Computer Weekly articles from June 2006

Computer Weekly archives from June 2006

CVs are poor indicators of success say recruiters.(Curriculum Vitae)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukSome 67% of recruitment managers do not believe that CVs are a useful indication of future success, research by Cranfield School of Management has revealed.Nearly 80% of those who use panel interviews and 86%...

NHS trusts penalised over IT plan deliveryover national IT obligations.(National Health Service)
June 6, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukSome managers in the health service are struggling to meet contractual commitments to multinational suppliers of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) - and their organisations are being fined for failing to...

BA expands Newcastle IT centre to help streamline back-office systems.(British Airways contracts with outsourcing companies in India)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukBritish Airways is expanding operations at its IT centre in Newcastle, as it gears up to streamline its back-office systems and develop BA.com as its primary IT system.The airline plans to hire 30 staff,...

Why audit is needed more than ever.( National Health Service national programme for IT)
June 6, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukWhen the health minister Lord Warner confirmed last week that core software for the NHS's National Programme for IT was at least two-and-a-half years late, he depicted the delay as the benign by-product of a...

SAP and council link for modernisation project.(Trafford Metropolitan City Council )(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukTrafford Metropolitan City Council is two-thirds through a three-phase joint development project with SAP to modernise its ageing social services IT system. The new software will provide a greater understanding...

R/3 users need to upgrade to take advantage of SOA.(SAP target to complete its serviced oriented architecture plans to launch new business management software 'MySAP 2005')
June 6, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukSAP is on target to complete its serviced oriented architecture strategy that links all its enterprise products by the end of the year. To take advantage of it, however, users will need to migrate to MySAP 2005,...

Pitney Bowes tackles data quality issue.(contracts with SAP for Human resource management software)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.ukOffice equipment manufacturer Pitney Bowes is preparing to give managers across the company access to SAP HR data using software from workforce specialist Human Concepts.The software will be used to improve the...

Councils need to share IT to cut costs, says Watmore.(Ian Watmore )
June 6, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukLocal authorities are mistaken if they think they can go it alone on delivering the IT-enabled cost savings ordered under the Transformational Government agenda and the Gershon efficiency review, Ian Watmore...

Oracle maps path to SOA for retail users.(using service oriented architecture to upgrading its retail management software 'Retail Merchandising System')(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukOracle has mapped out the next part of its service oriented architecture strategy, with an upgrade path for users of its retail software. Oracle has certified its Retail Merchandising System for use with Oracle...

Is there still life in the mainframe?(International Business Machines Corp. has released the third generation of its lower-cost mainframe computers )
June 6, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukIBM says it is breathing new life into the mainframe with a number of initiatives to woo new users, and wow existing ones. But is it still worth keeping the company's mainframes running?IBM's initiatives to...

Moving out of the comfort zone can put your career back in your hands.(Cazenove Group PLC's information management)
June 6, 2006... BEST DECISIONBack in 2001, I was five years into my role as CIO of Citigroup's European investment banking operation, and the IT team I headed had just won an industry award.Citigroup is the largest financial services organisation in the world,...

High spend on IT services highlights utility companies' preference for outsourcing.
June 6, 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 utilities companies.Spending on technology among large electricity, gas and water...

Software trends for the 21st century.(Andrew Herbert of the Microsoft research)
June 6, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukChanges in processor architecture will lead to a transformation in software design, according to Andrew Herbert, managing director of Microsoft research, Cambridge. In a lecture organised by the Royal...

Build your CV with cutting-edge job.
June 6, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukWhether you are just starting out or developing your IT career, the software industry is one of the most promising places to look. It can offer challenging and rewarding environments at the cutting edge....

News.(Biometry e-licensing)(BBC News, by mistake interviewed Guy Goma)
June 6, 2006... Do you have a biometric e-licence for that rod?Slowly but surely, the evidence is beginning to stack up that the UK has this e-government game well and truly cracked.Last week the Environment Agency proudly announced that the number of anglers...

IT volunteers needed for.(Companiesto encourage their employees to help local charities to improve staff retention, attract the best potential recruits and promote a positive image for their organisation)
June 6, 2006... John Rileyjohn.riley@rbi.co.ukCompanies that encourage their employees to offer their skills to help local charities stand to improve staff retention, attract the best potential recruits and promote a positive image for their organisation.That...

