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RSS societyBuilding society halves IT costs by ditching mainframes
News The Skipton Building Society has chosen Microsoft over Linux as part of a major IT overhaul that will see it ditch mainframe systems and halve its annual IT bill. Mainframes will be completely eliminated from the... [13 Aug 2003]
Building society in-sources HR using SAP and partners
News Britannia Building Society is moving its HR and payroll systems back in-house, using software from SAP. The UK's second biggest building society has outsourced these functions for the past five years but... [19 May 2006]
BT Helps Britannia Building Society's Business Transformation
White Paper To remain competitive in this tough environment, Britannia, the UK's second largest building society, called on BT to improve its network infrastructure - a core resource for the company's 188 branches. [04 Aug 2008]
Building society banks on chip and PIN
Case Study Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has kicked off the rollout of chip and PIN cards to replace magnetic strip debit cards for more than 100,000 account holders. The building society began... [27 Sep 2005]
Broadband boosts building society's network
Case Study Britannia Building Society has upgraded its network to broadband to cope with the increase in traffic created by the new applications it is rolling out. The UK's second biggest building society,... [02 Sep 2005]
LogicaCMG inks £9m outsourcing deal with Law Society
News LogicaCMG has won a £9m five-year contract to provide outsourced support and application management to the UK's Law Society. The Law Society, an organisation for solicitors in England and Wales, is... [06 Jul 2005]
Space and Its Practical Applications at the Service of Society
White Paper The French Aeronautics and Space Academy (ANAE) invited a team of specialists to study the strategic, technical and economic aspects of space applications at the service of society. In the early 21st century, the Earth's... [30 Nov 2006]
Building society begins million pound IT overhaul
News The Kent Reliance Building Society (KRBS) is embarking on a million pound overhaul of its IT and network infrastructure. A new Cisco-based multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network at the heart of the IT refresh will... [18 Aug 2006]
Hansard Society slams parliament's website
News The Hansard Society, which promotes parliamentary democracy, has produced a report that criticises parliament for a lack of clear communications with the public. Generally it needs to move in to the 21st century," said a... [01 Jun 2005]
Profile: Nottingham Building Society head of IT Jack Cutts
Comment It has to be, as he has been charged with a root-and-branch rip-and-replace project for the building society. Subsequently, he has had extensive experience with multi-channel retailing at Argos, Boots and travel company... [11 Mar 2008]
Teachers Building Society Adopts SUS to Manage Microsoft Updates to Its Windows Platform
White Paper Teachers Building Society, based in Wimborne, Dorset, offers a wide range of financial products to its members. In partnership with Silversands, a Microsoft Triple Gold Certified Partner,Teachers Building... [11 Aug 2005]
Novell Case Study: EBS Building Society
White Paper EBS Building Society, based in Dublin, Ireland, offers a broad range of banking, mortgage, saving and investment products. EBS wanted to rationalise its physical infrastructure, reducing the number of standalone servers... [05 Apr 2007]
Darlington Building Society Invests in Expand Networks to Support MPLS Investment
White Paper Due to the dispersed nature of its branches, Darlington Building Society made a significant investment in a new MPLS network to provide more control over shared resources and to form the foundation of its disaster... [19 Sep 2008]
Bill Gates Addresses the American Society of Newspaper Editors
White Paper Speaking at the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Seattle, Washington, Bill Gates discussed innovation and highlighted features of Windows Vista and the next version of Microsoft Office. [24 Nov 2006]
Portman Building Society Standardizes Financial Management and Reporting to Boost Performance
White Paper With more than 1.8 million members and over 140 branches, Portman Building Society is the U.K.s third largest building society. The company wanted to improve business analysis and performance monitoring... [14 Dec 2006]
