Computer Weekly articles from November 2006

Computer Weekly archives from November 2006

Council creates national blueprint for online school admission system.
November 7, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukHertfordshire County Council's online school admissions system has created the blueprint for local authorities rolling out systems for the 2007-2008 academic year.Due to the school admissions timetable, 150...

Drive business change with Web 2.0.(business operations complemented by web technologies)
November 7, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukDuring the 1990s business leaders grappled with how they would make money from the web. Bricks and mortar were old hat as dotcom mania raged. Every company needed a 21st century, blue sky web strategy every...

Spelling out Vista's value.(Microsoft Windows Vista)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... ne would hope that in this day and age most people have a fair idea of whether an application is adding value to the business. But what is the intrinsic value of a new operating system? Windows Vista, the next release of the Windows desktop...

News.(Two-factor technology opens new e-markets)
November 7, 2006... Two-factor technology opens new e-marketsBill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukUK businesses should soon be able to conduct trade electronically with their counterparts in Macedonia and with other states that have until now been deemed too great an...

Online fault mapping means no shocks for electricity customers.(Central Networks has launched a live network map on its website to improve the transparency of operations to customers)
November 7, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukUtility firm Central Networks has launched a live network map on its website to improve the transparency of operations to its 4.9 million customers. The live network map allows users to view constantly updated...

Axa expert will shine a torch into the darker areas of project management.(Elizabeth Harrin's new book "Project Management in the Real World")(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukProject management theorists would have managers believe that a project has a clearly defined start, goes through a formal lifecycle and ends with a structured close down. If you have ever worked on a...

News.(Is technical expertise undervalued by UK businesses)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Is technical expertise undervalued by UK businesses? 67% Yes33% 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...

Food wholesalers spend heavily on IT to keep core supply chain systems in house.
November 7, 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 food and drink wholesalers.Food and drink wholesalers spend well above the UK...

News.
November 7, 2006... In the spirit of the season - let's talk businessDowntime was peering anxiously at the calendar this week and realised that the so-called festive season is nearly upon us.But if endless guzzling of mulled wine and nursing covert hangovers is...

News.
November 7, 2006... dpm's diaryc p boundMondaySurprisingly, there have been no further bad incidents over the weekend with our robotic wheelie bins. They have all taken up their appointed positions up and down the City, are dutifully accepting rubbish and...

Tony Benn helps mark NCC birthday.(National Computing Centre's 40th anniversary)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukIt is the use of technology, not technology itself, that is important, veteran politician Tony Benn told IT leaders at a dinner last month to celebrate the National Computing Centre's 40th...

Knight to speak at Best Places to Work awards.(Information Technologists Company's Colin Knight)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukColin Knight, master of the Information Technologists Company, is to be guest of honour at the Computer Weekly Best Places to Work in IT awards lunch in London on 2 March 2007.The Information...

City firms must take a lead on e-crime, says lord mayor.(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukCity financial institutions must take a global lead in combating cybercrime, lord mayor of London David Brewer has urged.Speaking at a joint City of London/Internet Society event last month,...

BS 7799 can open door to information security work.(International Organization for Standardization)(information security management standard )(ISO 17799 and ISO/IEC 27001)
November 7, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it?BS 7799 has become the most widely adopted information security management standard in the world. Now known internationally as ISO 17799 and ISO/IEC 27001, the standards cover people, processes...

Trust feels pain of NHS IT roll-out.(National Health Service Trust)
November 7, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukQueen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust was an NHS IT trailblazer late last year when it became the first trust in London to use the new patient administration system from the ?12.4bn National Programme for IT...

Airline flies towards a cheaper way to block unauthorised applications.(Flybe British European contracts with Sophos)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukBudget airline FlyBe is assessing anti-virus-style technology for locking down PCs which could reduce the costs associated with keeping blocked-application lists updated.Sophos' Application Control tool is...

News.(Young EnterpriseYoung Enterprise upgrading membership systems to an Oracle database )(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Oracle speaks for Young EnterpriseYoung Enterprise, a voluntary group established to encourage young people to take an interest in business, has upgraded its membership systems to an Oracle database to manage its operations until at least...

