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Hackney Council in £1.9m IT overhaul
News Online services allow citizens to put in maintenance requests and enquire about rent balances. Hackney Council is set to overhaul the entire IT operation supporting its housing department in a £1.9m deal with local government software specialist... [15 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News Gartner analyst, Nikos Drakos, said an appropriate balance between freedom and control is "crucial to community growth and maintenance, and must be tuned continuously". Instead businesses should view employee participation as part of the "social... [08 Aug 2008]
'Paper junkies' can't kick printing habit
News The average loss of turnover just from waste is four per cent but once you factor in the cost of toner, maintenance of printers and cost of landfill then the harm to businesses can be between five and 10 per cent. [05 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Mike Roberts, The London Clinic's IT director said: "We will be able to reduce expenditure and go into 'maintenance mode', by reducing contractors and expenditure on non-essential maintenance. For the second time in a row, the silicon.com CIO Jury... [04 Aug 2008]
Oracle adds to SAP lawsuit allegations
News Oracle upped the ante in its lawsuit against rival SAP this week, claiming in an amended complaint that SAP's CEO and other top executives were aware of alleged illegal downloading of proprietary software and documents before, during and after its... [30 Jul 2008]
Kwik Fit Insurance drives up website performance
News The insurance distribution arm of vehicle maintenance chain Kwik Fit has implemented website tracking software from Tealeaf to help it improve sales conversions on its site - and identify potentially fraudulent applications. [28 Jul 2008]
Tesco.com vans cut fuel bills with telematics tech
News Papas told silicon.com the system may be used in the future to flag up alarms on the condition of each van's engine, allowing vehicle maintenance to be organised much more efficiently. Tesco.com has upped delivery rates and reduced fuel consumption... [25 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News Thin client technology is flagged as having potential to reduce energy consumption, maintenance and support costs - although the report also warns "additional energy is required to support the greater bandwidth necessary for connection to its... [17 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News Bonte said in a statement: "As the reliability and performance of mobile enterprise solutions improves and the concerns about maintenance costs, data protection and integrity are addressed, corporations will increasingly adopt mobile solutions and... [17 Jul 2008]
Price hike for SAP's Enterprise Support
News In a statement SAP said: "Subject to specific contractual limitations, a typical customer paying 17 per cent of maintenance base for SAP Standard Support in 2008 will pay a rate of 18.3 per cent of maintenance base for SAP Enterprise Support in 2009. [16 Jul 2008]
Dunelm Mill signs Epos maintenance deal
News Value home furnishings retailer Dunelm Mill has signed an electronic point of sale maintenance contract to support its store portfolio expansion and drive sales. He told silicon.com: "We are hoping that the maintenance contract will result in less... [16 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News Any transitional support and maintenance arrangements would have been likely to increase costs to IPS considerably until any new supplier was able to support the electronic channel. Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application... [02 Jul 2008]
£3bn gov't IT contracts up for grabs
News Other contracts will be awarded for maintaining and upgrading its hosting services, its voice and data networks, application maintenance and support and integration services.silicon.com Public Sector Tech contracts worth a total of £3bn are up for... [01 Jul 2008]
Microsoft unveils licensing plan for business
News Forrester said in the report: "Microsoft's software maintenance agreement is among the industry's most expensive - 25 per cent for server products and 29 per cent for desktop products. Microsoft has said it is adding a new licensing option, this... [01 Jul 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News Gartner claimed that an employee-owned-notebook programme needs to contain four key elements: a technology solution to protect the device and the network it's attached to; policies to guide behaviour; third-party maintenance to make sure the... [30 Jun 2008]
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