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Free wi-fi arrives in York station
News Station manager and train operator National Express East Coast has introduced free wireless internet across most of the station, which is used by more than 10 million rail passengers per year. Steve Soards, station manager for National Express East... [13 Jun 2008]
London still wi-fi king of the world
News And if more rail operators follow the example of National Express, which offers free wi-fi on the UK's East Coast Main Line, this will surely be the case. London has shored up its status as wi-fi capital of the world with usage soaring 156 per cent... [14 Mar 2008]
Rail travellers lapping up free wi-fi
News Rail operator National Express has seen wi-fi usage more than triple since it introduced a free service for all passengers in December last year, when it took over the franchise. Alan Hyde, head of communications at National Express East Coast... [05 Mar 2008]
Eurostar links up with UK train operators
News The first seven UK rail operators to be linked are Chiltern Railways, East Midlands Trains, First Capital Connect, Hull Trains, London Midland, National Express East Coast and Virgin Trains. International train company Eurostar has linked its... [04 Jan 2008]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News First class perks trucked into standard class when National Express won the bid to run the London to Scotland east coast mainline rail service. But it's not all been about Steve Jobs this year. For starters, rumours of a Google mobile resurfaced... [13 Dec 2007]
Tech suppliers get ID card lowdown
News Following the conference potential suppliers have two weeks to complete a prequalification questionnaire to express their interest in bidding for a contract. The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) staged a bidders' conference last week for... [17 Sep 2007]
Rail passengers to get free on-board wi-fi
News Rail passengers on the London to Scotland east coast mainline will get free wi-fi as part of National Express' £1.4bn winning bid to run the franchise. National Express will take over the rail route from GNER in mid-December this year after beating... [14 Aug 2007]
How to do an SAP rollout - top CIO tips
News Express delivery giant TNT ICS had to put up with typhoons and power cuts during its worldwide roll out of SAP. National Air Traffic Services is using SAP to run its back office functions including HR and project management functions. [25 Jun 2007]
CIO Jury: Businesses face ID management headache
News Phil Young, head of IT operations at Amtrak Express Parcels, said: "We have already commenced a project to reduce the number of IDs on our systems and then we hope to take this to the next step and review access policies with a view to potentially... [21 Sep 2006]
NHS IT refresh to face independent inquiry
News A total of 23 computer science academics wrote to Granger earlier this month to express their concerns over the programme, including Anderson and Frank Land, visiting professor of information systems at the London School of Economics. [25 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses face consumer tech revolution
News Phil Young, head of IT operations, Amtrak Express Parcels Angus Waugh, head of IT at the National Audit Office, said: "It can attract security, information integrity and service continuity concerns which are not always appreciated by corporate user... [12 Jan 2006]
2,500 people to test ID card biometrics
News In an accompanying questionnaire IT suppliers are also invited to express their views on the biometric technology proposed for the ID card scheme with the Home Office saying that any criticisms won't affect the supplier's ability to compete when... [20 Oct 2005]
Microsoft warns ID cards pose massive security risk
News They seem happy to express their reservations to each other. Microsoft has warned the UK government's national ID card plans pose a huge security risk that could actually increase the likelihood of confidential personal information falling into the... [18 Oct 2005]
Virus arrest: Two caught in Zotob sting
News Law enforcement officials have arrested two men suspected of unleashing a pair of computer worms, including last week's Zotob, which hit servers at American Express and The New York Times among other high-profile victims. [30 Aug 2005]
Barclays names new CIO
News From 1999 to 2000 he worked for Chase Manhattan Bank in New York as head of strategic technology, National Consumer Services, and before that he was senior vice president, global re-engineering at American Express in New York. [17 Aug 2005]
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