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The City of Milan Is "Easier" Thanks to Citizen Relationship Management Platform
White Paper The City of Milan can now better track service requests, plan assistance interventions, cope with internal production peaks, eliminate queues at front offices, and reduce costs. The City of Milan is an important... [27 Jul 2009]
Self-assessment tax site crashes out on deadline day
News The system is part of the government ecommerce service, Government Gateway, which was updated last October to cope with future growth and to allow for usage peaks such as tax-filing deadlines. Her Majesty's Revenue &... [31 Jan 2008]
Comic Relief gets IT ready for donation deluge
Case Study To help cope with such peaks - usually due to a surge of TV viewers reacting to a certain clip on BBC One's fundraising show - the infrastructure can now deal with 20,000 transactions per second. Comic Relief has... [15 Mar 2007]
Betfair scores 100 per cent uptime Down Under
News He said: "In Tasmania, the centre peaks at about 500 requests per second. When UK-based online trading site Betfair was granted a licence to operate in Australia this January, it built a new data centre and flew the... [20 Sep 2006]
3 Peaks Challenge conquered by IT industry
News A team from silicon.com as well as 21 IT teams from companies such as Accenture, Avis and RBS will today be nursing some nasty aches and pains after taking part in the annual Vanco-sponsored 3 Peaks... [19 Jul 2005]
Photos: Team Silicon completes 3 Peaks Challenge
Photo The team: Smiles all round as the team prepares for the first ascent of Ben Nevis, by far the highest of the three peaks. Again, few views on the mountain as thick cloud hangs in the valleys around Scafell Pike with... [19 Jul 2005]
IT teams ready for the 3 Peaks Challenge
News Regular readers of silicon.com will know we are sending an intrepid team to take part in the Vanco Three Peaks Challenge in aid of CARE International. But we'll not be alone in the gruelling challenge. [14 Jul 2005]
silicon.com team gearing up for mountain challenge
News We will be taking on the Vanco-sponsored Three Peaks Challenge in support of CARE International and we're still hoping to raise a lot more money. A hardcore team of silicon.com fundraisers are gearing up to tackle the... [11 Jul 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.06.05
Round-Up Also, still on the subject of 'charidee' the Round-Up and a team of colleagues from silicon.com are once again gearing up to tackle the 3 Peaks Challenge. "The people who are selling these tickets on... [17 Jun 2005]
IT industry to take on 3 Peaks Challenge for charity
News The UK IT industry is being urged to sign up for a 3 Peaks Challenge in aid of CARE International. Now in its tenth year the Vanco 3 Peaks Challenge is a great... [24 Mar 2005]
5 years ago... Newspapers set to survive online revolution
News Readership figures have dipped and seen peaks and troughs but the marriage of the traditional form with online revenue streams - be it paid-for crosswords or Page 3 merchandise - has ensured the major... [24 Jun 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.06.04
Round-Up As many of you will be aware (from the constant sponsorship appeals in this newsletter over past weeks) the Round-Up took part in the gruelling 3-Peaks Challenge - scaling Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and... [11 Jun 2004]
The weekly Round-Up: 23.04.04
Comment While we're on the subject of charitable events, let the Round-Up take this opportunity to thank all those who have already donated money to the 3 Peaks Challenge which CNET UK and silicon.com staff -... [23 Apr 2004]
Will's Web Watch: Give us your money
Comment And if you think quoting my own house mate is particularly lazy of me - when there are marathon runners even now out walking the course whom I could accost - let me assure you that I too will be exerting myself for charity come the... [15 Apr 2004]
