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RSS operation in newsBA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
News The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) have continued into a second day following the chaos caused by baggage system problems on the first day of operation yesterday. British Airways (BA) confirmed 80 per... [28 Mar 2008]
Thin clients the route to skinny emissions?
News According to Dr Hartmut Pflaum of the Fraunhofer Institute: "Energy consumption, when in operation, was up to 50 per cent lower than for conventional PCs. The use of thin clients can play a substantial part in reducing... [28 Mar 2008]
Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos
News BA added there were a "few minor problems" with the first day of operation at T5 including "baggage performance issues". On opening day of Heathrow's £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5), passengers have been hit by delays and flight... [27 Mar 2008]
Mothercare buggy about new financials software
News It is expected these changes will create benefits of £8m after the second year of operation following the acquisition. Children's clothing and equipment retailer Mothercare has signed a contract with Coda to provide... [27 Mar 2008]
Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts
News Compass warns that even though outsourcing providers might offer discounts of 18 per cent below the in-house operation on day one of a deal they will often recoup the discount over the term of the contract. [11 Mar 2008]
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News We need to form a global coalition to put together our resources and efforts within a framework of international co-operation and collaboration to bridge the digital divide. The UN agency for information and... [28 Feb 2008]
William Hill profits hit by online problems
News NextGen will be replaced by off-the-shelf systems supplied by Orbis, which is hoped will be in operation by the end of November. Technical difficulties with a new online platform wiped £10.6m from the operating profit of... [27 Feb 2008]
Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID
News Stephen Challis, head of product development at BAA Heathrow, said: "In effect the bag is travelling with its own passport… improving the certainty around the operation and reducing the manual intervention that's... [13 Feb 2008]
Location-based services set to boom
News CSR has developed a system that augments GPS to improve the availability of location data by using the cellular timing measurements phones take during normal operation. Is 2008 the year mobile location-based services... [11 Feb 2008]
Finance giant breathes new life into outsourcing contract
News Diligenta has been working with SLF UK since October 2007 as its preferred supplier and will continue to run the operation from SLF UK's head office in Basingstoke. Sun Life Financial of Canada (SLF) has signed a £100m... [31 Jan 2008]
Five mobile trends to watch in 2008
News He said: "I think that's one of the things we'll see more of: attempts to squeeze costs out of the operation and move closer to an efficient utility - like water or gas - which can make lots of money obviously you do... [09 Jan 2008]
Airlines defrost planes with Met Office tech
News David Jones, general manager for ground operations compliance at BA, said in a statement: "This helps to reduce delays for our customers who are flying on our UK domestic network and helps us to maintain a robust... [08 Jan 2008]
iPhone 'mugging fear' unfounded, say police
News The crackdown - dubbed Operation Prestige - began back in October, targeting eBay sellers of stolen mobiles, wanted robbery suspects and the false reporting of stolen phones. Operation Prestige took... [07 Jan 2008]
FAA: Boeing's Dreamliner to cause "security vulnerabilities"
News The report said: "It allows new kinds of passenger connectivity to previously isolated data networks connected to systems that perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane. The 787's flight, business... [07 Jan 2008]
Call centre to create 1,000 jobs up North
News He said the company would also open a small operation in South Africa this year, which would run alongside its UK operations. Up to 1,000 jobs will be created with the opening of a UK call centre in the North of England... [03 Jan 2008]