Use of Ajax development grows despite controversy.(Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)(extensible markup language)
June 6, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it?Ajax is a collection of technologies and techniques intended to make web applications as responsive, interactive and rich as their desktop equivalents. Instead of reloading the page every time a...

Enforce your security plan.(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... o lose a laptop may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose a laptop with 26.5 million IDs, including names, social security numbers and dates of birth, smacks of carelessness.As the true story of the theft of data at the US Department for...

towards a new age of innovation.
June 6, 2006... The National Computing Centre, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this Saturday (10 June), is well positioned to be the hub of the future convergence between IT and broadcasting, says its group chief executive Michael Gough. The NCC's...

US veteran ID theft scandal deepens.(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukThe US Department for Veterans Affairs discovered the theft of 26.5 million former US soldiers' records last month through office gossip, investigators have told Congress.The electronic records - including...

IFA service goes flexible on.(Independent financial advisers)(Royal LiverEs Progress, friendly society e-business service for independent financial advisers )
June 6, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukProgress, friendly society Royal Liver's e-business service for independent financial advisers, has evolved a multisourcing strategy to buy in the functionality it needs on a project-by-project...

SAP-based overhaul saves CIS ?30m.(claims bill after restructuring its claims management processes and systems around SAP software)
June 6, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukInsurance firm CIS has reported savings of ?30m on its claims bill after restructuring its claims management processes and systems around SAP software. The motor and home insurer, which is owned by...

Banks embrace multi-supplier model.(using some combination of outsourcing and offshoring services )(Survey)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukFinancial services organisations are starting to embrace a sophisticated global sourcing model, covering multiple suppliers, geographies and vertical, business-specific processes.Research from...

News.(Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange plans to merge to create the world's first global exchange)(National tourism agency VisitBritain plans to implement Citrix Access Platform )(illegally accessing sensitive data survey)(Survey)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... IN BRIEFIT savings key to global stock exchange planEuronext and the New York Stock Exchange have agreed a merger to create the world's first global exchange, with expected technology synergies lying at the heart of the deal. Two-thirds of the...

Northern rejigs its supply chain to optimise RFID.(Northern Foods PLC)(radio frequency identification equipment)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukNorthern Foods, which supplies ?1.4bn of convenience food a year to UK supermarkets, is redesigning its supply chain to better use the information it has gathered from deploying radio frequency identification...

IBM develops tool to aid IT usage billing.(International Business Machines Corp. launches billing software 'IBM Usage and Accounting Manager')(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukIBM has developed software to help IT directors track the use of computing assets across different types of systems.Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager is designed to provide companies and IT outsourcing...

News.(World Cup (Soccer) sports programmes)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... IT departments across the UK will be struggling to keep business processes flowing as staff soak up bandwidth watching World Cup matches online this month.The BBC will be streaming first stage games, which start this week, over the internet....

News.(Tesco plans to pilot radio frequency identification technology to tag and track milk deliveries from supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies)(Microsoft developing workgroup software 'Microsoft Exchange Server 2007' )(Symantec patches flaw in anti-virus software)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... IN BRIEFTesco moves to the next stage with RFID milk pilotTesco plans to pilot radio frequency identification technology to tag and track milk deliveries from supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies to distribution plants and two Tesco stores. With the...

Why IT governance is the great enabler.
June 6, 2006... Most organisations would deem anyone making the statement in the title of this article totally mad. After all, it is a known fact that all corporate governance does is add to the expenses bill, especially the IT costs. What is more, it does not...

Council streamlines processes by putting education benefits online.(East Renfrewshire Council)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukEast Renfrewshire Council has cut the paperwork used to administer its education benefits by 66% after enabling parents to apply online for school meals and clothing grants.The Scottish local authority has...

Eliminate the weak links in back-up.(data storage devices)
June 6, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukIT managers often wrestle with exponential data growth, data compliance requirements, and service and availability demands from the business. As they implement faster back-up systems, they must make sure data...

SMEs struggling on way to.(small and medium sized companies technology usage)
June 6, 2006... Gary Eastwoodcomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukSmaller organisations do not have the luxury of piloting every new piece of technology that comes along to see how the business can benefit. But with so much change in mobile technology, it would appear...

Test Internet Protocol v6 now, analysts urge firms.(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukCompanies are being urged to pilot Internet Protocol version 6 as the next-generation networking standard is increasingly included in desktop operating systems.Systems such as Windows Vista, XP SP2, Linux and...

