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RSS oil in newsOfcom streamlines business radio licences
News The business radio licences are used by companies from high street taxi firms to oil companies, utilities, transport businesses and supermarket chains, as well as the emergency services. Ofcom wants to streamline the... [07 Jul 2006]
CIO Jury: 'Gas-guzzling' PCs pose IT power issues
News With ever-increasing electricity demand putting pressure on the national grid, along with rising oil prices and higher energy costs globally, the cost of keeping IT equipment switched on is now a serious concern for many... [17 May 2006]
Why business intelligence projects fail
News Kirk Hewitt, director of reporting and financial systems at oil refiner Valero Energy, agreed: "It's crucial that you talk to your business people. Only a minority of organisations are getting the most out of their... [25 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: Is industry experience vital for IT chiefs?
News John Odell, group IT director at the manufacturing organisation BBA Group, said: "In IT I've found it relatively painless to move from the oil industry, to banking and insurance then manufacturing and transport. [13 Apr 2006]
Asda does away with cheques
News Shell, the oil company, abolished the use of cheques in its retail petrol stations last year. Supermarket chain Asda is to stop accepting cheques in a number of UK stores as more people are paying by card, it claims. [03 Apr 2006]
Google to join S&P 500
News Google will replace Texas oil company Burlington Resources, which is being acquired by ConocoPhillips, and will officially join the S&P 500 after close of trade on 31 March 2006. Google's blue-chip status is now secured,... [24 Mar 2006]
Vanco wins £19.6m Euromaster outsourcing deal
News Vanco has also won a new deal with oil and gas company Total to supply an internet VPN connecting certain sites across five continents. Tyre company Euromaster has outsourced its entire corporate telecoms network to... [24 Feb 2006]
Slow growth for PC sales next year
News In US markets, demand for portables and business computers will help fuel the growth, despite the impact of recent hurricanes and rising oil prices. In Japan, third-quarter growth was strong in 2005 but factors such as... [20 Dec 2005]
Oil depot blast takes down IT systems
News Local authorities - and the Labour Party - are still feeling the after-effects of the giant oil depot fire which has knocked out important IT systems. It said both servers are hosted by Northgate Information Solutions... [14 Dec 2005]
IT companies' HQs hit by oil blast
News IT companies were among the businesses that suffered damage in the massive explosions at the oil depot near Hemel Hempstead this weekend. Northgate Information Solutions said its head office building was "seriously... [12 Dec 2005]
Dubai: The next big thing in outsourcing?
News Rising oil prices have brought a windfall of profits to the Arabian Peninsula. Dubai has kicked off an effort to land some of the outsourcing work that is heading to countries with low labour costs like China and India. [21 Nov 2005]
Tax breaks fail to halt decline in UK R&D investment
News One of the reasons cited for the UK and Europe's poor performance in the R&D league table is that they have fewer companies in R&D intensive high-tech sectors such as IT and electronics and are instead over-represented by 'old industry'... [24 Oct 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News A former chief prosecutor in Minnesota, Coleman is chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which has been investigating the oil-for-food scandal. A new resolution introduced in the US Senate... [19 Oct 2005]
Google has 'dumbed-down search', says Autonomy boss
News Say I'm interested in the effect of oil pollution on the penguin population of Alaska," said Lynch. Mike Lynch, founder and CEO of Autonomy, has accused Google of dumbing-down user expectations of search functionality,... [19 Sep 2005]
Motorola to flog car products unit, says WSJ
News The company also makes under-the-hood controllers, including sensors that alert drivers to oil pressure problems. Motorola may be selling its 5,000-employee automotive-products unit, according to a report. [16 Sep 2005]
