development projects in case studies
Bracknell Forest reaps virtual rewards
Case Study The IT department secured funding for the virtualisation project from the council's Invest to Save initiative, which funds projects to deliver longer term savings. Other benefits include a quicker test and development cycle for new applications... [08 Aug 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study Today, Zurich's IT department manages a budget of more than £1.8bn, more than 200 projects and 3,600 outsourced staff. The application development deal saw the transfer of about 1,600 Zurich staff and contractors with work carried out across six... [10 Jun 2008]
Calor Gas smelling of tech success
Case Study The gas supplier serves around four million UK businesses and homes and has been using Tibco software to complete more than 70 integration projects over the past few years. Head of development for Calor Gas Simon Went told silicon.com: "We've been... [17 Mar 2008]
Supercomputer helps cut drug research time
Case Study One of the first research projects to make use of the supercomputer was a study into more effective drugs to combat certain kinds of cancer. Scientists are making the most of supercomputing technology to carry out research that could radically... [18 Sep 2007]
Testing boosts Friends Provident's ecommerce apps
Case Study The testing software gets regular use, Peter Bates, Friends Provident development support manager, added: "We might have ecommerce delivering every two months but there will be other projects. Craig Gibbons, senior IT consultant at Friends... [08 Nov 2006]
Great Ormond Street Hospital overhauls IT
Case Study One of the key advantages of the SOA platform is that it will allow an organisation with relatively small IT resources to take on many more innovative projects than before while maintaining a small IT team. [07 Sep 2006]
Data clean-up pays off for Business Link
Case Study But despite this success Pratt warned that many organisations still approach business intelligence projects the wrong way. As if to demonstrate that not all business intelligence projects are successful, Pratt said a recent Cognos business... [09 May 2006]
Fashion giant improves business reporting
Case Study Matthew Evans, development manager at Arcadia, said as part of the selection process the retailer used Webfocus in two proof-of-concept projects. In terms of the proof of concepts both projects were largely successful. [29 Jun 2005]
Bank gets agile about development
Case Study International bank BNP Paribas is getting faster return on investment from its software projects by using agile software development. The bank, which has worked with consultant Exoftware, is using the agile approach on development of risk... [27 Jun 2005]
Software helps agency hit FOI target
Case Study The agency prepares the Mayor's business plan for London and invests more than £300m in projects to support the creation of new jobs and the development of new communities. Projects the LDA is involved with include the new Wembley Stadium, the bid... [20 Jun 2005]
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