Lab drills into RFID tag data.(Teradata help firms develop deep analytics, predictive modelling and data mining systems)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukTeradata has set up a lab to allow retailers and consumer goods companies to analyse data captured by radio frequency identification applications across their supply chains.The Retail Advanced Business...

Hybrid hard drive boosts notebook PC performance.(Samsung Super Fetch)(Microsoft Corp.'s WinHec hardware developers conference)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukA hybrid hard drive demonstrated by Samsung at Microsoft's WinHec hardware developers conference last week could herald more efficient notebook computers. Samsung's drive aims to significantly reduce the boot...

Free security for Vista Beta.(CA Inc.'s eTrust EZ Antivirus program)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukCA is offering users of Microsoft's Windows Vista Beta 2 operating system a free trial subscription of its eTrust EZ Antivirus program.The one-year CA trial includes daily virus updates and unlimited...

Vodafone hots up e-mail.(Nokia E61 with Vodafone Business Email system is released)(Brief article)
June 6, 2006... Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukVodafone has released a Nokia business handset as part of its strategy to offer an alternative to the Blackberry push e-mail system.Equipped with the Vodafone Business Email system, the Nokia E61 spearheads...

Above average spending on IT shows life insurers' growing reliance on technology.(Brief article)
June 13, 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 the life insurance industry.The life insurance industry is undergoing a quiet IT...

Stay at home and get on with the job.(trends in home working)
June 13, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukNothing prepares someone for a productive day's work like sitting in a traffic jam for an hour with their blood pressure slowly rising. Unless it is being squeezed into a commuter train sardine-fashion and...

How safe is chip and Pin technology?
June 13, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukThe ?1.1bn introduction of chip and Pin cards was sold to the public and the retail industry, which bore the cost of its roll out, with the promise that it would cut the climbing card fraud bill. The only...

News.(Cambridge police contracts with Arqiva Public Safety for upgrade its communications network)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Cambridge police get together on WanCambridgeshire Constabulary is preparing to upgrade its communications network, having signed a ?2.6m five-year deal with Arqiva Public Safety. Arqiva will build a wide area network to connect 19 premises...

News.(Microsoft drops plans for Office PDF)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Microsoft drops plans for Office PDF featureTash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukMicrosoft has axed plans to include a feature allowing users to save files in PDF format in the next version of its Office suite, following a dispute with Adobe...

News.(International Federation of Association Football ready for cyber attack on World Cup)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Fifa ready for cyber attack on World CupWill Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukThe football World Cup kicked off last week with Fifa's IT team expecting a major denial of service attack on its networks.Fifa has been preparing for an attack...

News.(Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is investigating 40 separate cases of organised tax credit fraud)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Auditor reveals scale of fake ID tax credit fraudLindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukHM Revenue and Customs is investigating 40 separate cases of organised tax credit fraud, most of which used hijacked or false identities. HMRC admitted last...

Clothing firm to overhaul its core systems.(Edinburgh Woollen Mill contracts with BT Expedite )(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukEdinburgh Woollen Mill has begun an 18-month project to replace its core systems. The clothing retailer, which had sales of ?160m last year and income through concessions of ?20m, needs more flexible systems...

Mega merger sparks IT integration race.(New York Stock Exchange, Euronext)
June 13, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukDramatic cost savings through IT consolidation are at the heart of the planned merger of two of the world's largest stock exchanges, but IT experts have raised doubts about the ambitious integration...

MiFID to push rates up.(Markets in Financial Instruments Directive)(Investment banks will need 30-strong teams of analysts and technical architects )(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukCity business analysts will see their rates increase by 20% before the end of the year as investment banks compete for skilled people to implement the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.Business and...

News.(Red Hat acquires JBoss Group L.L.C.)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Red Hat completes JBoss dealTash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukLinux supplier Red Hat has completed the acquisition of open source middleware firm JBoss in a deal worth ?187m, plus an extra ?38m if future sales targets are met.The deal will...

Screwfix seeks sales.(Screwfix Direct contracts with Vecta software for installing Sales Intelligence software)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukScrewfix Direct, supplier of trade tools, accessories and hardware products, is to install Vecta's Sales Intelligence software with the aim of improving management information and boosting sales. The company...

Shell keeps chip and Pin on red light.(Shell U.K. Ltd. reinstate its chip and Pin card payment system at its petrol stations)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukShell has yet to reinstate its chip and Pin card payment system at its petrol stations following the exposure of a ?1m fraud. The fraud was made public at the beginning of May, after eight people were...

