check-in failure
RSS check-in failureBA investigating IT check-in failure
News But the failure of the check-in system follows closely from wildcat strikes by BA staff over the introduction of a swipe card clocking-in system in July. Although the problem was fixed quickly it led to check-in delays and 11 flights to European... [08 Sep 2003]
Oracle kept in check by 'friendly' overseers, judge opines
News Derivative action is filed by a shareholder against directors or management for a failure to protect the interest of the shareholder. A committee established by Oracle to investigate stock sales by its CEO Larry Ellison and other members of the... [18 Jun 2003]
A "Health Check" Reassures Publisher of Uninterrupted Communications
White Paper The Health Check has helped assure Axel Springer that risks of failure have been reduced, performance capacity of its IT landscape has been increased, and that support costs will be lower. Microsoft Services staff examined hardware, operating... [17 Oct 2006]
Disable Auto-Reboot
White Paper This webcast shows how to disable auto restart on system failure. A person could check the error log in this case but that is too easy. When Running windows and it crashes, one gets a blue screen and it automatically restarts, often it will restart... [04 May 2007]
IT fault at Gatwick brings airport to halt
News Passengers were delayed at Gatwick airport over the weekend after an IT failure caused the check-in system to stop working. A spokesman for BAA, which owns Gatwick Airport, said the failure brought down every system except those of British Airways... [14 Nov 2005]
System crash derails HSBC and First Direct
News Callers to the First Direct phone banking service were told on Thursday that the bank could not complete any transactions or check bank details because of a systems failure. The failure affected First Direct's website, phone banking service, cash... [12 Apr 2001]
Tech failing to meet business expectations
News This failure of SLAs can result in poor performance for business applications within different business units. Other effects of SLA failure cited by respondents include a negative effect on external customer satisfaction and a slowing of production. [23 Jun 2008]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News But Conservative Party leader David Cameron hit back and said: "I have to say to the Prime Minister that if a junior official in an organisation can access so much information and send it not once, not twice but three times, that is evidence of... [22 Nov 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Computer says 'no'
Comment Yet the computer says 'no' effect, when customer service falls in the gap between an over-reliance on computers and the operator's failure to intervene, still exists. The failure to understand why the computer had cancelled my order was one thing... [10 May 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Start-up failures
Comment So, being an engineer, I look for tools and techniques to minimise and limit failure. For me the big surprise is that any new ventures make it because the potential points and mechanisms for failure are so very numerous - and almost always human... [08 Feb 2006]
Editor's Blog: WFH, LOL?
Comment So does this mean the experiment was a failure? Editor's choice - three things you should check out on silicon.com this week: Also, silicon.com got a behind-the-scenes tour of the National Gallery in London to check out the high tech projects... [21 May 2008]
Gov't needs greater accountability to "ensure security", says Darling
News Hammond said there had been a systemic failure and that the "responsibility for systemic failure lies at the top". Darling said the Information Commissioner's Office, as well as being given powers to "spot check" public-sector organisations, would... [18 Dec 2007]
Photos: MOT database targets illegal cars
Photo Once the test is completed the mechanic enters the results before printing off either a pass certificate or failure notice, together with any advisories such as items that have not failed but are close to doing so and should attended to in the... [07 Apr 2006]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment If medical staff are still risking the lives of patients by not being clean then there is a simple solution - random testing - first failure = verbal warning, second failure = formal written warning, third failure = final warning, fourth failure... [15 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Prince2
Cheat Sheet Prince, and its successor Prince2, were designed to address some of the common causes of project failure. Some of those causes of failure are a lack of co-ordination of resources and tasks, a lack of communication with users leading to products not... [07 Nov 2006]
