to national clinical records systems unless there is explicit consent from the patient.The decision, taken at a British Medical Association...

Cattles implements SOA to.(Service oriented architecture for debt collection)
July 4, 2006... Arif Mohamedcomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukFinancial services provider Cattles is using an Oracle-based service oriented architecture (SOA) to streamline its application processing and debt collection procedures.Using the system, Cattles has expanded...

CSA's IT was given green light despite critical faults.(Child Support Agency)
July 4, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukThe Treasury's Office of Government Commerce secretly gave a green light to going live with IT systems that supported reforms of the Child Support Agency, although there were known critical defects, which later...

NHS leader 'asked to resign' after.(Peter Hutton resigns from National Clinical Advisory Board)
July 4, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukThe head of an organisation set up to help shape the NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT) says he was asked to resign 10 days after writing a letter criticising the scheme. Peter Hutton, consultant...

Huge increase in IT manager staff turnover.(survey by Chartered Management Institute)(Survey)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukManagement-level IT professionals are quitting their jobs after becoming frustrated by pay prospects and lack of job satisfaction, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).Staff...

Officials blame suppliers for delays to IT scheme.(National Health Service's National Programme for Information Technology )(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukLack of capacity among suppliers has led to things "going wrong" with the ?12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT, and it is still a risk, senior officials told MPs last week.NHS acting chief executive Ian...

Microsoft unveils unified messaging for Office 2007.
July 4, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukE-mail, telephony, audio, video and web conferencing, instant messaging and collaboration will all be combined in Office 2007 and other forthcoming Microsoft products. Microsoft revealed last week that unified...

Buy-in is key to BASF's SAP savings.(information technology services)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... cutting customisationBASF has cut the number of customisations to its SAP system by 4,000 during its ERP rationalisation programme. Because it has grown by acquisition and operates in many markets, the company was working with hundreds of...

Business analysis highlighted as keyto bridging the communication gap.(Information Systems Examinations Board)(book introduced by British Computer Society)
July 4, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.uk"There should be a clear definition of best practice within the business analysis community," said Paul Turner of Business & IS Skills, who is working on a refresh of the BCS ISEB qualifications.Speaking...

The price of datacentre reliability.(Gartner Inc.'s survey of engineering firms)(Survey)
July 4, 2006... Building a datacentre is one of the largest capital investments for enterprise IT organisations. Costs can be tens or hundreds of millions of pounds, depending on size, location, and most importantly, levels of reliability and initial power...

News.(future of Linux)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... ?******The big*****questionin association withDoes Linux have a future?55% Yes 45% NoThe Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get...

E-government ballyhoo leaves councils still pulling tight on their IT purse strings.(spending on information technology)(Business Focus)(Column)
July 4, 2006... Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at local government.Among large local authorities, the per-desktop annual spending on...

Citrix to improve apps centralisation.(user conference of Citrix Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukCitrix is expected to outline enhancements to its products, which centralise applications for delivery over a network, at its user conference in Edinburgh this week (3-5 July). Among the organisations speaking...

Vista drives a hardware shake-up.(Microsoft Windows Vista)
July 4, 2006... Eric Doylecomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukThe anticipated arrival of Windows Vista and the server version, Longhorn, next year will bring big changes to today's hardware.One of the main changes will be the basic requirements for desktop systems....

News.(absenteeism from work)(information technology workers)
July 4, 2006... dpm's diaryc p boundMondayAs flaming June slides stickily into baking July without any credible sign that climate change is going to flip us into the next ice age, the absentee rate in the Bogcaster IT department rises alarmingly. Much of the...

Dresdner leads with global accounting IT.(TowerGroup constructed accounting engine for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson)
July 4, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukOne of the world's largest investment banks has taken the first step towards replacing its back-office accounting infrastructure with an automated global system. With big savings to be made through automated...

Managing the mother of all projects.(National Health Service programme for IT)
July 4, 2006... Imagine a public sector IT project so big that the ?6.2bn NHS IT programme is just one part of it. A scary idea? Or a brave step towards a new world of more accessible, more efficient, more coherent public services? Several months after Tony...