Business buy-in smoothes Chubb's wider BI roll-out.(Chubb Group is poised to roll out a single view of its business reporting systems to its Asia-Pacific offices)
November 7, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukInsurance firm Chubb Group is poised to roll out a single view of its business reporting systems to its Asia-Pacific offices following a successful deployment in Europe.From next year, the firm, which has a...

CIOs miss the mark in proving IT's value.(chief information officers)
November 7, 2006... Bill Goodwin and John Rileybill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukIT directors and CIOs are failing to measure the benefits of IT to their organisations in a systematic way, with only 42% having systems in place to track the value of IT to the business.The...

Wise up to mashups, says analyst.(enterprise mashups are a key medium-term trend in IT departments)
November 7, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukOdd-sounding it may be, but "enterprise mashups" are a key medium-term trend in IT departments, Gartner will tell delegates this week at its annual ITxpo in Cannes. Behind the Californian jargon is a concept...

LogicaCMG's direct hit on French army.(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... The French army has signed up LogicaCMG to work on a major project to upgrade its HR information systems. It will build on a project first introduced four years ago to allow HR information to be shared on an inter-army level.LogicaCMG is to...

FSA rejects adoption of XBRL on cost grounds.(Financial Services Authority, extensible business reporting language)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukThe Financial Services Authority has decided against using extensible business reporting language (XBRL) for companies to file their regulatory returns on the grounds of cost.FSA IS director Darryl Salmons...

CIOs 'need to deliver strategic insight'.(chief information officers)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukIT directors must focus on delivering strategic insight and leadership to the business, based on their understanding of technology and the connected economy, Gartner will tell IT directors this week.At the...

GNER on track to complete Wan upgrade.(wide area network)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Rail operator GNER will complete its network infrastructure upgrade later this month when the final station, London's King's Cross, is connected to its wide area network. In total, 22 stations and depots will connect through the new Wan. The...

Road safety concerns raised after hacker attack on electronic signs.
November 7, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukSecurity specialists have traced a hacking attack which left electronic road signs in Crawley town centre displaying offensive messages for over two hours to a hacking group in America.The hackers gained access...

News.(Homeserve GB contracts with Corizon)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Homeserve plumbs in better data Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukHomeserve GB is upgrading its call centre software to give sales and customer support staff workflows that better match business needs, plus more relevant information to...

ING branches out with SOA mortgage app.(ING DIRECT contracts with Capgemini)(service oriented architecture, bank loan software)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukING Direct has completed "its most complex IT project to date" using an onshore and offshore programming team from Capgemini to support the bank's move to become a mortgage provider.The bank's first foray into...

Web 2.0 offers a new era for business, says GM tech chief.(General Motors Corp., Fred Killeen )(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... General Motors is investigating how the next generation of web technologies, such as blogs, wikis and social networking can improve the way it runs its business. In an interview with Computer Weekly, General Motors chief systems and technology...

NHS misses hospital IT roll-out target.(National Health Service contracts with Computer Sciences Corp., Fujitsu Software Corp. and Accenture PLC)(patient administration systems )(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukOnly four acute hospital trusts out of 22 promised by the end of October have gone live with new IT systems under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), Connecting for Health has said.In June, Connecting for...

'Conspiracy of optimism' hit rural payments scheme.
November 7, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukA top civil servant with experience of large IT-based programmes has said a "conspiracy of optimism" contributed to the failure of a Rural Payments Agency project which delayed payments to farmers, causing...

Firms see benefits of IT skills matrix.
November 7, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukThe past 12 months have seen an acceleration in interest from companies in an industry-wide framework for assessing and managing the skills of IT staff.The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) is...

'Double up on soft skills' and bridge the gap.(IT directors should consider doubling the amount of soft skills training for themselves and their teams to raise their profile as business leaders)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... John Rileyjohn.riley@rbi.co.ukIT directors should consider doubling the amount of soft skills training for themselves and their teams to raise their profile as business leaders, according to Simon La Fosse, director of the CIO practice at...

Share risks and rewards with suppliers, CIOs told.(chief information officers)
November 7, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukIT directors looking to manage their relationships with suppliers should begin by deciding how best to make the tendering process competitive, regardless of the number of bidders, according to David Copland,...

