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RSS delivery in newsTesco.com vans cut fuel bills with telematics tech
News Tesco.com has upped delivery rates and reduced fuel consumption of its delivery vans - by 10 per cent in both cases - using new telematics technology. With this data the retailer has been able to alter driver behaviour through an advanced driver... [25 Jul 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News The Trust said it terminated the implementation because it had lost confidence in the delivery of the system following Fujitsu's exit as the provider delivering the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the south of England.silicon.com Public Sector [22 Jul 2008]
Beeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News He will also be in charge of the Beeb's enterprise and broadcast technology strategy and delivery. The BBC has appointed former Microsoft employee, Erik Huggers, as the new director of its Future Media and Technology division. [18 Jul 2008]
Seagate unleashes 1.5TB desktop
News Shipments of the Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB drive are set to begin next month, Seagate said, and delivery of the Momentus 5400.6 and 7200.4 drives is due to start in the fourth quarter of this year. Seagate has unveiled 1.5TB desktop and half-terabyte... [15 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News The global infrastructure and service delivery (GISD) roles will be scrapped in the UK and new jobs created in Hungary, India and Singapore over the next two years, with 700 UK posts to be lost by September this year. [14 Jul 2008]
Gov't to ramp up IT outsourcing?
News Nick Kalisperas, director for delivery at IT industry trade body Intellect, said: "From out perspective this is good news but ultimately the key to getting the best out of the private sector comes from engaging with them at the earlier opportunity. [11 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone up for grabs online - or is it?
News The smart phone device is not due to ship until 11 July but one-device-per-customer pre-orders can now be placed on the websites for delivery on that date. Certain remote postcodes will require an additional day for delivery. [07 Jul 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News The report says: "There have been efforts to remedy the problems identified but without improvement in the rate of roll out of terminals and the completion of software development to meet the latest timelines, significant risks remain to the... [04 Jul 2008]
Microsoft unveils licensing plan for business
News In terms of upgrade rights - the major element - this is only cost-justified by a three- to four-year upgrade cycle but Microsoft has undermined Software Assurance's value proposition by missing delivery dates for new versions. [01 Jul 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal global delivery location for businesses, according to a new report from IDC. The research analyst's Global Delivery Index (GDI) released this week indicated that India is still the offshoring country... [27 Jun 2008]
Gov't slams Fujitsu's "core contract" NHS IT failings
News He said talks also focused on the need to "address areas of poor product and delivery volumes with the aim of resetting the contract to resolve these difficulties". Fujitsu Service's £896m NHS IT contract was terminated because of its inability to... [26 Jun 2008]
Treasury turns to tech guru to slash IT costs
News Read's responsibilities include examining the standardisation and simplification of business processes, improving government's success rate on the delivery of big IT projects, ensuring compatibility between national systems and improving hardware... [23 Jun 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News BAG claims that "exception handling" - dealing with mismatched or unclear fingerprints - would occupy a large amount of NIS' resources, putting the technology, delivery and costs under strain. Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being... [20 Jun 2008]
Sainsbury's to pay out £300k for online outage
News The groceries section of the site was frozen from Tuesday afternoon after the company discovered that next-day delivery orders were not being processed. A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said: "Our home delivery website is now up and running as normal. [20 Jun 2008]
Glitch takes Sainsbury's shopping offline
News The company froze the section of its main site on Tuesday afternoon, after discovering that orders for next-day delivery were not being processed. Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has taken its groceries website offline after it developed a fault with... [18 Jun 2008]
