Computer Weekly articles from May 2005

Computer Weekly archives from May 2005

Recruitment in disarray?(software industry, management)
May 10, 2005... Common sense on jobs will bridge the skills gap David LambertOpinion The software industry now has so many facets that require in-depth specialisation that no matter how hard you work at it, it is no longer practical to try to be...

British computer society ; Emphasise change management to boost chances of project success, experts advise.
May 10, 2005... Debate concludes IT is low on the list of reasons for project failuresl Poor management seen as frequent cause when programmes go wrong John Kavanagh computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Many IT projects get off on the wrong foot through the...

Siemens IT staff ensure election coverage runs smoothly.(Siemens Business Services)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... IT professionals from Siemens Business Services were busy behind the scenes at the BBC last week to ensure the broadcaster's election coverage went smoothly. The services partner, which signed a 10-year, [pounds sterling]2bn IT outsourcing...

Be clear, be organised.(forecast of outsourcing)(Column)
May 10, 2005... Simon Phillips and Mark Leach Opinion The underlying economic reasons for outsourcing a business function have long seemed compelling. By outsourcing, so the theory goes, companies gain access to the specialised knowledge of their...

Supplier relations; Microsoft selects its UK security chief after a six-month search.(Ben Booth)
May 10, 2005... Supplier confirms it is ready to fill gap left by departure of Stuart Okin l Position provides important link between UK users and Microsoft Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Microsoft has selected its next chief security...

call management ; Speech app cuts costs at Premier Travel Inn.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Premier Travel Inn has gone live with a fully automated reservations system based on speech-recognition software. The firm expects the system to significantly reduce its call centre costs. ...

IN BRIEF.
May 10, 2005... Message gateway cuts hospital's spam burden Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust has dramatically reduced calls to its IT helpdesk by upgrading its anti-spam defences, installing Proofpoint Messaging Security gateway hardware. The trust said it...

IN BRIEF.
May 10, 2005... Data is safe with Indian suppliers, says FSA The Financial Services Authority has given operational offshoring to India a clean bill of health after investigating concerns about the safety of customer data. The regulator visited 10...

Skills; Change in IT skills pyramid will see demand for new roles.
May 10, 2005... Alwyn Welch Opinion The UK IT skills market is entering uncharted waters. Economic indicators suggest that growth in demand will remain low and this, in combination with increased offshoring, will result in a reduced number and...

Enterprise software; BEA targets end-users with composite tools.(BEA Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk BEA is working on application development tools for non-technical staff. The aim is to enable business managers, human resources staff, functional analysts and security professionals to create...

Training; Trainer assessment programme can help firms measure effectiveness of IT training.
May 10, 2005... More than 60 FTSE100 companies are using Tap-certified trainers l Tap aims to ensure trainers can communicate technical skills effectively Karen Gomm karen.gomm@rbi.co.uk More than 1,000 IT departments in the UK are putting their...

employment; Firms sought to help young people from deprived areas into ITwork.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Employers are being invited to take part in a work experience programme that is helping youngsters from deprived areas to pursue careers in IT. The e-skills4industry programme, a public-private...

Security; Quantum encryption demo shows secure video conference potential.
May 10, 2005... Quantum approach can generate a key for each frame of video l Any attempt to tap into fibre optic data stream can be detected Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Quantum cryptography could be used to provide totally secure video...

e-mail management; Most finance sector IT leaders don't know cost of running e-mail systems, study finds.
May 10, 2005... 77% of IT directors polled unable to calculate total cost of messagingl Most plan to spend more on securing systems over the next three years Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Seventy-seven per cent of IT directors in...

mobile applications ; Danwood engineers link direct to supplier by PDA.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Office equipment firm trading electronically with key suppliersl Orders from field engineers' PDAs get to supplier without re-keying Karen Gomm karen.gomm@rbi.co.uk Office equipment supplier Danwood has used mobile technology to...

public sector; Outsourcing contract may save Swansea Council [pounds sterling]72m.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Lindsay Clark computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Swansea City Council's 10-year e-government programme will create savings of up to [pounds sterling]72m, the council has estimated. The savings will come from the controversial [pounds...

networks ; Broadband deal aids gaming expansion.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Leisure Link Group has signed a [pounds sterling]45m, five-year contract with BT to use its broadband network to support the company's gaming and entertainment machines. The deal builds on...

outsourcing ; Finance firms step up offshore outsourcing.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Financial services companies are set to increase the amount of mortgage processing, insurance underwriting and claims processing they outsource to offshore locations, analyst firm Datamonitor has...