Microsoft's metrics mean business.(Microsoft Performancepoint Server 2007)
July 4, 2006... Microsoft has formally unveiled its plans to deliver a performance management product to the masses by the middle of next year.Called Performancepoint Server 2007, the suite encapsulates existing Microsoft products with a new development -...

Productivity gains make the case for Coldfusion.(application development software)
July 4, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it?Coldfusion is a development environment for building and deploying web applications and web services. Now part of the Adobe/Macromedia family, and integrated with products such as Flash,...

Investec rolls out system to.(uses Promisec's software for data security)
July 4, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukInvestment bank Investec plans to deploy sophisticated software to monitor the security and configuration of up to 4,000 desktop machines used in offices in eight countries.The software, supplied by Promisec,...

Don't pass the.(lack of skills of Information technology workers)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... rom the dawn of the UK computer industry there have been dire warnings about skills shortages. There have also been drives to "professionalise" the industry, with qualifications to provide individuals with proof of their expertise, and...

LogicaCMG.(won a contract from InBev S.A.)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukBelgian brewer InBev has awarded LogicaCMG a five-year ?48.6m outsourcing contract.The company, whose brands include Stella Artois, Beck's, Leffe and Skol, said LogicaCMG would manage the business systems...

Guide to boost mobile web.(World Wide Web Consortium developing guidelines for web design )(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is working with wireless and internet companies on web design guidelines to make it easier for mobile phones to access web pages.Although many phones include a web browser, the...

Hampshire extends user access with latest Citrix thin client system.(County Council)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukHampshire County Council has gone live with the latest version of the Citrix thin client platform as part of a five-year, ?40m IT transformation project that is saving the council ?4m a year in IT costs. The...

News.(asynchronous digital subscriber line)(cyber-socialising)(Oracle Corp.)
July 4, 2006... The other person knows you are waiting?Heavens knows landing a timely booking for a phone engineer is sometimes tricky. But Computer Weekly reader Jon Steel was taken aback when his attempts to get an ADSL line moved not very far saw him...

Cognos takes the place of easyJet's Excel.(easyJet Airline Company Ltd. is using Cognos Inc.'s enterprise resource planning software)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukBudget airline easyJet is deploying Cognos enterprise resource planning software to replace an existing system that uses Excel workbooks.From this month Cognos Planning is being used across all of easyJet's fixed...

Linux cuts Kent Police system costs by 90%.(Kent Police used Novell Open Enterprise Server)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukKent Police has cut the cost of running its major criminal investigations system by 90% using Novell Open Enterprise Server, the company's version of SuSE Linux.The migration to Novell enabled Kent to scale...

News.(Oldham Council given contract to the partnership of HBS, Mouchel Parkman and Agilisys Inc.)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Oldham sets up ?260m IT transformation deal Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukOldham Council has awarded preferred bidder status to a partnership of three suppliers for a business transformation project worth ?260m over 10 years.The contract...

Right NHS formula is to 'keep it simple'.( National Health Service's National Programme for IT)
July 4, 2006... I have always disliked people who say "I told you so", but I find I am turning into one of them when I read about the controversies and travails surrounding the NHS National Programme for IT. I remember telling my Labour councillor that the...

News.(case against International Business Machines Corp. by The SCO Group Inc.)(RSA Security Inc. acquired by EMC Corp.)(computer viruses effecting email)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... in briefEMC to acquire RSA Security in ?1.5bn dealStorage supplier EMC is to buy RSA Security for ?1.5bn. EMC is one of the largest sellers of back-up and storage equipment, and many organisations use RSA's SecurID authentication tokens and...

News.
July 4, 2006... in briefThree members of virus writing group arrestedThree people in the UK and Finland have been arrested, following an international investigation into a virus writing group. Police said the men belong to the Moop group, which has been...

Smoothing the e-mail upgrade path.(using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003)
July 4, 2006... A number of organisations have recently upgraded from Microsoft Exchange 5.5, mostly to Exchange 2003. Their experience suggests that others who are looking to upgrade have a lot to consider.Upgrading has obvious benefits. For example, with...

Checking the form on file formats.(open document formats)(Editorial)
July 4, 2006... There are three ages of computing: the age of hardware, the age of software, and the age of data. It is data compatibility that is now becoming most important.In the first age of computing, it was the choice of hardware thatultimately drove the...

