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RSS ha in newsGreen dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Another department airing its green credentials was the Highways Agency (HA), which manages 4,696 miles of trunk roads and motorway carrying one third of all traffic in the UK. Denise Plumpton, director of information for the HA, described the... [09 May 2008]
The high-tech road to happiness
News Ambitious proposals in the Highways Agency's (HA) business plan for 2008-09 will build on the success of the six-month pilot of the Active Traffic Management (ATM) system on the M42. Queue-signalling signs are in place over 1,200km of the busiest... [01 Apr 2008]
Motorists to get jam-busting traffic info
News The Highways Agency (HA) is to try to help motorists plan their journeys better by using electronic motorway signs to display more detailed and up-to-the-minute travel information. The HA is also developing trials of other potential new services to... [19 Jul 2006]
UK motorways to get £490m PFI telecoms upgrade
News The Highways Agency (HA) has signed a £490m private finance initiative (PFI) deal to upgrade the telecommunications network that links all the information systems across the UK road network. The 10-year National Roads Telecommunications Services... [19 Sep 2005]
Tech heart to future UK roads policy
News There is no "killer idea" that will lessen levels of congestion on UK roads, though IT will be at the heart of improving traffic flow, according to the recently appointed director of information at the Highways Agency (HA). [24 Jan 2005]
UK appoints road information tsar
News The Highways Agency (HA) in the UK has appointed the former IT director at mobile phone maker Sendo as its first director of information. The role will mean controlling a staff of around 150, a direct budget of £25m and influence over a further... [04 Jan 2005]
IBM returns SCO's legal volley
News The infringing SCO software, IBM said, is its UnixWare and OpenServer operating systems, its SCO Manager remote administration tool and its Reliant HA package, which enables one computer in a cluster to take over if another fails. [08 Aug 2003]
Talking computers almost a reality
News Yes,", "yeah", "yep," "ya-ha," and "uh-huh" all mean the same thing to people, but present bewildering choices to machines programmed to accept rigidly defined input. While fully conversant computers, such as Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey, may still... [09 Jul 2003]
Ginger sales stall as reality replaces hype
News The hoo-ha started in January 2001 when details about a potentially revolutionary device leaked out through a book proposal and patent application. The Segway Human Transporter - the high-tech scooter otherwise known as Ginger - is proving to be an... [31 Mar 2003]
"My mother will stop being ashamed of me because I am a CEO."
News Our goal is to make everybody say 'Ah-ha! "They are a company that builds really reliable products and has a reputation for service. They are also boring. Analyst Amy Wohl, who heads up US technology consulting firm Wohl Associates, discusses HP's... [22 Nov 2002]
Israeli teens charged over Goner virus
News The five teenagers have been charged in Haifa District Court, according to the Ha'aretz newspaper. Five teenagers from Northern Israel have been charged with creating and distributing the Goner virus. [07 Aug 2002]
Ousted Bertelsmann boss blames boardroom brou-ha-ha
News Thomas Middelhoff, the outgoing chairman of Bertelsmann, has blamed his hasty exit from the company on a rift with the supervisory board and the Mohn family, who are major shareholders in the German media giant. [31 Jul 2002]
Norwich leads the way with £85m e-government deal
News Norwich city council has become one of the first local governments to sign a Private Finance Initiative contract to provide for its 2005 e-government targets. The £85m contract with Integris will span over 15 years, with £16.8m in funding coming... [17 Apr 2002]
BT shuts down First Call money pit
News BT has confirmed it is to close its 800-person First Call unit after spending around £40m in wages in the one year of its existence. First Call was a controversial unit set up to keep valuable staff within the business after restructuring until... [20 Feb 2002]
Comverse layoffs to begin
News An Israeli newspaper, Ha'aretz, has claimed 900 staff, or 16 per cent of the workforce, will be made redundant, starting from Wednesday, following an analyst briefing and the announcement of third quarter financial results on Tuesday. [07 Dec 2001]