retail; Metro demonstrates next generation RFID system.(radio frequency identification)
May 10, 2005... Second-generation RFID tags more resilient l Analysts predict widespread adoption l 100 Metro suppliers to migrate by end of the year Karen Gomm karen.gomm@rbi.co.uk Metro Group, the world's third largest retailer, has held the...

supplier relations; IBM restructuring could mean better service and lower prices.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk IBM has insisted that that it will be able to improve its service to users following its announcement last week of up to 13,000 job cuts, many of which are in Europe. IBM intends reduce staff...

jobs market; Number of IT job vacancies continues to grow.
May 10, 2005... Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk The IT jobs market is continuing to expand, with the number of advertised posts up 70% compared with the same period last year, the latest ComputerWeekly/SSL analysis of the jobs market has revealed....

security; Microsoft speeds up alert service.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Microsoft is this week set to announce an improvement to its security advisory service that will mean users are informed about security problems more quickly. Microsoft does not currently inform...

NHSsmartcard registration will erode time available for patients.(National Health Service)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... Time spent by doctors and nurses registering for access cards set to absorb 160,000 hours Tony Collins tony.collins@rbi.co.uk The NHS stands to lose more than 160,000 hours in the working time of doctors, nurses and other health...

Computer Weekly wins top honour.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... ComputerWeekly was last week declared the UK's campaigning magazine of the year at the publishing industry's annual awards for editorial excellence, presented by Joanna Lumley. This is the second year running the magazine has won the...

risk assessment; Survey finds most IT directors unaware of business risks.
May 10, 2005... Helen Beckett computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Most IT directors do not know the full business risks associated with delivering IT services, according to a survey of 178 UK companies. The research found high levels of ignorance and low...

NHS IT directors' smartcard concerns.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2005... IT directors in the NHS say there are unanswered questions over the issuing of smartcards: What will happen if doctors and nurses forget to bring their cards to work? Will ward staff and GP practices try to make life simpler by...

going offshore.(Britannia Airways planning to outsource)
May 10, 2005... Moving work to parts of the world where labour is cheaper has always been an economic reality, but offshore working has a particular appeal for IT. Software development lends itself to discrete projects that can be executed by remote teams. And...

what's the pay-off?(British Telecommunications PLC contract with Computacente)
May 10, 2005... It might seem strange that BT should win a contract to provide all Royal Mail's network services only a year or so after contracting out its own internal desktop IT support to Computacenter. The Computacenter deal was perhaps not the best...

Award attests to need for change.(Computer Weekly)
May 10, 2005... Computer Weekly's long and hard-fought campaign to achieve more openness and accountability on government IT projects has been recognised in the magazine "Oscars" ceremony in London. Computer Weekly won the prestigious Editorial Campaign of...

Letters.
May 10, 2005... Softer skills needed to cure IT's arrogance Heather Moore Managing director, Parity Business Solutions Further to your coverage of skills shortages, there is a gap in IT for roles requiring skills normally deemed to be "female":...

BRITISH computer society ; Clear business case and user engagement are keys toproject management success.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Complex business change programmes must be managed from the topl Programmes need a business reason, not a technology reason John Kavanagh computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk IT success depends not on technology or systems skills but on...

Volvo Group to develop in-house PKI.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Volvo Group has developed an in-house system for generating digital certificates for its encrypted e-mail system. The motor manufacturer is using an nShield hardware security module from nCipher to support the system. nShield protects the...

smart projects Leeds aims to cut costs with information lifecycle management ; University updates storage system to cope with data growth and support grid project.
May 17, 2005... Karen Gomm karen.gomm@rbi.co.uk The University of Leeds has spent [pounds sterling]1.1m on an information lifecycle management system to help it cope with an increasing volume of data and enable it to take part in a grid computing...

Away days promote teamworking.
May 17, 2005... Julia Vowler julia.vowler@rbi.co.uk Social functions, team away days and job rotations are among the policies used by forward-thinking organisations to encourage effective teamwork. The Adult Learning Inspectorate, which won the...

teamworking Winners of Computer Weekly's Best Places to Work Awards demonstrate how teamwork helps to improve communications and efficiency among staff ; Building team spirit to boost productivity.(Best Places to Work Award )
May 17, 2005... Julia Vowler julia.vowler@rbi.co.uk The link between staff who work closely in a team and a happy, productive workplace has been recognised for decades. Team-building events are often extra-curricular, taking place outside the...

strategy Kaplan and Norton's measurement tool can also be used for guiding strategy; Balanced scorecard provides framework to help companies improve ITperformance.(Book Review)
May 17, 2005... Delivering IT and e-business value, by Leslie Willcocks and Valerie Graeser Broad performance measurement suffers from several weaknesses, according to industry specialists and academics. Measurement systems can fail to...

