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General Industries splashes out £23m on Celltalk
News General Industries is staging a reverse takeover of UK-based mobile telecom services company Celltalk. The deal, which is still subject to shareholder approval, is worth £23m and will see General Industries emerge as The Celltalk Group. [22 May 2000]
Telecoms and water industries cut from Utilities Bill
News The telecoms and water industries are to be taken out of the remit of the Utilities Bill. Current regulator Oftel said it would continue to protect consumers despite the removal of telecoms from the Bill and added it would work with the government... [02 Mar 2000]
Corning and Oak announce £1.8bn merger
News Corning Incorporated is to merge with Oak Industries in a deal worth approximately $1.8bn. Oak Industries supplies - via its subsidiary, Lasertron - transmission lasers and pump lasers used in optical amplifiers. [15 Nov 1999]
Oracle eyes up apps providers
News Oracle will gradually reorganise itself around specific industries and seek alternative pricing models that are tied to how customers use its software, according to company president Charles Phillips. [25 Jul 2005]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News The UK must do more to attract foreign skilled workers if homegrown high tech knowledge industries are to flourish in an era of increasing globalisation. The Work Foundation report notes that up-skilling native workers, while important, will not in... [02 Jun 2008]
UK fails to score on tech optimism
News Over the next 12 months, French and German companies are expecting their IT industries to grow far more than the UK's companies do, but both countries are still shedding staff and suffering from the recent economic slowdown, according to the... [05 Dec 2003]
Big Blue opens patent pool to healthcare industry
News IBM is giving the healthcare and education industries free access to its patent portfolio, the company said on Monday. Neil de Crescenzo, IBM global healthcare vice president, said in a statement: "Many industries are transforming, using open... [25 Oct 2005]
Portfolio management: Do it better and business will boom
News Several leading US companies are forming a new council to promote improved project and portfolio management across industries. After educating each other on what works and what doesn't, the council will pass on their recommendations for portfolio... [15 Mar 2005]
Shocking state of IT customer support revealed
News When it comes to online customer service, US tech companies only slightly outpace their counterparts in other industries and have plenty of room for improvement, according to a new survey by the Customer Respect Group. [06 Jun 2005]
IBM gets set for computing 'on-demand'
News IBM is building up management consulting services tailored to specific industries to bolster a key part of its on-demand computing initiative. IBM, so far, has completed packages for about half of the seventeen industries it's targeting, which... [14 Apr 2003]
SyteLine streamlines Welsh manufacturer
News Transport equipment manufacturer, JR Industries, has bought a resource planning software package from US company Symix as part of a £250,000 project to upgrade its IT infrastructure. SyteLine will help JR Industries to streamline its business and... [16 Mar 1999]
IBM executive criticises utilities for slow IT adoption
News UK utility companies are lagging behind other industries in terms of technology adoption, according to Simon Dyson, general manager of IBM Global Utility and Energy Services. As competition has arrived, so the companies have reacted.but they are... [02 Nov 1999]
German Chancellor vows to battle skills crisis
News The high-tech and telecoms industries should not take priority over traditional industries like manufacturing, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder told a conference in Berlin today. Although that's set to grow, he said, the emphasis should be on... [24 May 2000]
US IT industry looking up
News A new study from the US Commerce Department has found IT industries are growing more quickly and that increased use of IT throughout the economy is spurring improved productivity. The 'Digital Economy 2003' study, released on Tuesday, "shows that... [18 Dec 2003]
Financial surfing habits tracked
News Research firm Nielsen/NetRatings will launch a service tracking how consumers use financial websites - the first of a series of efforts to focus on specialised industries. But in the coming months, it will offer other services for specific industries. [23 Aug 2004]
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