city in case studies
Kiln builds a bigger insurance data pot
Case Study While the specialised insurance market isn't suffering the privations of the mortgage industry, City-based insurance company Kiln is undergoing fundamental corporate changes underpinned by a no-less sizeable IT upgrade. [09 Oct 2008]
Olympic tech getting fit for Beijing 2008
Case Study The contract Atos Origin has with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the largest IT contract in sport and Beijing will be the fourth games where the company has run the IT infrastructure - the first being the 2002 Winter... [16 Apr 2008]
Leeds completes 'painless' Windows XP upgrade
Case Study Leeds City Council has saved taxpayers' money and minimised disruption by using an automated software auditing tool to ease a major Microsoft Windows IT upgrade. Say what? Find out all about BBC iPlayer, Google Android,... [28 Mar 2008]
Rugby club scores with automated backup
Case Study The system automatically copies every file on the club's systems at its city grounds in Franklin Gardens to Datastore 365's servers in Northampton and Berkshire. A world class UK rugby club has turned to an automatic... [21 Jan 2008]
Brunel University uses spam filter to fight cyber bullying
Case Study Based in the west of London, the university is one of the main higher education centres in the city and uses a distributed email system. Brunel University has adapted its spam filter to help fight email bullying. [11 Jan 2008]
St Paul's Cathedral upgrades shopping tech
Case Study St Paul's Cathedral is one of the icon's of the London skyline and a prime tourist site for the city - its gift store sees 150,000 customers per year, as tourists flock to buy souvenirs. Although it is an independent... [09 May 2007]
Cities rise to the £7m digital challenge
Case Study Out of 80 entrants, 10 finalists have been shortlisted, including Birmingham (as lead authority), Bristol City, Ealing, Kingston upon Hull, Manchester City, Milton Keynes, Norfolk County, Nottingham... [02 Oct 2006]
Newcastle City Council saves millions from IT overhaul
Case Study Newcastle City Council has saved millions of pounds as a result of a massive IT overhaul which saw it move from mainframes into the modern era of technology. Ray Ward, CIO of Newcastle City Council, told... [15 Jun 2006]
Data clean-up pays off for Business Link
Case Study BLL was created from an amalgamation of several different Business Link groups around the city and it was this that created the initial problem with the accuracy of the customer contact data used for marketing and sales. [09 May 2006]
Insurance firm updates disaster recovery plans
Case Study But its biggest location is at 30 Fenchurch Street, in the heart of the City of London. COLT - short for City of London Telecommunication, back in the day - walked away with the contract, up against... [11 Apr 2006]
HBOS zips up latest phase of procurement project
Case Study The supplier risk management phase is the latest addition to the SRM system, which was launched in 2002 to help create the cost savings promised to the City at the time of the merger by allowing the company to create a... [30 Jun 2005]
Insurer tightens security with laptop encryption
Case Study The company - which occupies the famous 'gherkin' building in the City of London - is one of the world's largest life and health insurance firms, and its employees regularly carry sensitive data on their computers. [16 Jun 2005]
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