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RSS BAHas in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era?
News Wireless web access is already available or soon to be deployed, across a number of airlines including BA and Ryanair, both of which use a system from OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and Sita. Airlines should scrap... [03 Jul 2009]
British Airways: No mobiles on old planes
News BA is currently planning to launch a mobile email, web browsing and texting service from OnAir on two new Airbus A318 aircrafts in September of this year. However, it would cost BA too much to fit... [01 Jul 2009]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile He joined British Airways (BA) in 1997 and became CIO in 2001, taking charge of the airline's technology and IT-enabled business change. He has overseen a 45 per cent reduction in the cost of running... [03 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.01.09
Round-Up The good news: the system supports voice calls but BA has decided not to switch the function on, something that will no doubt please those travellers who don't wish to be bombarded with calls. Bandwidth, bandwidth... [30 Jan 2009]
Mile high text for British Airways' business fliers
News A spokesman for BA said it is installing an in-flight mobile comms system from OnAir into the two new aircrafts that will serve the route. OnAir's system supports voice but the BA spokesman told... [27 Jan 2009]
Mobile-software company UIQ files for bankruptcy
News BA CIO - how we attract the best IT grads The mobile-software company UIQ has filed for bankruptcy, following the decision by its last remaining customer to stop using its platform. Motorola and Sony Ericsson, the joint... [05 Jan 2009]
Do you need video in your enterprise?
Comment BA CIO - how we attract the best IT grads Video has been hailed a productivity booster and cost saver. But can it deliver? Freeform Dynamics's IdaRose Sylvester explains what video can and can't do. As we enter 2009,... [05 Jan 2009]
"It's either Segways or Strangeways"
News BA CEO Willie Walsh's assessment of the chaotic opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 January There are very few companies that understand software. Former chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, speaking in an interview with... [23 Dec 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New password theory
Comment Written at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and dispatched to silicon.com from the BA lounge via a free wi-fi service Can you imagine what a password of the following form might be used to protect '2c93b8819ca8c7d23dbeb628a8'? [22 Dec 2008]
Tech skills and grads, and when architecture meets IT
News BA's CIO Paul Coby also revealed his thoughts on IT's image problems. Coby also shares how BA attracts top drawer graduates and what the airline's latest intake of tech new starters can expect in their... [21 Dec 2008]
Video: BA CIO - how we attract the best IT grads
Video In this exclusive video, British Airways CIO Paul Coby talks about how employers can encourage the best graduates to take up a career in IT, how BA attracts the best talent for its IT scheme and what kind of experiences... [18 Dec 2008]
Video: Graduates on why they chose IT
Video In this video, workers on BA's graduate IT training programme, filmed earlier this year, explain why they chose a career in IT, whether their original degrees helped, what they've learned so far - and why they chose... [16 Dec 2008]
2008 in film: From Gates' departure to T5 opening its gates
News Head of BA's T5 information management programme, Glenn Morgan, gave silicon.com an exclusive tour. The past year has seen some memorable footage come to silicon.com including Bill Gates' final visit to London before... [12 Dec 2008]
Tech in pictures: The best of 2008
Photo We also took a look at the technology which keeps the terminal and BA's Heathrow operations up and running - take a look at more behind the scenes photos here. January saw Bill Gates give his last speech at the Consumer... [11 Dec 2008]
The Web Services-BusinessActivity - Initiator (WS-BA - I) Protocol: An Extension to the Web Services-BusinessActivity Specification
White Paper The Web Services Transaction protocol family includes the WS-AtomicTransaction and the WSBusinessActivity specifications in order to carry out distributed transactions in a Web Services (WS) environment. [25 Nov 2008]
