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Robust PageRank and Locally Computable Spam Detection Features
White Paper One particularly successful family of features is based on examining the sets of pages that contribute most to the PageRank of a given vertex, called supporting sets. In a recent paper, the current authors described an... [01 Jul 2009]
Aerospace Firm Moves From Mainframe to Microsoft SQL Server, Saves Time and Money
White Paper L-3 Vertex Aerospace has more than 11,000 staff at 300 locations around the world to service 3,500 aircraft, including 89 distinct types, primarily for the U.S.government. As L-3 Vertex's business grew,... [03 Jul 2008]
Vertex bags a £40m Brum Council deal
News Birmingham City Council has extended a contract with Vertex for call centre services in a deal worth £40m. The contract with Vertex, which was originally struck in 2002, has been extended to until 2012. [05 Jun 2008]
Scouting Report: A Transactional Systems Update
White Paper This webcast will discuss the new "single instance" solutions from Sabrix, Taxware and Vertex - how they interface with disparate ERP systems to enhance compliance automation for VAT, GST, sales, use and other global... [10 Apr 2008]
Efficient Histogram Generation Using Scattering on GPUs
White Paper Unlike previous implementations that use a gather approach, the paper takes advantage of scattering data through the vertex shader and of high-precision blending available on modern GPUs. This paper presents an efficient... [15 Feb 2008]
Survivable Network Design With Degree or Order Constraints
White Paper Denote by Bv the degree constraint of vertex v. This paper presents algorithmic and hardness results for network design problems with degree or order constraints. The paper first considers the SURVIVABLE NETWORK DESIGN... [09 Jan 2008]
Southampton's outsourcing costs double to £290m
News The risks of failure can be high - just look at Fujitsu Services and Vertex, which invested into more than a year's worth of negotiation with Walsall, only to have the whole £650m contract cancelled at the last minute. [23 Mar 2007]
ING Direct completes mortgage IT push
Case Study The system combines some components already deployed at ING Direct in Canada and also incorporates Omiga mortgage origination software from Vertex. Savings bank ING Direct has completed its largest tech project in the... [04 Jan 2007]
Wireless Westminster revs up
News Although the scheme falls within BT's Wireless Cities initiative, and BT will be physically building it and initially selling access under its Openzone banner, the actual operator is Vertex, the council's strategic partner. [29 Nov 2006]
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Saves Millions Using SAS for Clinical Trial Simulations
White Paper Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the industry expand and accelerate development through simulated clinical trials - a method that was already being advocated at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. [28 Sep 2006]
Outsourcing row breaks out at Westminster City Council
News Westminster City Council has denied it is forcing almost 200 call centre staff to relocate to Scotland or face redundancy as part of its 10-year £422m business process outsourcing deal with Vertex. The row has broken out... [22 Feb 2006]
India facing offshore call-centre skills crisis
News This warning has also been coming from inside the Indian BPO industry in recent months and Dan Sandhu, chief executive of Vertex India, said at an offshore conference in New Delhi in April that only a small percentage of... [12 Sep 2005]
120,000 foreigners needed to plug India's skills gap
News At an offshore conference in New Delhi back in April, Dan Sandhu, CEO India and head of offshore business at United Utilities' business process outsourcing arm Vertex, warned that only a small percentage of the two... [03 Jun 2005]
Offshore data protection law flounders
News Speaking to silicon.com at the Offshore Customer Management conference in New Delhi last week Dan Sandhu, CEO India and head of offshore business at United Utilities' business process outsourcing arm Vertex, acknowledged... [03 May 2005]
E-government 'approved' supplier register launched
News The launch register contains 21 approved IT suppliers including Atos Origin, Cable & Wireless, Computacenter, Fujitsu, LogicaCMG, Microsoft, Northgate Information Systems, Parity, Tata, Thales, Unisys, Vertex and Xansa. [28 Jan 2005]
