operation and special report

Video app the highway to healthy roads

News The cost of the trial is expected to be up to £20,000 for the first year of operation, including consultancy fees from Yotta DCL. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 According to Paul Davison, senior officer in Hampshire's highway and... [12 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy

Comment That is the strange thing about process that I am learning as I work in different organisations: different places have different tolerances for process efficiencies and you must determine the best fit for your operation. [12 May 2008]

IT spend in retail slowing down?

News More than two thirds have transactional websites in operation and nine out of 10 expect to see non-store sales increase. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 IT spending growth in the retail sector appears to have faltered, with many retailers... [07 May 2008]

Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts

News Compass warns that even though outsourcing providers might offer discounts of 18 per cent below the in-house operation on day one of a deal they will often recoup the discount over the term of the contract. [11 Mar 2008]

FAA: Boeing's Dreamliner to cause "security vulnerabilities"

News The report said: "It allows new kinds of passenger connectivity to previously isolated data networks connected to systems that perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane. The 787's flight, business and administrative support... [07 Jan 2008]

BT splashes out €60m on French IT services acquisition

News But BT will need to demonstrate it can turn around the operation and build a pragmatic service offering with a mix of fixed-price projects and body-shopping services, according to Dominique Raviart, analyst at Ovum. [06 Aug 2007]

Xansa bought for £472m by French outsourcer Steria

News Steria general manager and CEO Francois Enaud said in a statement: "Focused on the fastest growing market segments, the new group will be one of the most attractive in the ITS sector, both through the value of its service offerings (business... [30 Jul 2007]

Two-thirds of outsourcing deals end early

News Compass claims many outsourcers are charging 20 per cent more than a comparable well-performing in-house operation so they can recover the costs of winning the business and make a profit on the deal. Indeed, they often use the same people as the in... [25 Apr 2007]

Co-op inks £100m extension to Xansa deal

News The deal with NHS Professionals will lead to a cost-reduction of £5m over six years by integrating the NHS' largest single payroll operation into the existing NHS SBS payroll service. Special Report: Inside India [02 Apr 2007]

Passport system hit by lack of testing

News The report said: "2006 saw three major IT-based projects transition into live operation, two of them have become embedded in our operation and the third will be put back into operation within a programme of other major changes. [17 Jan 2007]

China overtakes Japan in R&D

News China will become the world's second highest spender on research and development, overtaking Japan for the first time in 2006, a study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revealed. [04 Dec 2006]

Take cyber crime seriously, government told

News This will include a maximum 10-year prison sentence for individuals who maliciously impair the operation of a computer, or hinder or prevent access to programs or data. Speaking at the launch of a CBI report into online security for small and... [02 Feb 2006]

Sainsbury's buys back £550m IT operations

News It sounds like it [Swan] was a special vehicle set up to handle the Sainsbury’s operation and get the assets off Sainsbury’s books. That deal was renegotiated at a reduced price and extended for three years back in November 2003. [30 Jan 2004]

FBI hacker cracker accused of hacking

News The case comes a week after Schuler and Prewett, as well as Seattle FBI bureau specialist Lesley J Sanders, received the Director's Award for Excellence for Outstanding Criminal Investigation for the sting operation. [19 Aug 2002]

FBI accused of muddying virus protection waters

News NIPC director Ronald L Dick defended the work of his office and called for increased efforts for better nationwide co-operation. This special department of the FBI has, according to a report by the General Accounting Office, failed in numerous... [23 May 2001]

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