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RSS plankZurich inks $2.9bn outsourcing megadeal with CSC
News Virtualisation will be the key plank of the deal, with CSC charged with turning Zurich's datacentres into a "fully modernised, flexible and highly virtualised operation". Zurich Financial Services has announced an... [27 Nov 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News Shoutbox (shown below) is one plank in bwin's strategy. When you think of gambling, smoky casinos populated by tough guys chewing cigars and nursing their whiskey probably come to mind. UK online gamblers might not quite... [23 Oct 2009]
Steven Bandrowczak, CIO, Nortel
Comment The second plank of the IT transformation strategy is portfolio management, which involves more rigorous scrutiny of the business case for projects and adopting best practice. Being the CIO for a tech vendor can often be... [01 Apr 2008]
Retailers count the online Xmas coffers
News Walmsley said: "For us, e-retailing stopped being a project and became a central plank of our retail strategy a long time ago. Online sales reached £15.2bn in the UK in the last quarter of 2007 and could account for half... [17 Jan 2008]
MPs slam NHS electronic care record delays
News MPs have slammed the delays and lack of progress in rolling out a national system of electronic patient records, a key plank of the government's £12.4bn NHS IT project. The NHS care records service will eventually... [13 Sep 2007]
Coates Hire to Become AU$1 Billion Company, on Track to Achieve Payback in Two Years
White Paper The first plank in the drive to overcome these limitations was the deployment of Oracle E-Business Suite, utilizing Oracle Database 10g with Oracle Real Application Clusters, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, for optimal... [14 Sep 2006]
ID cards costs reach almost £50m
News Prime Minister Tony Blair said earlier this month ID cards will be a central plank of Labour's next election manifesto, despite delays in putting the identity cards contracts out to tender and leaked memos from a senior... [18 Aug 2006]
ID cards scheme under fire again
News The criticisms come as Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to make ID cards a key plank of Labour's next election manifesto. In his monthly press conference, Blair said: "Whatever adjustments are made because of technical... [04 Aug 2006]
Intel set to christen biz PC brand
News Intel is expected to introduce on Monday a new brand for business-PC technology as the latest plank of its marketing overhaul. CEO Paul Otellini tipped the company's hand during a conference call earlier this week after... [24 Apr 2006]
Microsoft sets sights on medium-sized businesses
News A key plank of this vision will be server software codenamed Centro, which will be based on the server release of Longhorn and the next version of Exchange. Microsoft is targeting medium-sized organisations with a range... [08 Sep 2005]
Local government showcases IT cost savings
News But the Socitm report notes: "Some local authorities were already in the process of making what are now termed major efficiency gains, before the Efficiency Review became a major plank of government policy. [28 Apr 2005]
Labour: ID card bill will return before the summer
News I have spoken to the Prime Minister and Charles Clarke, who have agreed that the Identity Cards Bill will be a major plank of Labour's first Queen's Speech if we win the election," he said. Legislation paving the way for... [15 Apr 2005]
Lib Dem manifesto hits out at ID cards
News The Liberal Democrats have made opposition to Labour's controversial ID card project a central plank of their election manifesto. Instead of introducing ID cards, a Liberal Democrat government would spend the money on... [14 Apr 2005]
Blair offers £10m "prize" to bridge UK digital divide
News Education is a key plank of the plan and the government says it will give all students the chance to access the internet at home through a low-cost national laptop and PC leasing scheme. Prime Minister Tony Blair has... [01 Apr 2005]
Tory MPs propose radical government IT overhaul
News Aside from a promise to ease the burden of regulation the other key plank of the CTF plans is to encourage the creation of a national broadband infrastructure that rivals the 20MB lines offered as standard to consumers... [11 Mar 2005]
