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Childnet helps parents get web savvy

Case Study Some were worried that their children might break it by mistake, if they were allowed to go online unsupervised. Internet awareness charity Childnet International has produced an interactive learning resource for parents who want to know more about...

Tags: parents, children, education

[08 May 2008]

Musical retailer improves stock visibility

Case Study It is also integrated with the company's delivery systems and its website, so that orders can be made online by customers out of store hours and only needs to be approved the next morning for items to be sent out.

Tags: great plains, sql, k3

[08 Apr 2008]

Students get blanketed in wi-fi at Brum uni

Case Study The university's vision is that an all pervasive wi-fi network will not only be a vital aid for academic activity but also a springboard for new student services - enabling live pictures of sports events to be multicast to the online student...

Tags: wi-fi, security, birmingham, wired

[18 Mar 2008]

Tennis federation rallies web presence

Case Study The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of tennis fans following the scores of Davis Cup matches online. To cope with the increase in internet traffic the ITF has been using...

Tags: tennis, ntt, website, servers

[12 Mar 2008]

Shipping company to slash CO2 and power costs

Shipping company to slash CO2 and power costs

Case Study That information is accessible by anyone in the organisation but, significantly, customers can go online and see what's happening to their vessels. A shipping services and cargo company that looks after the US Navy and Shell is hoping for massive...

Tags: port, waas, global, sea

[21 Feb 2008]

Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs

Case Study The venture also set up a contact centre, online access and a face-to-face centre in Mid Suffolk, where the public was more used to dealing with public sector staff on that level. Suffolk County Council and Mid Suffolk District Council have merged...

Tags: shared services, bpo, bt, saving

[05 Feb 2008]

Multiple choice helps council IT measure up

Case Study An online benchmarking tool is helping Staffordshire County Council assess the skills of its IT staff in order to more effectively target training and help raise standards in accordance with a government push for increased IT professionalism in...

Tags: comptia, skills, county, council

[24 Jan 2008]

Monarch soars with Google search tech

Case Study The airline saw a significant increase in email queries following its introduction of online check-in earlier in the year and the tightening up of airport security last summer. Monarch Airlines has recently started to use Google's Custom Search...

Tags: google, web services, airport, search

[03 Dec 2007]

Betfair fortifies its software code

Case Study The online betting exchange expects to see a return on investment on the SCA product within the space of three years. Betfair has rolled out a source code analysis tool to free up its developers' time and keep bugs at bay.

Tags: bug, fortify, betfair, tool

[20 Nov 2007]

Betfair betting engine goes supersonic

Case Study Betfair is an online betting exchange - a peer-to-peer gambling site acting as a broker between parties for the placement of bets. Agenda Setters 2007 - Top 20 Find out who made it into silicon.com's Agenda Setters top 20 by clicking the links below…

Tags: betting, betfair, transaction processing, volume

[15 Nov 2007]

Cambridge Uni keeps tabs on web traffic

Case Study During this process, online access to the university network was made available to the entire student population, meaning the user-base jumped from around 150 staff to 20,000 people. The University of Cambridge is using network management software...

Tags: servers, management, ssl, university

[05 Oct 2007]

Norton Rose reaps rewards of comms upgrade

Case Study As part of the contract, Affiniti implemented online document collaboration to help speed up contract drafting for clients as its lawyers can work with colleagues around the world. International law firm Norton Rose has signed a £1.9m contract with...

Tags: law, affiniti, communication

[23 Aug 2007]

National Lottery bets on web reporting

Case Study Camelot is using web monitoring technology to improve the online experience of players using its National Lottery website. To retain current players and attract new ones, the company needed a way of collecting information about the 'last mile' of...

Tags: report, user, web, camelot

[09 Jul 2007]

Tate makes e-bulletins an artform

Case Study Arts website Tate Online has tailored its email bulletins system to pull in more people to its websites and increase sales. Tate Online sends out around 350,000 emails per month keeping supporters and visitors up-to-date about events and...

Tags: lyris, tate modern, bulletin, email

[06 Jul 2007]

Durham college betters campus life with wireless

Case Study For college administrators, the network allows student assessment and attendance to be managed online. Durham's New College has rolled out a wireless and converged IP network which it claims has improved student and staff services and significantly...

Tags: network, ip, wireless, education

[26 Jun 2007]

Software gets Nasa back to the moon and Mars

Case Study Leonard said the new online tool, developed by Vignette, makes it easy to pull up a design document on a screen, look through it, click on a comment, add your own advice and then forward it through to the next stages.

Tags: martian, software, collaboration, mars

[22 Jun 2007]

Visit London gets 'WebTrendy'

Case Study London's visitor and marketing agency has been working with WebTrends since the beginning of 2006 to understand how its online presence can be strengthened. Tourism group Visit London has received a significant boost in website traffic following...

Tags: traffic, website, london, analytics

[21 Jun 2007]

Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista

Case Study Online shopping giant Tesco.com has migrated 2,000 desktops to Windows Vista with increased security and energy saving among the key reasons for the switch. The retailer migrated the PCs to Vista Ultimate edition in January, following several...

Tags: security, migration, tesco.com, microsoft

[31 May 2007]

St Paul's Cathedral upgrades shopping tech

Case Study He said: "We intend to get the store online by Christmas. Having the store online will provide a welcome opportunity for them to purchase their gifts and souvenirs when they get back home. St Paul's Cathedral is one of the icon's of the London...

Tags: epos

[09 May 2007]

Property managers bin BlackBerrys

Case Study Nelson Bakewell IT director, Nick Scott, told silicon.com: "We reviewed everything in company and, within that, some teams in the company were coming up with requests for using information online and having better tools when they're out and about.

Tags: windows mobile, nelson bakewell, property management, microsoft windows mobile

[06 Mar 2007]

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