Compliance; In-house turf wars hinder success of compliance projects.
May 17, 2005... Nick Huber nick.huber@rbi.co.uk Poor communication between IT departments and finance departments is hampering compliance projects, according to Laurie Stephens, vice-president and head of compliance services at Capgemini. ...

outsourcing; Prudential predicts outsourcing deal will play a major role in enabling [pounds sterling]26m savings.
May 17, 2005... Company outsourcing development of customer and product databasel Deal highlights growing outsourcing trend among financial organisations Nick Huber nick.huber@rbi.co.uk Financial services organisation Prudential has said an...

training; E-learning versus classroom courses: a question of value.
May 17, 2005... Robert Chapman Opinion Fads generate millions of devotees, deliver results for a short period and then suddenly fail, leaving fans dejected and disenchanted. The Atkins diet, boybands, even the dotcom bubble have all fallen by the...

software; Compuware delivers Adlex quality control.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Software tools provider Compuware is planning to extend its tools family with the acquisition of US service delivery management company Adlex for [pounds sterling]19m. Adlex provides service...

training; Scheme to help youngsters in deprived areas provides firms with IT support staff.
May 17, 2005... Skills4IT course helps over 40 youngsters to achieve their potentiall 10 colleges support work experience with practical training Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk An IT training programme for youngsters in deprived areas is...

data retrieval; Prising value from unstructured data is becoming a high priority.(Apple Computer (UK) Ltd. and Microsoft)
May 17, 2005... Microsoft and Apple to include core search technology in latest OSl Powerful search tool will be included in government news service Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk The ability to retrieve and search unstructured data is...

RFID ; Oracle and Sybase offer RFID enterprise integration to databases and applications.(data radio frequency identification technology)
May 17, 2005... Data RFID integration technology becomes available for databasesl Managing assets on just one system cuts costs and reduces inventory losses Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Software suppliers are beginning to provide ways...

software piracy National Hi-Tech Crime Unit should give piracy a lower priority; Cybercrime fight under-funded as millions 'wasted' on software piracy convictions.
May 17, 2005... Peter SommerOpinion Earlier this month sentences were handed down to UK members of DrinkorDie, the international software piracy "warez" group. The judge, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) all...

Java flows from the browser to the datacentre.(Java's 10th anniversary)
May 17, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Java's 10th anniversary marks the evolution of Sun's programming language from a tool to write fancy interactive websites to a fully-fledged development platform for enterprise computing. The...

Sun still shining despite long-running legal spat.(Sun Microsystems claims Microsoft)
May 17, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Java has been one of the IT industry's major success stories. Sun Microsystems, which launched the product, claims it is used by more than four million enterprise developers worldwide. For many it...

the challenge ahead Following the general election, government CIO Ian Watmore sets out his agenda for change in the first of a series of exclusive monthly columns; Toward a step change in IT professionalism.
May 17, 2005... Ian Watmore Opinion Is it right to press on with IT-enabled public service delivery when the last decade's high-profile "failures" caused many to question whether we can or should pursue this path? This question was centre stage at...

Java Language will be central to the future development of online applications and services; Ten years on, has Java managed to deliver its promise of 'write once, use anywhere'?
May 17, 2005... Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk The Java programming language was launched 10 years ago this month with a series of grandiose claims from its promoters. Like most IT products, it may not have fully lived up to the launch hype,...

contracts; Skills Council extends Xansa deal.(Learning and Skills Council bids)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk The Learning and Skills Council has awarded Xansa a two-year IT contract extension worth [pounds sterling]24m. Xansa has worked with the Learning and Skills Council since March 2001 and the...

Telephony; BA calls on Cisco for VoIP project.(British Airways contract with Cisco Systems Ltd. for voice over internet protocol project)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk British Airways has signed a deal with Cisco to improve communications for 14,000 office and airport staff by installing a voice over IP phone system. The project will be the largest of its...

hardware; Google targets SMEs with the Mini.(small and medium-sized businesses, launched Google Mini)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Search technology firm Google has launched its first hardware appliance for small and medium-sized businesses. The Google Mini is an integrated hardware/software search appliance that...

supplier expertise; Call for common skills framework.(British Computer Society)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk The British Computer Society is pressing major IT suppliers to adopt a common framework to assess and describe the skills of their staff. It wants to create a single set of job descriptions and...