Early cost cuts key to United revamp.(United Utilities PLC has begun upgrading desktops to Windows XP Service Pack 2)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukUnited Utilities has begun upgrading its 3,000-plus desktops to Windows XP Service Pack 2 in a project that the firm's IT operation hopes will prove the value of a wider business transformation project...

News.(Bank fraud increasing due to phishing in UK)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... in briefBank fraud increasing due to phishing attacksBanks will come under further pressure to adopt two-factor authentication technology following a 55% increase in online banking fraud over the past year. Figures released today (7 November)...

Yes, IT can deliver an end to pointless toil.(information technology benefits the business and financial management)
November 7, 2006... In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to push a stone up to the top of a hill only for it to fall all the way back down again, and to do this perpetually. The gods knew there was no worse punishment than continuous, futile labour - a...

News.(Novell and Microsoft agree on open source platforms)(Semiramis Software of Germany and Semiramis Software of Austria filed for bankruptcy)(governments and industry bodies launched joint anti-spam initiative "Stop Spam Alliance")(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... in briefNovell and Microsoft agree on open sourceMicrosoft has signed a business and technology agreement with Novell to allow Microsoft's proprietary products to work better with Novell's open source server platforms. The agreement between the...

Water promises cool future for chips.(water cooling PC chips is being developed by researchers at IBM's Zurich laboratory)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukA novel approach to water cooling PC chips is being developed by researchers at IBM's Zurich laboratory.The researchers are using a technique called "direct jet impingement" to squirt water onto the back of the...

Oracle to extend ERP apps to Linux-based mainframe.(teaming up with International Business Machines Corp.)(enterprise resource planning)
November 7, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukIBM and Oracle are teaming up to make Linux-based enterprise resource planning applications more widely available on the mainframe.IBM has been promoting Linux on the mainframe for several years and is heavily...

The route to a painless migration.(Microsoft Exchange Server 2007)(data migration )
November 7, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukMicrosoft Exchange Server 2007, the next version of the popular e-mail platform, is due to be released later this month, which means the clock is ticking for users who want to be the first to adopt it.For many...

Safety first on the open source road.
November 7, 2006... Miya Knightscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukOpen source technologies are an increasingly integral element of many large-enterprise IT environments. And as such, they must be subject to the same rigorous security measures as their closed-source,...

Sage to standardise on MySQL database.(Sage Group PLC)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukAccountancy software supplier Sage is standardising on the open source MySQL database, with future software releases using an embedded MySQL database. Users can opt for the open standards database which has a...

Sun's modular datacentre offers speedy installation.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)
November 7, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukSun Microsystems has developed a modular datacentre, designed to simplify the installation of datacentre facilities.Dubbed Project Blackbox, the datacentre is pre-installed in modular shipping containers,...

Shopping for SAP and project skills.
November 7, 2006... Chris Edwards computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk It has been a busy year in retail IT. The combination of thin margins, fickle customers and tight delivery schedules is forcing retailers to get more out of their businesses with technology. And that has...

Cisco's cultural revolution puts staff in the front line.(Cisco Systems Ltd. plans to employee online training programme to bolster its defences against hackers )
November 14, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukCisco has begun a drive to bolster its defences against hackers by training its 55,000 employees to take personal responsibility for the secure use of the company's IT systems.Within the next year the company...

Case spotlights database security.(Social Workline case aganist Action First )(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukA battle between two recruitment agencies which reached the High Court has underlined the need for businesses to review the way they secure their confidential business data, lawyers have said.Social Workline...

IT chief gets set for cost and timing challenges of London Olympics.(Pascal Wattiaux)
November 14, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukInstalling technology for the Olympic Games, London's largest construction project, is a challenge of timing and cost, Pascal Wattiaux, director of technology at the London organising committee for the...

UK's top IT leaders to judge awards.(Computer Weekly's Best Places to Work in IT Awards)(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukA wide range of IT industry leaders will judge Computer Weekly's Best Places to Work in IT Awards. They include BCS chief executive David Clarke, BCS Elite chairman David Tidey, president of the...

BT ups apprenticeships for future skills needs.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.uk BT will double its intake of apprentices next year as part of a drive to increase the number of people having long-term careers with the company.The apprentices are expected to move through the ranks at BT...

