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TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 at MSN - Using MOM 2005 to Monitor One of the Largest Web Portals in the World (Level 300)

whitepaper The presenter of this webcast shows how Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 is used to support the unique business requirements of MSN, Hotmail, and Passport through proactive monitoring and alerting.

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

New president takes the reins at Socitm

News He is also a member of the Identity and Passport Service local government advisory board. Richard Steel has been named president of the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), the professional association for public sector IT managers.

Tags: cio, newham, local government, richard steel

[29 Apr 2008]

Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release

News I is for Identity and Passport Service The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that the ID card gateway reviews should be...

Tags: gateway reviews, national identity register, id cards

[14 Apr 2008]

ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill

News Spending on consultants within the Identity and Passport Service, responsible for realising the ID card scheme, increased from £237,000 to £30m during the same period. I is for Identity and Passport Service

Tags: home office, biometrics, id cards

[11 Apr 2008]

Financials: An Excerpt From "IT Success!"

whitepaper While budget ownership by the client does give him the final say for IT purchases, it does not imply a passport to buy anything and everything without validation from a technology, architecture and resource perspective.

Tags: finance

[19 Mar 2008]

ID cards chief defends u-turn

News I is for Identity and Passport Service James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), told silicon.com the revised scheme is likely to cut £1bn off its £5.4bn price tag, that power station workers are likely to join airport...

Tags: id cards, security, identity, british

[10 Mar 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08

Round-Up It’s only gone and announced it is ditching plans that would have forced people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. Are you worried that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will render your precious applications unusable?

Tags: vista, microsoft, steve, battle

[07 Mar 2008]

ID cards are dead

Comment The mass population won't now be required to register their biometrics on the national identity register when renewing or applying for a new passport until 2012 now (the original timetable was to do this by 2010).

Tags: id cards, physical, cards, register

[07 Mar 2008]

ID card u-turn by government

News A government u-turn has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. I is for Identity and Passport Service Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to...

Tags: id cards, cards, identity, details

[06 Mar 2008]

ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000

News I is for Identity and Passport Service The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever...

Tags: id cards, government, biometrics, identity

[26 Feb 2008]

Biometrics the future for flying bliss?

News Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of repeated manual passport and security checks that plague fliers today, said Matthew Finn, director of government and security for airline industry IT body Sita.

Tags: biometrics, travel, airport, automated

[21 Feb 2008]

ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers

News I is for Identity and Passport Service A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said it made sense to adopt an incremental approach to rolling out ID cards: "It is obviously right and logical that our first priority should be to consider...

Tags: id cards, no2id, card, cards

[20 Feb 2008]

EU border checks go biometric

News The measures would apply to the 24 nations within the EU's Schengen zone for passport-free travel. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European Commission, international travellers would also have their stay logged...

Tags: biometric, eu, border, requiring

[14 Feb 2008]

Dear silicon.com...Naked CIO, silver skills and ID card anger…

Comment First, why do I need a biometric passport, photo driving licence and an ID card, each of which I have to pay for separately? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site.

Tags: id cards, recruitment, jobs, views

[14 Feb 2008]

Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID

News Stephen Challis, head of product development at BAA Heathrow, said: "In effect the bag is travelling with its own passport… improving the certainty around the operation and reducing the manual intervention that's required, which we believe will...

Tags: rfid, heathrow, baa, chip

[13 Feb 2008]

ID cards? One in four says no!

News I is for Identity and Passport Service Support for the UK's national ID card programme continues to plummet as one quarter of people say they are strongly opposed to the scheme. According to the ICM poll, 25 per cent of those surveyed thought it...

Tags: no2id, id cards, government, london

[06 Feb 2008]

ID cards: What's the latest?

News I is for Identity and Passport Service Government plans to introduce ID cards have taken another battering recently, with suggestions of delays to their introduction and suppliers pulling out of the procurement process.

Tags: id cards, biometrics, hmrc, governement

[29 Jan 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08

Round-Up The data consisted of names, passport details, national insurance numbers, drivers' licence particulars, information on family members, doctors' addresses and NHS numbers. How about this for an advertising slogan for the Ministry of Defence: "The...

Tags: laptop, mod, air, enter

[25 Jan 2008]

Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards

News I is for Identity and Passport Service The first contracts to be awarded will be for the replacement of the core application and enrolment processes for passports, together with the provision of desktop infrastructure for the Identity and Passport...

Tags: id cards, government, bae systems, biometric

[25 Jan 2008]

Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs

News I is for Identity and Passport Service A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said this was a draft document, adding: "When developing policy, it is obviously right and logical that our first priority should be to consider where ID cards...

Tags: id cards, students, public sector, government

[24 Jan 2008]

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