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RSS yorkshireMacs versus PCs - the battle continues
News IT manager Richard Davies, a reader from North Yorkshire, emphasised the quality, reliability, support and interoperability offered by Windows platforms, adding: "The cost of moving your hardware and software to Macs or... [18 Jul 2007]
Exclusive: How safe is your laptop?
News West Yorkshire (2,402) West Yorkshire (15.14%) North Yorkshire (16.9%) The results displayed are: Devon & Cornwall (+45%) ; Bedfordshire (+35%) ; Lothian & Borders (+31.50%) ;... [08 May 2007]
Chiltern Railways extends mobile barcode ticket trial
News Mobile barcode company Mobiqa and Yorkshire-based mobile-ticketing technology company YourRail have also contributed to Chiltern's mobile ticketing project. Chiltern Railways is to extend the use of SMS mobile phone... [13 Apr 2007]
Rural broadband gets EC green light
News The European Commission has backed plans to give rural parts of North Yorkshire broadband connectivity. The Commission concluded plans to publicly fund the network were unlikely to give the North... [26 Feb 2007]
O2 CEO: Public sector is in mobile "dark ages"
News It also has worked with West Yorkshire Police to get them using BlackBerry devices to access data. O2 CEO Peter Erskine has called for the public sector to be brought up to date with mobile communications. [21 Nov 2006]
Chiltern Railways trials SMS mobile phone tickets
News Chiltern Railways is working with internet retailer ts.com to make the online E-day ticket compatible with mobile phones and Yorkshire-based mobile-ticketing technology company YourRail. Chiltern Railways is trialling a... [24 Oct 2006]
HSBC crash leaves customers cash-strapped
News The system went down between 12:00(BST) and 15:00(BST) on Sunday afternoon and affected thousands of customers, mainly in the South of England, although other parts of the country, including Yorkshire, were also... [16 Oct 2006]
How to avoid an ERP disaster
Comment Alan Harrison, CIO at Yorkshire Water, which is now saving almost £12m per year after spending £30m implementing SAP since 2000, said getting the business to change the way it works is vital to a successful project. [12 Jul 2006]
Yorkshire Water's ERP cuts £12m per year off IT bill
News Yorkshire Water has slashed £12m per year off its IT bill after undergoing a major business transformation project and standardising on an SAP-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. The ERP system was... [11 Jul 2006]
Revealed: Best places for IT jobs in the UK
News Yorkshire & Humberside - 4.8 per cent Two-thirds of all new IT jobs are created in London and the South East, even though the area only accounts for a quarter of the UK's population. More than a third (38 per cent) of... [05 Jul 2006]
Argos Implements 'Track-and-Trace' Supply Chain Solution
White Paper The system uses a combination of RFID and barcode technologies to identify assets within the Argos supply chain between its distribution centers in the UK counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and the retail stores that... [10 May 2006]
Homeworking key to competing with India
News In contrast, people in Humberside, the northwest and Yorkshire are least keen on the idea - with just 23 per cent of workers in each region prepared to consider it. UK businesses must improve their working practices or... [04 May 2006]
Police: Have BlackBerrys, not afraid to use them
News Police in West Yorkshire are using BlackBerrys to run real-time checks on suspects they stop on the street or in vehicles - and the county's head of IT claims it is dramatically improving police performance in the area. [30 Mar 2006]
Orange encourages workers to switch off their mobiles
News The Orange Future Enterprise Coalition, which includes industry groups such as the British Chamber of Commerce and Orange customers including Yorkshire Water, has produced its first whitepaper on mobile working. [08 Mar 2006]
MP slams "out of control" DNA database
News The figures obtained by Shapps show that Northamptonshire police are adding innocent kids' DNA profiles at the fastest rate - 182 per 100,000 children each month - closely followed by Durham, West Yorkshire and the West... [20 Feb 2006]
