operational management in news
CEO search begins as Todd exits ICL
News In particular, we need to address the management structure of various departments, and to streamline some our divisions by selling them off. The company announced operational losses of £69.7m in its last results. [02 Aug 2000]
RiverSoft wins Band-X contract
News The first internet exchange for the telecoms industry, Band-X, has selected Californian infrastructure management company, RiverSoft, to manage its IP network between buyers and sellers. The deal with RiverSoft will also ensure customer and... [26 Jul 2000]
Compaq wins £10m copyright alliance contract
News John Rathbone, IS director for the MCPS-PRS Alliance, said the digital rights management issues brought on by the advent of new media provide a tough challenge which has driven the need to outsource IT to Compaq. [19 Apr 2000]
CSL wins £14m governmental contract
News Deloitte & Touche subsidiary, CSL, has won a £14m contract to supply a management information system to the Lord Chancellor's Department. The seven-year contract will provide the Lord Chancellor's Department with operational and financial data... [16 Feb 2000]
Compaq buys build-to-order PC maker
News Customers will also be able to track orders with the use of end-to-end order management. Compaq is beefing up its direct business model by paying $370m in cash for the operational assets of build-to-order PC maker Inacom. [06 Jan 2000]
SAS Institute releases solution to churn management
News The SAS Institute has this week unveiled its Churn Management Solution (CMS), which is designed to help telecommunications companies retain customers. Using SAS datawarehousing software, the CMS technology gathers information from operational... [16 Dec 1999]
Police force turns to Bull for system update
News Bull's System for Tasking and Operational Resource Management (STORM) uses Escala D quad processor servers. The Staffordshire police force has awarded Bull Information Systems a £2m contract to install a new command and control system. [13 Aug 1999]
Cops puts police office data in the frame
News West Yorkshire police have installed a tailored knowledge management system from Computasoft Consulting. The Contingency and Operational Planning System (Cops) is designed to replace paper manuals and files for office-based operations. [16 Jul 1999]
Ideal Hardware cuts jobs as shares tumble
News We had a very bad month in May& we didn't have the right management in place, but that has been rectified today. Despite Wickes' assertion that management problems have been rectified, InterX's share price plummeted from 435p at opening to... [10 Jun 1999]
Recession to boost ecommerce according to KPMG
News Ecommerce will be boosted, rather than hindered, by the slowdown in the European economy, according to KPMG Management Consulting. Baker added that companies are becoming increasingly aware of ecommerce's capacity to generate cost savings without... [11 Nov 1998]
Barclays clears IBM over system crashes
News A source close to the situation told Silicon News: "The trouble started when the bank tried to install an IMS database management software upgrade from the bank's systems supplier, IBM. Barclays Bank has admitted that the system crashes it suffered... [03 Aug 1998]
Logica helps BA keep flights on time
News British Airways will tomorrow announce a £2m deal for an aircraft management system. There are currently no plans to integrate BA's staff and cargo management system into Cristal. It assesses the location of each aircraft, its maintenance status... [06 Jul 1998]
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