project in case studies
Document project pays dividends for stockbroker
Case Study Stockbroker Brewin Dolphin Securities has updated information about its customers and ensured regulatory compliance through a "repapering" project involving Xerox Global Services. The project would help the company comply with increasing demands... [12 Jul 2005]
HBOS zips up latest phase of procurement project
Case Study Banking giant HBOS has completed the latest phase of a supplier relationship management project which is key to achieving the cost savings the company promised would flow from the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland. [30 Jun 2005]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study A project to tackle digital exclusion in socially deprived regions of Merseyside has brought free plug-and-play internet access to hundreds of homes with children of school age. The project is aiming to give digitally excluded families a leg up... [17 Jun 2008]
Olympic tech getting fit for Beijing 2008
Case Study Preparations for the Beijing Olympics in August are nearly complete and for Atos Origin, it's the end of an IT project that has lasted nearly four years. Noblot said: "It's really an end-to-end project and as such, security has to be end-to-end as... [16 Apr 2008]
AstraZeneca brings its email bang up to date
Case Study Global pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca, has just completed a huge project to upgrade its ageing email system, helping the company reduce the number of servers it uses and save money. The company worked with HP to move 66,000 email accounts in... [23 Jan 2008]
Finance company finds way though Basel II maze
Case Study Marks & Spencer Money has completed a data quality project that has helped it comply with Basel II regulations well ahead of the January 2007 deadline. Neil Hershaw, information management officer at M&S Money, explained: "Basel II was the final... [09 Aug 2006]
How to grow your own eco-friendly tech team
Case Study The eco-friendly stance of the Eden Project is also shaping the decisions made in its IT operations. The economic ripple effect that comes from the Eden Project is not just about the people employed on the site but also the impact on the local... [13 Sep 2006]
Telemedicine slashes hospitals stays
Case Study A telemedicine project has halved the time patients spend in hospital, by allowing doctors to monitor their condition remotely. The project involves giving a 'telemedicine monitor' to patients which allows them to measure their own temperature... [11 Jan 2006]
ING Direct completes mortgage IT push
Case Study Savings bank ING Direct has completed its largest tech project in the UK, using offshore developers to help with the introduction of its first mortgage product. He told silicon.com that the 18-month project was the largest programme the company has... [04 Jan 2007]
Insurer slashes servers down from 100 to just six
Case Study The company is part way through a project which will see it slim down from 100 servers running its applications to just six eight-processor servers running all its apps - and disaster recovery as well. [26 Jul 2005]
Travis Perkins builds its tech future
Case Study The project was prompted by the acquisition of DIY retailer, Wickes. But the builders' merchant soon realised it would be hugely beneficial to roll this project into a more major tech overhaul. I have to say that particular part of the project went... [20 Jun 2008]
IF thunders ahead with document management
Case Study The driver behind the project was new mortgage regulation introduced late last year around new standard document types, including key facts illustrations and initial disclosure documents, with the idea being that all financial services companies... [13 Jul 2005]
College classrooms go high-tech
Case Study The new building will bring together four existing campuses and the use of technology has been very much at the forefront of the project. The project was prompted by a poor Ofsted report in 2003, which saw the college set the goal of achieving an... [02 Jul 2008]
University network underpins huge VoIP deployment
Case Study The University of Dundee is installing a £2.4m converged network as part of a project to boost the IT infrastructure which will offer VoIP for staff and free wireless for students. The network is part of the university's £5m Network Infrastructure... [15 Jun 2005]
Police get 'smart' warrant cards
Case Study Steve Gover, IT service project manager at Hampshire Police, said there are national and local drivers behind the move to smartcards. The force aims to get a return on the £500,000 spent on the project - based on technology from ActivCard - over... [10 Jun 2005]
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