HP unleashes a worm to find and fix server holes.(Code Red attack)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukTechnology developed by HP Labs that uses virus propogation techniques to patch vulnerable servers is to be offered as a service.Created by Hewlett-Packard researchers in response to the Code Red attack, HP...

Dancing electrons may make computers race.(research by University of Bath)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukA research project has begun which could lead to the development of computers that run 500 times faster than machines today.The ?550,000 three-year project, led by the University of Bath, aims to develop a system...

Dell probes laptop blast.(at the conference in Japan)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukDell is investigating why one of its laptops exploded at a conference in Japan. Pictures showing flames bursting from the laptop were posted on the web. Dell said it would be "inappropriate to speculate"...

Users get to test drive Office suite preview.(Microsoft Office 2007)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukMicrosoft has launched an online preview of its Office 2007 suite that users can try without downloading the beta version.The software company said 2.5 million people had already downloaded the beta 2...

Match point for security with IBM's wireless Wimbledon.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Wimbledon Tennis Championships)(Brief article)
July 4, 2006... At the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, IT partner IBM is operating real-time wireless badge scanning to confirm the identity of contractors and temporary staff.The system means that workers have to present an accreditation badge for scanning by...

WinFS dropped as Office 2007 hit by further delays.(Microsoft Corp.)
July 4, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukMicrosoft is to further delay the launch of Office 2007 and will no longer develop WinFS, a technology designed to improve filing and searching documents on Windows Vista and Longhorn. A company spokesman said...

Cisco warns of wireless software bugs.(Cisco Systems Inc. found bugs in Wireless Control System)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukCisco has warned that its Wireless Control System has a series of bugs that could let hackers gain control of an installation. Wireless Control System is a local area network planning, configuration and...

Live-data app tests may.(Data Protection Act)(Compuware study of IT professionals about software testing)(Survey)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukIT directors could be in breach of the Data Protection Act because they are using live customer data to test their applications. In a study of 100 senior IT professionals by Vanson Bourne for IT services firm...

Reid puts the brake on ID card contracts.(Home Office)
July 11, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukThe Home Office has delayed putting its ?5.8bn national identity card programme out to tender until at least the end of the year.The postponement comes as the Home Office completes a review of the ID card...

Integration row as LCH boss leaves.(David Hardy resigns from LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd.)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukThe chief executive of pan-European clearing house LCH.Clearnet resigned last week following boardroom disputes over the company's failure to merge its technology platforms in the three years since...

Trust uncovers password sharing risk to patient data.(NHS trust)
July 11, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukThe UK's largest NHS trust has discovered endemic sharing of passwords and log-in identifications by staff, recording 70,000 cases of "inappropriate access" to systems, including medical records, in one...

News.(shortage of information technology professionals)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Skills fears as number of IT students plummetsBill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukThe UK is facing a shortage of skilled IT professionals following a sharp decline in the number of graduates studying IT at university, an industry report has...

Holidays at risk as online passport system collapses.(at the Home Office)
July 11, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukThe Home Office's Passport Service has trumpeted its 99.9% performance record for processing passports on time but later conceded that it has hit major problems with a new online service, and is asking people...

This examination of NHS IT scheme.(National Health Service)
July 11, 2006... Enough evidence now exists to make everyone aware that there are serious doubts as to whether the National Programme for IT will ever be able to provide the necessary IT capability to underpin the modernisation of the NHS.Everyone, that is,...

News.(Gartner Inc.'s survey on wireless local area network)(Survey)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... IT firms admit struggle to secure wireless Lans Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukAlmost 66% of technology businesses plan to expand their wireless local area network deployments during the next 12 months, but most admit they do not have...

Don't let the wheels come off your deal.(outsourcing management)
July 11, 2006... There has been a lot of publicity about users taking outsourced operations back in-house, but if you ensure you have the right ingredients for an outsourcing arrangement at the outset there is no reason for the relationship to founder.First,...

Paper firm links mobile staff to CRM.(Antalis is using Vecta's OnDemand service)(Customer relationship management )(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukPaper supplier Antalis has improved the efficiency of its mobile sales operation using a business intelligence system that is automatically updated with data uploaded by the company's mobile...