How far is this tax fiasco down to IT?(Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs's awareness of how its computer problems contributed to the overpayment)
June 13, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukThe government has no real idea how much IT failures contributed to the tax credit debacle that saw claimants overpaid by ?1.8bn in 2004-2005, according to a key House of Commons committee.The Treasury...

Experts to offer outsourcing advice.(Outsource World conference and exhibition )(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukUsers and suppliers of outsourcing services will gather at London's Business Design Centre on 12-13 July to address the issues surrounding the topic.The Outsource World conference and exhibition...

UK IT leaders plan a night under the stars for charity.(Byte Night charity in an effort to raise funds to combat child homelessness)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukAbout 250 senior IT professionals will take part in the annual Byte Night charity sleep-out on London's Embankment on 22 September in an effort to raise ?300,000 to combat child...

'Bad design' of B2B websites hits sales.(Business-to-business e-commerce)(Survey)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukCommercial websites aimed at business users are losing out through bad design, despite their potential to generate far more money than consumer sites, research has shown.Business-to-business websites offer...

Investigating why people misuse computers and how to stop them.(British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival of Science )
June 13, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhy individuals commit computer misuse and the way in which they relate to the virtual world is to be raised by Stefan Fafinski, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, when he gives the Joseph Lister...

News.(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... ?******The big*****questionin association withShould staff be allowed to watch the World Cup at work?98% Yes 2% NoThe Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to...

IT problems cost Cadbury.(Cadbury Schweppes contracts with SAP AG for enterprise resource planning system)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukIT problems at the UK arm of Cadbury Schweppes have contributed to a ?12m deficit in profits, according to its chief executive, Tod Stitzer.There were manufacturing and supply chain issues relating to the...

sharing the load.(federal information technology management)
June 13, 2006... Central government has long believed that fewer people could be employed in support functions if only the different public sector bodies could be persuaded to share their back-office IT systems.Whitehall's efforts to promote shared IT services...

Data clean-up saves ?100k for London Business Link.(Business Link for London)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukBusiness Link for London, the government support service for SMEs, has spent the last two years reducing duplicate data in its database from 25% to 2.5%. The organisation said this has boosted efficiency and...

open source makes a good donation.(UK charities plans to establish central information system infrastructure)
June 13, 2006... If you still think of charities as the Cinderella of the IT world, languishing in a corner, with little resources and no budget, working on aged, donated equipment, prepare to think again.These days, larger UK charities are multimillion-pound...

Take on the Java world as Atlas battles with Ajax.(Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software)(Microsoft luanches web development applications software)
June 13, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it?Atlas is the set of free extensions Microsoft has added to Active Server Pages (ASP.net) to provide Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) development functionality. Ajax is an approach to web...

Talk is the key to effective IT.(Information technology crucial role in corporate success or failure)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... he word "governance" is enough to make any old-time techie reach for a gun - either to shoot himself in a fit of depression or to get even with those whose sole mission seems to be to take the last scraps of fun out of computing.But governance...

Open source is facing a long climb.(Survey)
June 13, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukMaking use of open source rather than proprietary software is still a low priority for IT directors, with 19% of companies having deployed it in part of the organisation, and a further 4% using it...

Wanted! Meeting of minds at the top.
June 13, 2006... In 1776, when Adam Smith wrote "when ownership and control of corporations are not fully coincident, there is potential for conflicts of interest between owners and controllers", little did he appreciate that he was sowing the seeds for what...

News.(Brewin Dolphin Securities contracts with Dimension Data for roll out a converged network)(1.5 million new IT jobs in Europe by 2010)(Microsoft to release evaluation version of 'Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003')(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... IN BRIEFBrewin Dolphin Securities to use converged networkPortfolio manager Brewin Dolphin Securities is to roll out a converged network. The project, implemented by Dimension Data, involves upgrading voice infrastructures using Avaya Media...

News.(Microsoft update its applications with security patches )(Government outsourcing forecasts)(British Library is adopting a new data security system to store web publishing content)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... IN BRIEFStitch in time saves nine for Microsoft big threeMicrosoft will today update its applications with a dozen security patches as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday. Nine of them are fixes for Windows, two for Office and one for Exchange....

IBM's latest DB2 database server lifts off.(International Business Machines Corp.)
June 13, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukAfter five years of development, IBM has finally launched the next generation of its DB2 database server.Available next month, DB2 9 offers XML technology called PureXML, which allows users to manage both...