News.
November 14, 2006... This one-note love song is enough to make you cryEven unworldly Downtime is familiar with the concept of stealth marketing. But we cannot help wondering whether a love song that eulogises at length about the benefits of Microsoft's Onenote...

News.
November 14, 2006... dpm's diaryc p boundMondayHistoric day. The first summit of world leaders to be held in a council works depot. Also the first time world leaders, George Bush included, have had to talk to a group of wheelie bins. Dave says the bins, now with...

Shadbolt looks to put the excitement back into IT.(Nigel Shadbolt of British Computer Society)
November 14, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukImproving the public perception of IT will be the theme for Nigel Shadbolt's presidency of the British Computer Society. Shadbolt, who is professor of artificial intelligence at Southampton...

Why web developers will need to know their RSS.(rich site summary)
November 14, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it? RSS is a lightweight XML format, used to standardise news and other material so that updates on website content can be sent to end-users who have requested them. RSS also enables content to be...

HSBC CIO shares secrets of keeping 28,000 staff on target.(Ken Harvey)(chief information officer)(HSBC Holdings PLC )(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... HSBC has revealed how it maintains the competitiveness of its IT operation to meet the bank's ambitious annual cost saving targets. Speaking at analyst firm Gartner's ITxpo in Cannes last week, the bank's chief information officer Ken Harvey...

Passport IT troubles bode ill for ID cards.(Identity and Passport Service of United Kingdom delayed the issuing identity cards)
November 14, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukThe Identity and Passport Service - the agency due to introduce national ID cards - has postponed indefinitely a much simpler IT project to allow people to apply and pay online for passports, despite making a...

Invest in development of staff, urges Intellect.(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Investing in the professional development of IT staff is one of the key planks in creating a professional organisation, according to IT suppliers organisation Intellect.New guidelines from Intellect, published...

Internet at a crossroads.
November 14, 2006... The next couple of years will define whether the internet remains open, but acquires more heavy-duty infrastructure to meet the demands that all of us - businesses, consumers, government - have come to expect of it, or whether it is hijacked by...

Users win in Linux love-in.(Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. partnered)(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... seems the world really is big enough for both Windows and Linux. Earlier this month some of the heat was taken out of the long-standing rivalry between Microsoft and the Linux community thanks to a collaborative effort between old enemies...

SOA can light up manufacturing IT.(service oriented architecture)
November 14, 2006... Of all the opportunities presented by service oriented architecture (SOA), the brightest lies in manufacturing. But implementing SOA in manufacturing requires much higher fidelity, or more closely specified, services, event definition and...

Altered attitudes.
November 14, 2006... Companies spend fortunes trying to keep out hackers and viruses, but the fact remains that most security breaches come from within the organisation. Users may be incompetent, nosey or malicious, but if they work for the company, they will have...

Test of getting the measure of IT.(Computer Weekly's CIO Index)
November 14, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukSenior IT professionals are struggling to measure the business value of IT, Computer Weekly's latest CIO Index has revealed. The research among CIOs and IT directors, which we first reported on last week,...

BAE looks to skills framework as outsourcing changes staff roles.
November 14, 2006... Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukBAE Systems is preparing to use an industry-standard skills framework to identify and plug gaps in the skills of 450 IT staff charged with managing the company's relationship with its outsourcing suppliers,...

IT cost cuts fund change at Barnsley.(information technology)(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukBarnsley Council has begun work on the first of a series of business transformation projects that it plans to fund from back-office efficiencies created by an outsourcing deal.The South Yorkshire council is...

News.
November 14, 2006... Betfair reaps benefits of agile software developmentWill Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukAgile software development methods are now being used in about 25% of IT projects at Betfair, as the online gambling company seeks competitive advantage by...

News.
November 14, 2006... Are you confident that security for online payments is adequate? 28% Yes72% 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...

Bespoke supply chain systems push wholesalers' IT spend 40% above the average.
November 14, 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 non-food wholesalers.Like their counterparts specialising in food wholesaling (Computer...

Government projects face strike action.(Uk Department for Work and Pensions, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs contracts with Fujitsu Software Corp.)(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukThree Whitehall departments could face further delays to their IT projects after employees at outsourcing company Fujitsu voted last week to strike over pay concerns.The Department for Work and Pensions, the...

