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Vodafone pays £90m to Vivendi vis-à-vis Vizzavi
News Vodafone has completed its long-anticipated purchase of Vivendi's share in the two companies' joint portal venture, Vizzavi. The mobile telecoms group is paying Vivendi £90.7m for its 50 per cent stake in the business. [30 Aug 2002]
Vodafone eyeing Vivendi stake vis-à-vis Vizzavi
News Vodafone could be about to buy out Vivendi Universal's stake in the companies' mobile portal joint venture, Vizzavi. Vivendi last week posted large losses and write-downs and reports emerged that it would no longer fund the ailing... [19 Aug 2002]
A Novel Coding Technique to Minimise the Transmission Bandwidth and Bit Error Rate in DPSK
White Paper This paper proposes a novel coding technique that aims to reduce the Transmission Bandwidth (BT) and Bit Error Rate (BER) vis-a-vis Conventional Differential Phase Shift Keying (CDPSK) in digital band... [08 Jul 2008]
Virtual ads are the main event
News Fake signs will be placed behind real athletes in motion so before a sporting event, such as a game of football, a computer known as L-VIS will scan a wall where the advert can be placed. Once the game has started,... [03 Aug 1998]
On the Effectiveness of Probabilistic Packet Marking for IP Traceback Under Denial of Service Attack
White Paper This paper shows that probabilistic packet marking - of interest due to its efficiency and implementability vis-a-vis deterministic packet marking and logging or messaging based schemes - suffers under... [22 Oct 2008]
The Bloor Perspective: User groups name and shame, safe PDAs, and IBM's Linux gamble
Comment Lack of flexibility vis-à-vis the customer was at the core of user complaints, a charge similarly levelled at BT, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP; in other words, all the big and arrogant vendors. A key... [18 Jun 2001]
C&W challenges BT with faster broadband
News Caio said: "For the first time through local loop unbundling, we feel we have a bit of a level playing field vis-a-vis BT. Cable & Wireless has unveiled an ambitious plan to challenge BT by offering its... [20 Sep 2004]
"This really is a Unix company, not a Linux company"
News Does the name change do anything vis-à-vis their position with Red Hat? By Sandeep Junnarkar Caldera International, a founder member of UnitedLinux, is changing its name to the SCO Group, a reflection... [27 Aug 2002]
Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord
News Roschke wrote: "It's not enough to carefully tune your privacy vis-à-vis other Facebook users. Last week, Greater Manchester Police became the first UK police force to establish a presence on Facebook. [22 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Uncovering Revenue Potential in Professional Service Organizations by Using Microsoft Dynamics AX (Level 100)
White Paper The attendee of this webcast will learn how the unique capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics AX and Vis.align, helped a professional services firm uncover over 1 million dollars in additional revenue through a slight... [03 Aug 2008]
Microsoft and Unisys take the SIS
News Microsoft and Unisys have secured a deal to build a tech platform for the implementation of the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS) and Visa Information System (VIS), which will allow law... [28 Jun 2006]
HP scoops €37.5m EC pay-day
News The deal breaks down across the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the Visa Information System (VIS). The SIS represents the largest border control and police information network in the... [29 Apr 2005]
Tactical Gear Maker Meets Growth Demands With Business Management Solution
White Paper After implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX with help from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Vis.align, BlackHawk enjoys greater visibility into sales and supply chain data, closes its monthly financial reports more easily,... [06 Sep 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Hosted software - it's back
Comment The decisions the managers of these ISVs make vis-à-vis the platform vendors they will work with are a major influence on the sales of the hardware and software of those vendors. The rebirth of... [10 Dec 2004]
Leader: The lesson of DIY check-ins
Leader The subject of self-service vis-à-vis airports and airlines strikes a chord with most of us and was the hook for Peter's latest blog. The start of the week saw the posting of Peter Cochrane's latest blog... [25 Apr 2006]