Outsourcing Failure to complete accounts leads list of concerns highlighted in reports; Bedfordshire's [pounds sterling]267m partnership under review as high hopes fail to reach fruition.(Bedfordshire County Council and HBS)
May 17, 2005... Lindsay Clark computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Bedfordshire County Council and outsourcing provider HBS are conducting a major review of their [pounds sterling]267m partnership four years into its 12-year duration. The Strategic Service...

Networks; Charity uses global intranet to link field staff.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Karen Gomm karen.gomm@rbi.co.uk Christian Aid has linked its international workers by implementing a global corporate intranet using Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server. For the first time staff in the charity's international...

Java BA aims to save [pounds sterling]100m a year by moving customer service online; British Airways' trust in Java set to pay dividends as savings take off.
May 17, 2005... Lindsay Clark computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk British Airways is set to save [pounds sterling]100m from its customer transaction costs and was able to move its systems to a Linux platform because of investment in Java technology. The...

Management; UK CIOs 'in shadow of finance team'.(surveys)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Chief information officers are losing the confidence of their boards increasingly feel in the shadow of finance teams as compliance issues come to the fore. A survey of 808 CIOs worldwide,...

Accenture called in as clearing house struggles to pull off system merger ; Rescue bid launched for City integration project.
May 17, 2005... Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Clearing house LCH.Clearnet has called in consultancy Accenture to help rescue one of the City of London's largest IT projects. The organisation ordered an external review into a project to...

public sector; Birmingham Council plans 1,500 seat trial of open source desktops.
May 17, 2005... Public-facing PCs to be trialled as well as core council office systemsl Independent evaluation to examine potential cost savings and productivity Lindsay Clark computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Birmingham City Council is to carry out...

software; Microsoft improves branch office support in Windows Server R2.
May 17, 2005... Interim operating system release contains significant new features l Release should ease concerns of Software Assurance licence holders Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Microsoft has unveiled the first public beta version of R2,...

Tony Blair to monitor status of top 20 IT projects.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Tony Collins tony.collins@rbi.co.uk The prime minister Tony Blair is to receive briefings on the top 20 IT-related projects in government so that he and his team have a detailed understanding of how well they are progressing. The...

mobile applications; TNT to provide staff with e-mail smartphones rather than laptops.
May 17, 2005... Up to 700 employees will use the Nokia Communicator 9500l TNT will treat the smartphone as fully supported hardware Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Logistics company TNT is to provide up to 700 staff worldwide with mobile...

Nokia's plans for reducing call costs.(speech of Scott Cooper of Nokia Enterprise Systems)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Mobile phone maker Nokia has said corporate users should tackle the increasing costs of mobile phone calls by making the phone the responsibility of the IT department. Speaking at Nokia's...

Software; Sun delays Linux feature in Solaris 10.(product enhancement)
May 17, 2005... Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Sun Microsystems is delaying Linux support and a new file system for Salaris 10. Users had originally been promised that the Janus Linux support system, which allows unmodified Linux...

Make it pay to be ahead of the pack.(information technology puchasing)
May 17, 2005... "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" was a maxim of the industry for many years. While the phrase certainly reflected the respect - even awe - Big Blue was held in, it was also a wry comment on the "I'd better watch my back" school of IT...

my take; Ashley Braganza, ; director of nexus, ; Cranfield's ; Knowledge; Exchange, guides; you through this; week's issue.
May 17, 2005... Ian Watmore The public sector has had its fair share (more than most many might argue) of bad news stories. It remains one of the biggest investors in IT. Ian Watmore's intention to introduce change management of IT implementation is to be...

RFID strategy will boost future ROI.(radio frequency identification, return on investment)(beliefs of Nigel Montgomery)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Nigel Montgomery, director of European research at analyst firm AMR, has welcomed the arrival of RFID integration software from Oracle and Sybase. He said the offerings had come early for...

mobile ; W3C aids mobile access.(World Wide Web Consortium launched "Mobile Web Initiative")(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... W3C launches Mobile Web Initiative to improve mobile web experience l Guidelines issued for development of web content for mobiles Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched the Mobile...

Why stick your neck out?(technology application of business enterprises)
May 17, 2005... Does it pay to be a trailblazer for new technologies or suppliers? Sally Flood talks to three early adopters about the pros and cons Asurvey of 1,500 IT directors found that their biggest concern was keeping up with new technologies....

training; Microsoft developing certificate for high-level architecture skills.(certification of information technology workers)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk IT professionals with high-level systems architecture skills are to be offered the opportunity to have their skills recognised by their peers, under a new qualification being developed by Microsoft....

