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University donates old PCs to Chile
News Nottingham University is sending its old computers on a retirement trip to Chile. Phil Andrews, of Nottingham University's IT operations team, said: "Instead of being broken down and recycled, our PCs are given a new lease of life to help... [15 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Chris Ford, IT Director, Nottingham City Council For the second time in a row, the silicon.com CIO Jury is hung, this time over the issue of preparedness for a UK recession. CIO50 2008: Top 10 The UK's leading CIOs revealed… [04 Aug 2008]
London: Card fraud hotspot
News Outside the capital fraud was concentrated in Coventry, Dartford, Ilford and Nottingham, which all appeared in the top 10 fraud hotspot list. The UK's top card fraud hotspots have been revealed in a report that shows the crime is spread across the... [24 Jul 2008]
Wi-fi for free on board commuter coach
News The buses, which are used to ferry commuters from Nottingham to Derby have been fitted with a wi-fi hub supplied by Moovera Networks to deliver 3.6Mbps connectivity over Vodafone's High Speed Packet Access 3G network. [19 May 2008]
Nottingham Building Society to rip and replace systems
News Nottingham Building Society is about to begin final testing of a replacement core system for its loans business ahead of rollout over the next few months. Nottingham Building Society IT head Jack Cutts said the decision to upgrade core technology... [11 Mar 2008]
Revealed: Top UK base for IT businesses
News London came in at position number 26 - with smaller cities such as Hull, Nottingham and Stoke-on-Trent all beating the nation's capital in the rankings. Manchester has the most to offer UK IT companies hunting for a head office location, according... [26 Sep 2007]
London hottest for online card fraud
News In order of the worst offending, the top 10 UK card not present fraud hotspots are: London, Manchester, Coventry, Kilmarnock, Bristol, Brighton, Leicester, Leeds, Glasgow and Nottingham. By tracking the postcodes of addresses where fraudulently... [05 Sep 2007]
Talking CCTV rolling out to 20 'trouble hotspots'
News Some of the areas the CCTV scheme will be extended to are Blackpool, Coventry, Derby, Gloucester, Mansfield, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, Salford and Wirral. 'Talking' CCTV cameras that shout warnings to litter louts and those engaged in... [04 Apr 2007]
Be extends next-gen fat pipes to third of Blighty
News Be's ADSL2+ network now covers the following locations: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Coventry, Croydon, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hemel Hempstead, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Northampton... [16 Feb 2007]
Ikea furnishes customers with online shopping
News An Ikea spokesman said the online shop is expected to open at the end of next year, following trials of the website this spring in the Nottingham area. If the thought of spending the weekend fighting your way around Ikea fills you with horror, then... [10 Oct 2006]
Powergen ditches offshore Indian call centres
News Around 450 new jobs will be created at E.ON managed call centres in Bedford, Bolton, Leicester, Nottingham and Rayleigh as a result of the work being transferred from India back to the UK. Powergen is bringing its offshore call centre work back to... [15 Jun 2006]
iPass lands wi-fi roaming deal with the Cloud
News The agreement will also cover the city-centre "hot zones" that iPass is currently building, in Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham and Oxford, along with the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Camden... [13 Apr 2006]
Satellite tech to map cables under UK roads in 3D
News Researchers at the universities of Leeds and Nottingham will try to create the map by integrating existing digital and paper-based records and link them with data from satellite and ground-based GPS systems. [22 Mar 2006]
Boots to renegotiate £710m IBM outsourcing deal
News Boots is also investing in an overhaul of its supply chain, which will include an automated £70m warehouse in Nottingham to supply its retail chain. High-street pharmacist Boots is in discussions to renegotiate a £710m IT outsourcing contract with... [14 Mar 2006]
Internet can't kill bank branch, says Halifax
News Recent research from Nottingham University said banks have closed one in five branches over the last 10 years because of the rise of internet and phone banking. Rumours of the death of the bank branch at the hands of internet banking have been... [03 Mar 2006]
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