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Performance Evaluation of Distributed Computing Paradigms in Mobile Ad Hoc Sensor Networks
White Paper In the client/server-based computing, clients send data to a server and data processing is done at the server; while in the mobile-agent-based computing, the server dispatches mobile agents which carry executable codes... [01 Aug 2007]
Vendor-Managed Inventory: Using Trust, Information and Relationships to Improve Operational Efficiency
White Paper When product inventories drop below a specified level, the distributor dispatches a delivery based on previously agreed-upon criteria. Companies that purchase fuels, chemicals, solvents and other products often have to... [01 May 2007]
Data thieves facing two years in prison
News He stressed the international nature of the problem, citing the recent Channel 4 Dispatches programme which revealed criminal gangs selling UK credit card and passport details from Indian call centres. [07 Feb 2007]
Sage Accpac CRM Becomes the Right Ticket for Telaid
White Paper Duplicate dispatches were going out for technicians who could have solved two or three trouble tickets on the same call instead of going back each time, costing Telaid wasted time and money. When something would go wrong... [23 Jan 2007]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News And in October, data security worries were again raised by a Channel 4 Dispatches programme which revealed the ease with which customer information can be purchased from Indian call centres. Outsourcing, security and... [19 Dec 2006]
Data security top priority in BPO
News Nigel Roxburgh, research director at NOA, said the increased publicity surrounding data security in offshoring, such as Channel 4's recent Dispatches programme revealing data theft in Indian call centres, has played a... [15 Dec 2006]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in outsourcing
News India's call centre and BPO industry was the scene of much controversy in 2006 with yet more undercover stings exposing poor security of customer data - most notably the Channel 4 documentary Dispatches which claimed its... [11 Dec 2006]
Privacy watchdog probes call centre breaches
News The investigation by the privacy watchdog follows a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary which showed middlemen offering an undercover reporter financial details of 100,000 customers from Indian call centres. [09 Oct 2006]
Data theft scandal - what we can learn from India
Comment Last night, the Channel 4 Dispatches programme lifted the lid on what many have long suspected - that offshoring personal data to India is a time bomb waiting to explode. Recent undercover 'sting' operations reveal how... [06 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: Tesco PR, BPO and the AOP
Comment I have plans tonight, among other things preventing me attending an eagerly awaited charity quiz night, which means I will miss the Channel 4 Dispatches programme that supposedly reveals how personal data has been sold... [05 Oct 2006]
Indian call centre security breaches exposed
News The Channel 4 Dispatches documentary follows a 12-month investigation that resulted in footage of middlemen offering the undercover reporter credit card details of 100,000 customers of UK high-street banks from Indian... [05 Oct 2006]
Murdoch dispatches wife to China
News Wendi Deng, wife of News Corp media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is to work with senior News Corp executives in an attempt to launch MySpace.com in China. Deng, who was born in China and speaks Mandarin, will explore ways in which MySpace can... [20 Sep 2006]
Co-op takes warehouse wireless
News The Co-op's IT manager, Steve Bentley, said that precision is vital in an operation which dispatches goods to 200 stores across the east of England. Co-op is installing wireless scanning and product picking technology at... [14 Aug 2006]
AT&T webcast alert system has eye on security
News AT&T on Wednesday launched a 24-hour internet security webcast programme aimed at delivering security alerts and daily dispatches to corporate customers. The company's Internet Security News Network (ISNN) is designed to... [15 Dec 2005]
Oracle dispatches PeopleSoft bombshells
News Oracle appears to be adding insult to injury in its merger with PeopleSoft - taking the unusual step of notifying workers of their termination by sending "pink slips", the US equivalent of P45s, via express mail to their homes. [14 Jan 2005]