Business rules software gives lens firm clear view.(Essilor)
November 14, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukOpthalmic lens maker Essilor has embarked on a five-year project to roll-out business rules software to enable it to better manage its customer base and evolving product ranges for markets across Europe.It is...

Go green or get fined, warns Gartner.(IT directors need to take responsibility for hardware disposal or face the threat of fines or imprisonment)
November 14, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukIT directors need to take responsibility for hardware disposal or face the threat of fines or imprisonment, Gartner has warned.The analyst firm used its annual ITxpo conference in Cannes last week to urge CIOs to...

Take a lead on more strategic use of data.(IT directors will be expected to manage corporate information more effectively to drive business strategy )
November 14, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukIT directors will be expected to manage corporate information more effectively to drive business strategy in the year ahead, according to Gartner. Gartner fellow Mark Raskino told delegates at ITxpo that within...

Hospitals deploy reporting tool to help ensure funding.(implemented a business intelligence system to improve its monitoring of performance levels and ensure future funding)(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukSouth Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a business intelligence system to improve its monitoring of performance levels and ensure future funding.Hospital funding has begun moving to a scheme...

'We beat outsourcers on efficiency gains,' says HSBC.(HSBC Bank PLC)
November 14, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukGlobal bank HSBC says it is beating outsourcing suppliers at their own game by driving operational efficiencies internally and regularly benchmarking to ensure the competitiveness of its internal IT function. And...

M&S ready to start national roll-out of item-level RFID.(Marks and Spencer PLC, radio frequency identification tags)
November 14, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukMarks & Spencer is planning to deploy item-level radio frequency identification (RFID) tags at almost all of its clothing stores after successfully trialling the technology in selected stores last year.The...

News.
November 14, 2006... In briefCard fraud falls in the face of chip and PinThe introduction of chip and Pin technology has had a measurable impact on payment card fraud. Figures from Apacs, the UK payments association, show that total card fraud fell by 5% between...

Do you know where all your data is?(legal changes mean that you may well be developing a closer than expected relationship with your lawyers)
November 14, 2006... Recent legal changes mean that you may well be developing a closer than expected relationship with your lawyers. The rule change means that in the event of litigation, lawyers will need to delve more deeply into the innards of your organisation...

Willingness to adapt is vital to stay in work.(Column)
November 14, 2006... I was made redundant in August 2005 at the age of 61 after nearly 36 years in IT with the same company. I found it all but impossible to get another job in IT for a number of reasons, one of which may have well have been my age.I had gone into...

News.
November 14, 2006... in briefOyster card scheme wins award for RFID roll-outTransport for London's Oyster card project - the largest smartcard scheme in Europe - has won an award for being the best implementation of RFID tags. More than four million people use...

Council looks to boost use of leisure facilities with .net booking system.
November 14, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukEast Riding of Yorkshire Council has developed its own application to let local residents book its leisure facilities after finding that software suppliers could not supply an application with the...

Evolving your defences.
November 14, 2006... The biggest threat to security is the internal threat, although many organisations still don't want to believe it. Employees need access to the network and to applications to do their jobs, but this can make it easy to steal confidential...

Secure web use for all, without walls.
November 14, 2006... Browsing the web is a risky pastime. E-mails try to lure people to dodgy sites, and URLs are deliberately misspelt to snare the unsuspecting. Some end-users will inevitably stray to sites that are clearly inappropriate or have been hacked and...

Interoperability boost for Windows-plus-Linux sites.(Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. forms alliance)
November 14, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukMicrosoft and Novell have struck a deal to make their operating systems work together better. The agreement will be in place until at least 2012, and covers interoperability and support for Microsoft Windows...

Quad-core machines arrive in force.(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukMore powerful workstations based on Intel's quad-core processor are expected to be shipping in volume this month from the likes of Dell. First to be targeted will be power gamers, who demand high-performance...

PeopleSoft and JDE users voice doubts.(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukUsers have expressed confidence in Oracle's ability to sustain Siebel's product line, but PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users are less satisfied with Oracle's performance, according to the UK Oracle User Group's...

Evaluate Vista now, IT bosses told.(information technology)
November 14, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukIT directors have been urged to start fully evaluating Vista, Microsoft's next-generation operating system, and look at related issues like training and integration of other applications, to ensure companies...