Going, going, gone: OGC.(Office of Government Commerce said that sector organisations have used an electronic auction to achieve a total of 41% savings )(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukThe Office of Government Commerce (OGC) said 12 public sector organisations have used an electronic auction to achieve a total of 41% savings on IT hardware.The OGC, which is the Treasury's purchasing...

Yell to introduce biometric.(Yell Group contracts with Imprivata)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukInternational directories company Yell plans to meet compliance regulations by using fingerprint recognition devices to authenticate thousands of staff logging on to its computer systems.The biometric devices...

News.(Expenditures on IT courses for skill development in IT industry)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Next MoveThe questionHow do I best spend?4,000 on IT courses?I am serving in the forces and have many instructional military qualifications, but I also have NVQ level three in telecommunications and networking in a Windows-based format. I...

Audit office set to publish delayed NHS IT inquiry.(National Health Service)
June 13, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukPublic spending watchdog the National Audit Office is due to publish this week the delayed findings of a two-year inquiry into the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Auditors will also brief some MPs...

What's in a name? A lot if it's on an e-mail.(facsimile transmission)
June 13, 2006... Faxing is still the number one method for sending and receiving official international messages that must be signed, according to a recent Gallup/Pitney Bowes poll. It costs Fortune 500 companies an average of ?8m per year. I doubt that figure...

in at the cutting edge.(Public sector organisations have been able to invest in cutting-edge technology )
June 13, 2006... Public sector IT has been transformed over the past decade as the government has poured billions of pounds into e-government. Public sector organisations have been able to invest in cutting-edge technology such as content management, customer...

Five councils deploy a secure child protection register to help NHS.(National Health Service)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukFive local authorities are sharing an index of social care records with the NHS in a bid to identify when vulnerable children are admitted to hospital.Hampshire County Council, Isle of Wight Council,...

Growing support for open option.(Software industry are planning to adding open source technology to their IT procurement )
June 13, 2006... Miya Knightscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukMore and more organisations are adding open source technology to their IT procurement options, but the key question has always been whether open source technologies are robust enough for business. The...

Eclipse tool optimises travel website.(Maritz Travel contracts with Lombardi Software)(Brief article)
June 13, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukIT managers can spearhead efficiencies in their companies by using open standards Eclipse-based tools to restructure their business processes. One company that has taken this approach is global travel provider...

Microsoft tackles the data overload with search tools.
June 13, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukMicrosoft has unveiled its enterprise search strategy to UK IT directors, bringing together desktop, intranet and web searching.The goal, according to Jon Beighle, general manager of the online services group at...

Last chance to book your place at the industry ball.
June 20, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukThere is only a fortnight to go until this year? Intellect IT Industry Charity Ball, which takes place on Tuesday 27 June. The event, which is supported by Computer Weekly and the Worshipful...

Teachers association cuts hardware costs with virtualisation technology.(Association of Teachers and Lecturers )
June 20, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukThe Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is using virtualisation to cut its hardware costs, recover quickly from systems failures and maintain business continuity.In the next six months, the ATL will...

BAE looks to improve plane design using high-performance computing.(BAE SYSTEMS PLC using Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003)(Brief article)
June 20, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.uk BAE Systems is to develop a proof-of-concept design system for planes using a Microsoft-based grid computer system run by the University of Southampton. The news came as Microsoft issued a pre-release version...

Network overhaul keeps easyJet on course for IT-enabled expansion.(easyJet Airline Company Ltd.)
June 20, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukBudget airline easyJet has this month completed the full migration of its servers to a hosted platform as part of a major IT transformation programme to support the company? expansion plans.The airline is...

?Rushed? ID card scheme is a missed opportunity, IT suppliers warn MPs.(implemented by Home Office)
June 20, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukIT suppliers and academics have attacked the government over the way it is managing the ?5.8bn national identity card programme.IT suppliers association Intellect, Microsoft and academic specialists said the...

Report fuels calls for new NHS IT review.(National Health Service National Programme for IT )
June 20, 2006... Will NHS project cost ?37bn?The National Audit Office report has added to confusion surrounding the total cost of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. The report identified an extra ?3bn centrally funded spending on the programme, in...

Severn Trent looks to gain single view of its IT assets.
June 20, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukSevern Trent Water is to procure a major IT management system that will give it both a business view and a systems view across its wide and varied IT landscape. The utility company already has monitoring...