check-in failure
RSS check-in failureOffshoring - culture lessons are crucial
News Richard Herbert, CIO of global markets and European IT at ABN Amro, said the failure of outsourcing contracts should not be blamed on overseas service suppliers. Check out the Editor's Blog for the silicon.com chief's take on the hot tech issues of... [16 Oct 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Computer says 'no'
Comment Yet the computer says 'no' effect, when customer service falls in the gap between an over-reliance on computers and the operator's failure to intervene, still exists. The failure to understand why the computer had cancelled my order was one thing... [10 May 2007]
Disable Auto-Reboot
White Paper This webcast shows how to disable auto restart on system failure. A person could check the error log in this case but that is too easy. When Running windows and it crashes, one gets a blue screen and it automatically restarts, often it will restart... [04 May 2007]
CIO Jury: CEOs 'don't get' technology
News Mike Roberts, IT director at the London Clinic, said: "The lack of understanding in the complexity and cost of implementing the underlying IT is one of the most common issues at the root of the failure of most business transformation and change... [08 Mar 2007]
Possible pirates targeted by Windows update
News We have seen many instances where the failure to complete validation is masking other system problems that users should attend to. The software behemoth said the new indeterminate reading can occur, for example, when a local error or network error... [28 Feb 2007]
Leader: The big issues of 2006
Leader Many of these people do a great job implementing IT but we still hear so many stories of failure. So check out our 'Re:Viewing' pieces on security and mobile and wireless. Looking back at 2006 is in many ways about looking forward to 2007. [21 Dec 2006]
New Star beefs up disaster recovery
Case Study Hornung said the introduction of the failover software now means that he and the staff have no need to worry about loss of information or communication as the result of a server failure, and can work in the knowledge that "it won't be five minutes... [15 Dec 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Prince2
Cheat Sheet Prince, and its successor Prince2, were designed to address some of the common causes of project failure. Some of those causes of failure are a lack of co-ordination of resources and tasks, a lack of communication with users leading to products not... [07 Nov 2006]
A "Health Check" Reassures Publisher of Uninterrupted Communications
White Paper The Health Check has helped assure Axel Springer that risks of failure have been reduced, performance capacity of its IT landscape has been increased, and that support costs will be lower. Microsoft Services staff examined hardware, operating... [17 Oct 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.10.06
Round-Up Check. Check. Check. The Round-Up is sure we've all applied for jobs at one time or other and put checks in place to make sure our applications were all in order. I signed up another 30 screen names and sat up all night voting for myself," said... [13 Oct 2006]
High-tech security forces up passport price - again
News Failure to have an ePassports programme in place before October would have had direct consequences for travellers. The scans will be used to check passport applications against a database of known passport fraudsters. [24 Jul 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: My guide to finding wi-fi
Comment I respond to all emails within 12 hours 365 x 24 x 7, unless that is, I am on a long flight, or have had some tech failure. If you are really on the ball, check on the numerous websites that map the free and commercial wi-fi sites in all the towns... [10 May 2006]
Photos: MOT database targets illegal cars
Photo Once the test is completed the mechanic enters the results before printing off either a pass certificate or failure notice, together with any advisories such as items that have not failed but are close to doing so and should attended to in the... [07 Apr 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Start-up failures
Comment So, being an engineer, I look for tools and techniques to minimise and limit failure. The more open the 'eye', the better the chances of success; and the closer to zero of any element, the higher the risk of failure. [08 Feb 2006]
IT fault at Gatwick brings airport to halt
News Passengers were delayed at Gatwick airport over the weekend after an IT failure caused the check-in system to stop working. A spokesman for BAA, which owns Gatwick Airport, said the failure brought down every system except those of British Airways... [14 Nov 2005]
