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RSS trainICL wins PFI schools contract
News A spokesman for ICL said the company would train teachers to make them aware of the technology and to get them comfortable with using the machines. ICL has won the first private finance initiative contract to supply IT... [29 Nov 1998]
Retailers accuse UK government of Euro slackness
News They also need to train staff and educate consumers to use the new currency. The UK government has been slammed for not providing enough information on the euro, in a report released on Friday by the British Retail... [22 Nov 1998]
Suffolk commuters get real-time infosystem
News Suffolk train travellers are to get access to a £1.6m real-time travel information system funded by the UK government's Capital Challenge scheme. He added that night travellers will find "psychological comfort" in... [17 Nov 1998]
Sema launches online train booking system
News Sema confirmed today that a ticket buying and reserving system developed for one of the UK's main train operators will go live in December. The computing systems developer refused to name the operator, but said it is one... [09 Nov 1998]
Technical jargon - who needs IT?
Comment This might not be the best example, but the point remains valid: Richard Branson never drove a train, did he? Take a look at the IT job ads in your daily newspaper or weekly magazine. To the uninitiated, the headlines... [27 Oct 1998]
IBM and France Telecom woo Minitel users
News Analysts say the two companies have set themselves a hard task, as Minitel is much more secure than the Net and is regularly used by 35 million people for ecommerce services like train and plane ticket purchasing. [07 Oct 1998]
Messaging takes centre stage in business
News The report also points out that only 46 per cent of companies train staff in the use an etiquette of electronic communications. A survey by Andersen Consulting and the training group, Investors in People UK, has revealed... [21 Sep 1998]
Derailed train upstages Net debut of the Clinton report
News A derailed train in Atlanta created more disruption, as it cut through the national fibre-optic backbone. Web servers across the US came to a standstill on Friday afternoon, but not because of the publication of lewd... [14 Sep 1998]
The rise and fall of the smartcard
Comment Are they to be banned from buying petrol or booking a train ticket? The benefits of smartcards to big business - especially banks - are well known. Processing cash is expensive and having large sums of currency lying... [26 Aug 1998]
RealPlayer accuses Microsoft of dirty tricks
News We are a commercial company and don't follow the freeware train of thought. Rob Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, has accused Microsoft of putting a product into the market which effectively 'breaks' those of its... [23 Jul 1998]
World Health Organisation plans global network
News The regional centres would have the resources to identify and diagnose unusual outbreaks of communicable disease, and to train staff. What could be the world's best chance of creating a global network for public health... [13 Jul 1998]
In brief: BT helps to cut crime on SouthWest Trains
News Video cameras on all of SouthWest Train's stations will be linked by BT's ISDN2 lines to three control centres, in a bid to cut down on platforms crime. BT is to supply closed circuit television services to SouthWest... [10 Jul 1998]
The euro is coming, like it or not
Comment The EMU train may have left the station without the UK but that doesn't mean IT directors can go home and forget about the single currency. We're on the EMU train whether we like it or not, so we'd... [06 Jul 1998]
Herts launches smartcard scheme for job seekers
News We have very complicated arrangements for reimbursing partner companies, such as mainline train operators," she said. Hertfordshire County Council has launched a smart card scheme to encourage bus operators to offer... [03 Jul 1998]
