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Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo Tim Ferguson made his way to Manchester to check out the high tech City Inn hotel where every room comes complete with an Apple iMac computer. The idea is that these form the centre of entertainment for guests, with DVD player, television and web... [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel
Photo This is one of the iMac desktop computers with a view of Manchester city centre in the background. The recently opened City Inn hotel in Manchester must rank as one of the more high-tech places to stay in town - with an Apple iMac desktop computer... [20 Nov 2007]
IBM snaffles Congestion Charge contract
News IBM was involved in a tag and beacon trial in Stockholm in 2006 which covered 24km of the city, affected 350,000 car journeys per day and reduced car traffic by 25 per cent. According to the company, the city's bus timetables had to be redesigned... [26 Oct 2007]
Bar Chain Builds on Expansion Success With Mobile Solution for Field Managers
White Paper The organisation now operates 46 town and city centre establishments, of which 43 trade as Revolution Vodka Bars. United Kingdom-based Inventive Leisure has grown rapidly since its first vodka bar opened in 1996. [28 Sep 2007]
Stockbroker invests in data hosting
News The move was driven in part by rising property costs in the City of London but also by the events of 7 July, 2005. Private client stockbroker Brewin Dolphin has signed up Atos Origin to host its primary data centre as part of a multimillion pound... [22 Aug 2007]
£50m boost for IT in schools
News IT services provider Civica predicts the contracts with Sheffield City Council and Essex County Council could generate around £50m in revenues over the next decade. The deal with Sheffield City Council will provide tech support to the city's... [08 Aug 2007]
Urban wireless networks set to surge
News Milton Keynes also launched a wi-fi network in its city centre last August. While it currently covers just the city centre area - from the station to the main shopping street and a business district known as 'Hub Milton Keynes' - there are plans to... [26 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: What is city-wide wi-fi?
Comment What is city-wide wi-fi? But how does this differ from other city-wide wi-fi initiatives? You can see that in the pitch from The Cloud, which in April launched its pan-City of London offering. This wasn't the first offering from the Cloud - they've... [17 Jul 2007]
London gets free wi-fi network
News It is understood that a free network will be launched in August in Manchester city centre, in direct competition with a paid-for network built by BT. The online-4-free.com service follows the launch in summer 2006 of a free city-wide wi-fi network... [16 Jul 2007]
Indian company to create 200 tech jobs in Belfast
News ¦ Boom town Bangalore ¦ Bangalore's Electronics City ¦ SAP and Wipro in Bangalore Indian IT and telecoms company Tech Mahindra is to create around 220 jobs in Belfast with a new multimillion-pound service delivery centre. [02 Jul 2007]
Betfair taps Romania for offshore software skills
News You have to attract them away from city banks and it is costly and takes a long time. Betfair also decided to build and run the Romanian offshore facility itself rather than outsource it to a third party - and chose to locate it in the city of Cluj... [28 Jun 2007]
Nestle extends $75m offshore IT deal with Satyam
News ¦ Boom town Bangalore ¦ Bangalore's Electronics City ¦ SAP and Wipro in Bangalore As part of the Nestle deal Satyam provides a dedicated offshore software development centre in Bangalore and a disaster recovery facility in Hyderabad... [27 Jun 2007]
Ask revamps its search site
News For instance, a search for a city will bring up the weather, local time and business listings for that location. The centre section contains the web results, with Smart Answers that present the most likely results and binoculars that preview the... [05 Jun 2007]
Retail development goes shopping for IP
News The contracts are due to be completed prior to September 2008, when the retail developments are scheduled to open in both city centres. IT and comms networking company Redstone has been chosen to deploy converged IT and communications... [31 May 2007]
Councils save £1.4m per year on contact centre
News One of the leaders of the group, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, has already managed to reach a first-time-resolution rate of 85 per cent. Staffordshire Connects - a joint venture focused around providing customer services - has invested in contact... [29 May 2007]