Growth of cybercrime is among top global threats to security, says FBI.(British Computer Society's World Wide Web Conference)(David Thomas of Federal Bureau of Investigation)
July 11, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.uk"Your security will be breached; it is just a case of when," David Thomas, deputy assistant director, FBI Cyberdivision, told the recent BCS-sponsored World Wide Web Conference in Edinburgh. During a talk...

News.(poll on business continuity)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... ?******The big*****questionin association withAre firms taking business continuity sufficiently seriously?55% Yes 45% NoThe Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question...

IT services are flying first-class in the big-spending world of the plane makers.(aerospace industry)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at aerospace manufacturing.Aerospace manufacturing is a technology-driven industry, and...

Where do you.(boardrooms information technology management)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... ould it be that positioning IT management at board level has become a shibboleth for those working in the higher echelons of the industry? Computer Weekly reader Chris Bee (Letters, page 24) certainly believes so, describing the desire for IT...

Here's how to vote for your IT greats.
July 11, 2006... To celebrate Computer Weekly's 40th anniversary, we want you to choose the people, organisations and technologies that have helped to shape the IT landscape.Most influential peopleThere are plenty of possible candidates, but who do you think...

'Standards, not infrastructure' are way forward for Lloyd's of London.
July 11, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian@rbi.co.ukLloyd's of London has no plans to reverse its recent arm's-length approach to market technology, five months after walking away from an ill-fated ?70m investment in electronic trading, the insurance market's...

News.(Computer Weekly awards for councils' IT excellence)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Awards to highlight councils' IT excellence Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukLocal authorities are being asked to put forward their most successful IT projects for the Society of IT Management's annual Local Government IT Excellence...

News.(Gary McKinnon arrested for hacking)(Microsoft Corp. is issuing patches for Windows)(another flaw is found in Microsoft Excel)
July 11, 2006... in briefUK to extradite suspect in US military hacking caseThe UK has agreed to extradite an alleged hacker to the US. Gary McKinnon is accused by the US of perpetrating the "biggest military hack of all time". He was arrested in June last year...

News.(Dreams is using radio frequency identification equipment)(International Business Machines Corp. won the contract of Thomas Cook UK)(PC World's e-mail handling)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... in briefDreams to trial RFID tags on beds from end of yearBed retailer Dreams will trial radio frequency identification tags on its beds from the end of this year. The retailers' IT director Lee Felton said, "Beds are suitable because they are...

Council's two-year transformation enables more work in less time.(ukWiltshire County Council given contract to Serco Ltd. for its new customer care unit )
July 11, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukWiltshire County Council has moved its key front-office functions to a customer care unit that is accessible through a single telephone number.The migration to the new unit was the centrepiece of a two-year...

a more sophisticated approach.(outsourcing of information technology services)
July 11, 2006... The decision to outsource any component of an IT infrastructure has become a familiar one in today's highly competitive business world. Common drivers include cost efficiencies and the ability to concentrate on the core business. In fact, the...

The CEO is serious about IT, so you need to get serious about businessUse the chance to get over to the business what IT can do for it.
July 11, 2006... The issueBusiness skills needed as IT leader moves up the corporate ladder Ben BoothBCS EliteTo find yourself in this situation suggests that the CEO feels that IT is sufficiently important to warrant their personal attention. Although this can...

Without business and interpersonal skills, you will not surviveIt's an ideal chance to learn from each other and bridge the IT gap.
July 11, 2006... Sharm ManwaniHenley Management CollegeYou are right to feel somewhat exposed, although you have taken a big step forward in recognising that you will need more expertise if you wish to take advantage of reporting to the chief executive. The...

Speciality add-ons keep mainframes on the move.(Arcati survey of users)(Survey)
July 11, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukMainframe users are increasingly polarised, with larger organisations showing no signs of giving up their big iron but smaller firms looking at Unix and Microsoft, according to a survey of IBM mainframe users....

Strategic buys elude IT heads.(survey by Bathwick Group and IBM)(Survey)(Brief article)
July 11, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukNearly half of IT directors feel they are failing to make sufficiently strategic purchasing decisions, research has shown.A survey of 236 IT directors from across the public and private sectors found that...

