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Tennis federation rallies web presence

Case Study The network allows bandwidth load to be spread across the various servers meaning the website can cope with the huge spikes in traffic. The ITF runs the annual Davis Cup tournament, which sees nations battling it out in the biggest annual team...

Tags: tennis, ntt, website, servers

[12 Mar 2008]

Scottish Re evaluates risky data

Case Study To spread that risk, policies may be reinsured by the insurer. Reinsurer Scottish Re Group has introduced an electronic data interchange (EDI) system for its customers to help the company manage risk on the 'lives' it takes on.silicon.com Financial...

Tags: data mining, csc, insurance, life

[04 Feb 2008]

How tech drives the World Rally Championship

Case Study Due to the remote nature and large geographical spread of each event, (stages cover around 400km per event) there are also obstacles such as differing power supplies, communications standards and languages.

Tags: communication, networking, hosting, f1

[08 Nov 2007]

Tate makes e-bulletins an artform

Case Study Stack added this two-night spread is not a problem because Tate Online schedules bulletins months in advance and so the content is not affected by this gap. Arts website Tate Online has tailored its email bulletins system to pull in more people to...

Tags: lyris, tate modern, bulletin, email

[06 Jul 2007]

DFS reupholsters its financial system

Case Study Already, the retailer has been able to make financial information easily accessible to end users who are not tech-savvy, allowing a richer knowledge of trading performance to spread throughout the company.

Tags: dfs

[17 Apr 2007]

Paramedics treat patients with BlackBerrys

Case Study Shields added: "If you think that it's 100 A&E admissions over three years, you can spread costs further. By treating patients in their homes, Cambridge paramedics are saving £300 for every short-term hospital admission they avoid.

Tags: blackberry

[24 Feb 2006]

How Aviva bet big on India

Case Study As such, five sites have been used across India, spread out from the north of the country to Bangalore and Chennai in the south and even a facility in neighbouring Sri Lanka. When Norwich Union announced its offshoring plans at the end of 2003...

Tags: finance, city, offshore, india

[18 Oct 2005]

Payments giant saves £2.5m with new network

Case Study In 2001, Voca decided to spread its risk by moving out of London and setting up three new offices in Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. Voca provides the technology behind the direct debit system in the UK and its payment infrastructure is used...

Tags: case study, voca

[07 Jul 2005]

Insurer tightens security with laptop encryption

Case Study But Schmid said the main difficulty was making the user documentation readily available and spread across the world - and making sure the users actually read it. Insurance giant Swiss Re is encrypting the hard disks on 4,500 laptops in a bid to...

[16 Jun 2005]

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