Enterprise software; Homebase considers the cost and risk of moving from R/3 to MySAP.
May 17, 2005... DIY retailer concerned about potential disruption of migration testingl Upgrade could greatly reduce the amount of bespoke programming Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk DIY retailer Homebase is balancing the cost of testing...

government IT; Prime minister to receive regular briefings on biggest IT projects.(science and technology policy of United Kingdom)
May 17, 2005... of the Office of Government Commerce, supported by government chief information officer Ian Watmore and the CIO Council he created. Watmore said last week that Oughton was talking to the prime minister about ways of focusing on about 20 top...

hot skills Many of the apps for the popular PDAs are written in C; Palm OS offers a route into mobile development for C programmers.(personal digital assistants)(Palm OS Developer Suite)
May 17, 2005... Nick Langley computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk What is it? The Palm operating system is used by more than 35 million personal digital assistants, smartphones and other handheld devices, and there is a thriving market in developing...

open source ; Intel sets up open source group.(Open Source Program Office formed)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Intel has created an internal group to drive its open source marketing development. Focusing on Linux and other open source software, the Open Source Program Office will be headed by Intel's...

THINKING OUTSIDE of THE BOX.(analysis of information storage outsourcing)
May 17, 2005... Outsourcing your storage can provide a cost-effective solution to the increasingly tricky problem of data management. Danny Bradbury investigates the options and assesses the risks and rewards Back in the heady days of the late 1990s,...

citrix iforum; Citrix users invited to Edinburgh.
May 17, 2005... The annual Citrix iForum is being sponsored this year by Computer Weekly. The event, which takes place on 6-8 June at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, provides an opportunity for the UK's Citrix users to network and ask questions...

MOBILITY As mobile working becomes the norm, we review the technology options ; Choosing the right software infrastructure to support your operation's mobile needs.
May 17, 2005... Arif Mohamed computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Analyst firm Gartner has predicted that by 2007 about 70% of office workers will own at least three mobile devices. And the increasing sophistication and popularity of mobile technology is driving...

it directors forum; Costs and alignment are directors' main concerns.(surveys about management and technical challenges)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2005... Cost issues and aligning IT with the business are the two main management challenges for the 350 IT directors attending this month's IT Directors Forum on board the cruise ship Aurora. The topics arose in a pre-event poll of delegates by...

Be sure your investment strategy has a clear client; The art of spending well.(information technology)(Column)
May 17, 2005... Ben Booth Opinion Until recently the recurrent theme for most industry sectors was one of retrenchment, with a consequent freeze or reduction in IT spending. Now, despite the fashionable argument that IT investment does not improve...

BRITISH computer society ; BCS programme emphasises non-technical skills in drive for professional recognition.
May 24, 2005... BCS initiative focuses on broader issues necessary for ITsuccessl Scheme aims to improve organisations' ability to exploit IT John Kavanagh computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk A major initiative to build an IT profession recognised by...

My take; Angela Waite, head of ICT at Canterbury City Council, guides you through this week's issue.(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Policy An interesting range of comments on what the sector needs from government in order to move forward: reduced bureaucracy, improved skills and training and an acceptance that we are just beginning to transform service delivery. We need to...

TfL signs Siemens to track its buses.(Transport for London contracts Siemens Business Services)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Transport for London has signed a [pounds sterling]120m contract with Siemens Business Services to track and monitor London's 8,000 buses. It said the new systems would improve services for the capital's six million passengers. Siemens...

Pay; Demand for skilled project staff drives up average salaries across the UK IT industry.
May 24, 2005... director at recruitment firm Computer Futures. Pay rates have risen most steeply in the electronics sector, up an average of 43%, spurred by developments in embedded systems. Spending on compliance projects has driven salaries in the health...

Case study: supply chain; Mobile phone tracker keeps tabs on deliveries.(Brief Article)
May 24, 2005... Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk DaimlerChrysler, which owns Mecedes-Benz, is extending a pilot IT programme based on an external mobile service to improve the delivery of components. The aim is to improve logistics at...

Data management Synchronisation of corporate data across disparate systems is vital to give the business the intelligence it needs to compete, and it should be a priority for CIOs; Tactics for winning the information battle.
May 24, 2005... Mark Douglas Opinion "Nothing should be as favourably regarded as intelligence; nothing should be as generously rewarded as intelligence," wrote Sun-Tzu in a 4th century BC text, The Art of War. Although not embroiled in war, many...