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RSS CREST20-year-old tech poses "risk" to British justice
News The aged Crest case management system is unable to share data between courts, forcing staff to print out and retype information every time a case is transferred, according to a National Audit Office report published today. [05 Mar 2009]
Crest Animation Eliminates Storage Bottlenecks, Improves Productivity, and Gains More Than $19 Million in Benefits With HP StorageWorks Solution
White Paper Crest Animation, a full-service animation studio based in India, has been growing rapidly and expanding its market by working on full-length feature movies. Crest Animation deployed a comprehensive HP... [31 Dec 2008]
Credit crisis sees eBay slash 1,000 jobs
News Pacific Crest analyst Steve Weinstein called the job cuts "responsible". eBay said it will cut 10 per cent of its work force and spend about $1.3bn to buy online payment and classified companies to counter a slowdown in... [07 Oct 2008]
Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card
Photo The pink and blue cards are marked with the royal crest, as well as a thistle, daffodil, shamrock and rose to represent each country in the UK. The Home Office has officially taken the wraps off the new ID card for... [25 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News The card for foreign nationals will be pink and blue with the royal crest on the front and will hold eight pieces of information including two fingerprints and a scan of a facial photo which will be stored on the chip. [25 Sep 2008]
Global BPO market to hit $450bn by 2012
News The emerging economies of Asia and Latin America will ride the crest of this wave, housing support functions such as finance and accounting services, and benefiting from the relocation of existing shared services centres. [16 Jun 2008]
Integrating e-ID Into Next Generation eCitizen Services
White Paper Government transformation is on the crest of a wave. This whitepaper examines both the high level issues around e-ID and the importance of an Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in addressing the challenges driving the... [12 Jun 2008]
Hacking 'goodies' get industry body
News Testers can either apply for certification at the corporate level, which costs £7,000, or on a standalone level as a "Crest associate", which will cost them £1,600 to sit the exam. The Council of Registered Ethical... [25 Apr 2008]
Understanding Power Factor, Crest Factor, and Surge Factor
White Paper The terms Power Factor, Crest Factor, and Surge Factor refer to completely different and unrelated phenomena. Most UPS systems today have sufficient Crest Factor and Surge Factor to meet virtually any... [10 Apr 2008]
London Stock Exchange injects competition into post-trade costs
News At the moment the LSE offers this through a third party, Crest - the multi-currency electronic settlement system for UK and Irish securities. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) plans to introduce a post-trade router to open... [04 Feb 2008]
India top choice for UK outsourcing
News India is now outstripping competitors worldwide for cost and service quality and is riding the crest of a revolution in global outsourcing, according to a report. The report by advisory firm EquaTerra, entitled the... [11 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.12.07
Round-Up While the Round-Up would admit to being at least semi-obsessive about its Facebook account, it is also aware the business is riding the crest of the web 2.0 wave and doesn't want to look as it approaches the rocky shore... [14 Dec 2007]
Oracle warns BEA it won't wait forever
News Brendan Barnicle, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, said: "If they get them to the table, then maybe the price will move up from there. Oracle has warned BEA Systems that its $6.7bn buyout offer will expire on... [24 Oct 2007]
Sofnix Turns to Intel Dual-Core Technology for a Massive Production Boost
White Paper Limited is riding high on the crest of its new production capabilities, thanks to its spanking new deployment of breakthrough Intel dual-core technology. Pakistan-based Sofnix Pvt. With dual-core Intel Pentium D... [17 May 2007]
Link up all parts of your business
Comment These have risen to prominence on the crest of the web 2.0 wave in the shape of 'mash-ups' but have been around in the business space for some time. Luckily help is at hand. Anthony Plewes examines the tools,... [14 Mar 2007]
