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Tesco.com vans cut fuel bills with telematics tech
News Tesco.com has struck a multimillion-pound deal with supply chain specialists Microlise to deliver a telematics system that provides real-time information on van routes, fuel consumption, engine revs, speed and odometer reading. [25 Jul 2008]
Oyster outage hits London again
News London's Oyster travel smart card system has failed for the second time in a fortnight with many commuters enjoying a free trip to work during rush hour on Friday morning. The system has failed at all London Underground stations and ticket gates... [25 Jul 2008]
Photos: Motor Show showcases the future of car tech
Photo This shows the four wheel steering system Renault has fitted to its new Laguna Coupé. The system is designed to improve road holding and traction. The car comes complete with an anti-turbo lag system and sophisticated four wheel drive and currently... [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft turned to Vista's sceptics for help. Microsoft got together a sample of Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista and asked them for... [24 Jul 2008]
Facebook Connects with other sites
News Facebook Connect allows other websites and apps to have their users log in, or authenticate, to the Facebook system, and once logged in, their social network comes with them. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has officially rolled out Facebook... [24 Jul 2008]
Best Practices for VMware ESX Server 3.0 Backup on NetApp
White Paper The decision to use RDMs instead of vmdk (VM file system) was based on the desire for file-level restore capability. The goal of the VMware/NetApp solution is to provide a crash-consistent process that takes advantage of snapshot-based backups. [24 Jul 2008]
Microsoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News Youngsters gain a variety of qualifications on the scheme while being employed full time - including a Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) and an NVQ in System Support at Level 3 and an Advanced Diploma as an IT Professional for... [23 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News According to the Sophos security threat report Blogspot.com, the blog publishing system owned by Google, was found to be hosting two per cent of the world's web-based malware in June 2008 - with hackers hosting malicious code on blog pages and... [23 Jul 2008]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment technology after a trial of Barclaycard Business's OneTouch system saw up to one in five credit card transactions being waved through this way. [23 Jul 2008]
11 Criteria for Selecting the Best ERP System Replacement
White Paper It's no light matter to replace your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. By definition, the ERP system is your information backbone and reaches into all areas of your business and value-chain. At this stage in the evolution of enterprise... [23 Jul 2008]
End-to-End Update Management: How Windows Vista Reduces the Pain of Update Management
White Paper This white paper describes how the Microsoft Windows operating system Windows Vista improves the update management experience for both information technology (IT) professionals and end users. The Microsoft four-phase update cycle highlights the... [23 Jul 2008]
Driving Efficiency Through a Robust Content Management Solution
White Paper The FTC needed to completely replace the agency's LAN-based document management system with a robust content management solution that included content authoring, workflow, lifecycle management, intelligent search, and Web publishing. [23 Jul 2008]
9 Critical Reasons to Automate Performance Management
White Paper Now it's your turn: Check out the complimentary eGuide, "9 Critical Reasons to Automate Performance Management" and discover how an automated performance management and review system can help your company: [23 Jul 2008]
Workflow Partitioning in Mobile Information Systems
White Paper This leads the designer to stress the independence of each actor - by minimizing interactions and knowledge sharing - to increase the reliability of the whole system. The increasing success of wireless technologies is sustaining the diffusion of... [23 Jul 2008]
UNC Hospitals Teams With Agfa to Improve Access to Patient Information With Network Appliance Storage
White Paper UNC Hospitals deployed an 8TB NetApp primary storage system to provide expanded storage capacity for the critical Agfa PACS. University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals treats patients from all 100 North Carolina counties and from throughout the... [23 Jul 2008]