Building the value profile.(information technology departments)
July 11, 2006... It is no surprise that IT is often perceived to be the black hole of the balance sheet. Although the value of IT is expounded by analysts and suppliers, there is still no hard and fast way of making the connection between the cost of IT systems...

Recruit on ability, not colour or accent.
July 18, 2006... At IT directors' events I am usually the only black face, which is no credit to me as there are many bright black IT professionals out there being denied the chance of reaching the top.But many people are scared to talk about racism. Alas, just...

Internet's hardware complexity to make way for a simpler optical core.
July 18, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukOver the next decade the technical core of the internet will become much simpler, with optical technology dominating in switchers and routers, according to this year's BCS Lovelace lecture. Nick McKeown,...

Developers given choice of languages with SQL Server.(Microsoft and Sybase jointly developed DBMS software)
July 18, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it?In the year to May, Microsoft maintained its third place in terms of database market share, after Oracle and IBM. But according to Gartner, it grew faster than the industry average, which the...

Delay in ID cards scheme presents chance to avert disaster, say experts.
July 18, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukThe government's plans to roll out biometric identity cards by 2008 are, by its own admission, looking increasingly shaky.The ?5.8bn project has been put on hold until at least the end of the year, while home...

Taking control of your bandwidth.
July 18, 2006... Miya Knightscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukUnless you were holed up in the Big Brother house, the World Cup will not have failed to affect you recently.With many employees having access to a computer at their desk that often has a faster internet...

Fraudsters' ?55m booty as Revenue dithers on tax site.(Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs)
July 18, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukHM Revenue and Customs took 12 months to close down its online tax credit system after fraud was discovered, ultimately costing taxpayers ?55m.The delay is revealed in the department's annual audit report - a...

Forum to examine ID management.(appoints James Crosby)(Brief article)
July 18, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goowin@rbi.co.ukChancellor Gordon Brown has appointed James Crosby, chief executive of HBOS, to lead a new public private forum on identity management.The forum aims to examine how identity management technologies can be used...

Hackers collaborating to.
July 18, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukCriminals are adopting the techniques of the open source software community to develop increasingly dangerous forms of malicious code, according to a report by security specialist McAfee.Over the past 18...

Users in driving seat at fire service.(West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service contracts with SAP AG to install Human resource information systems)(Brief article)
July 18, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukWest Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has made end-user involvement a priority during the roll-out of a new ?500,000 HR system. The SAP system is hosted centrally and serves HR functions at 49 fire stations,...

News.(IT professionals views on European Commission judgement against Microsoft)(Brief article)
July 18, 2006... Should Microsoft have been fined forabusing its position?24% Yes76% NoThe Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a...

News.(Business Focus)(Skipton Building Society's IT spending)(Column)
July 18, 2006... Building societies shy away from in-house IT as banks just keep on spendingBusiness Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at building...

The simple way to tackle complexity.(Camelot Group PLC plans to integrate new IT infrastructure project for its Lottery system)
July 18, 2006... Julia Vowlercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukDelivering complex IT projects is never easy, but at National Lottery operator Camelot the pressure to do so is exceptionally intense. When it undertook a major project to replace all of its retail...

Gateway to cost-effective IT.
July 18, 2006... The glass and chrome building in the City of London that houses English Heritage's headquarters reveals an organisation that is very much part of the modern age. Although English Heritage is responsible for preserving history, it uses high-tech...

Pay rates for interim IT bosses rise.(Survey)(Brief article)
July 18, 2006... Tash Shifrin computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Pay rates for interim IT directors have increased by more than a third to ?80 an hour to meet the surge in demand, research has revealed.The figure from the iProfile Skills Survey - which was com?missioned...

Did lack of IT involvement at outsetdoom LCH.Clearnet's grand vision?(London Clearing House Ltd)
July 18, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukDavid Hardy's resignation from LCH.Clearnet earlier this month appears to be a rare example of a chief executive stepping down over an IT issue. His departure comes less than three years after the...

Chasing the merger gold.(Brief article)
July 18, 2006... here are few signs that the task of integrating systems when companies merge is any easier now than before the advent of sophisticated middleware and web-enabled systems.Indeed, as the complexity of systems increases, there is a strong argument...