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Satellite tech keeps tabs on Cornwall's rubbish
News Operations manager at Caradon District Council, Richard Isbell, said the technology has been easy to implement and use, and other council departments are now looking to use it. O is for... [13 Nov 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News Although in favour of a common IT accreditation, Steve Clarke, systems and operations director, AOL Broadband argued it would still be one of many achievements he would... [13 Oct 2008]
Kwik Fit Insurance drives up website performance
News According to Kwik Fit Insurance online operations and planning manager Annie McRae, the companies online business is growing at such a rate that it needed sophisticated monitoring... [28 Jul 2008]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News Martin Townshend, operations director of Coffee Republic, said in a statement: "We were the very first coffee bar to sign up to contactless last year and since running the trial, OneTouch has helped us to remain ahead of... [23 Jul 2008]
Microsoft launches into virtualisation
News Hypervisors add a performance penalty to operations, since they add another software layer to the operating system and thus slow all operations down, added Lock. Outlining the benefits of virtualisation,... [27 Jun 2008]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Steve Clarke, director of systems and operations, AOL Broadband, said: "Encrypted data still needs to be viewed, which means it must be unencrypted - giving rise to opportunities to... [07 Dec 2007]
Sharp rise in demand for helpdesk staff
News Adam Stokes, operations manager at The IT Job Board, said this increase is more likely to be due to the regular upgrade cycle for ageing IT systems... [23 Oct 2007]
Businesses cool on software as a service
News Ric Francis, operations director at the Post Office, said SaaS is a useful way of "procuring with fully variable costs". Ric Francis, operations director, The Post Office Mike Buck, architecture... [18 Sep 2007]
Woolworths buys web useability tool
News Approximately five per cent of total revenues comes through Woolworths multi-channel retail operations, although during busy Christmas periods this can be as high as 10 per cent, according to Batty. Woolworths online... [14 Sep 2007]
Co-op Group polls customers at the till
News Now though, the operations guys are starting to use the system to learn about the customer experience within the store. The retailer can now survey up to 300,000 customers and process the data within 24 hours, according... [10 Aug 2007]
Give IT managers incentive to go green, says HP
News HP also announced it has set itself an ambitious target for reducing its energy use over the next three years by 20 per cent, which will affect its manufacturing and day-to-day operations. Pat Tiernan,... [02 Apr 2007]
Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms
News The big challenge with MiFID is the directive's sheer breadth of scope, as changes affect markets, clients, regulators and internal operations, he said. Speaking at a Securities & Investment Institute conference in... [12 Mar 2007]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News The forecast garnered merit as financial services companies continued to shift operations overseas. Biometric payments, robo-trading and 'green' workstations spiced up the mix, says Tim Ferguson.kicked off with a... [19 Dec 2006]
German tax office opens door to Suse Linux
News Some German ministries are also using open source software, including the Federal Finance Office at the German Ministry of Finance, which has shifted its back-office operations to two large mainframe computers running... [12 Jun 2006]
Microsoft: Yes to online business services
News Microsoft also announced the early release of several products, including the beta version of Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 and community technology previews of SQL Server Anywhere and Visual Studio... [12 Jun 2006]
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