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£400m outsourcing deal faces employment tribunal
News The union claims IBM, Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council kept Unison in the dark over the deal and broke a Transfer of Undertakings agreement by refusing to reveal the full details of the terms... [06 Aug 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Not sure where and how Ofcom carried out this survey but we have offices in Southampton, Taunton, Bristol and Birmingham with staff living in 'rural' areas around all of them and have had issues in all regions, and don't... [29 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Aerial bombardment
Comment Written at a hotel in Taunton, UK, and dispatched via another free wi-fi service that needed no password - a trend that seems to be catching on The competition for antenna space on our laptops and mobile devices is... [07 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Resolutions for 2008
Comment Written on the M4 motorway in England as I was driven from Taunton to Ipswich. Dispatched via a commercial wi-fi service from a roadside café We all do it every year - resolve to do things better to improve our lot and... [03 Jan 2008]
Councils sign £400m shared services deal with IBM
News The 10-year venture between Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council is called Southwest One and will provide shared services to half a million residents and include a managed shared IT infrastructure... [02 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Remember when flying was fun?
Comment Written in Washington Dulles Airport after a heavy day, polished on the M5 between Reading and Taunton some weeks later, and dispatched from a domestic wi-fi link in Colyton, Devon As a regular international commuter... [27 Mar 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Goodbye VHS
Comment Written and edited on the A12, M25, M4 and M5 heading to Plymouth and dispatched to silicon.com from Taunton Deane motorway services via wi-fi. This Christmas we had to say goodbye to an ageing friend - the VHS player! [03 Jan 2006]
Entrepreneurs dive into Bath
News Taunton, Exeter, Bournemouth and Torquay are next in the list, compiled by Barclays. The southwest is England's start-up hot spot, according to the latest research. The city with the most business start-ups outside... [08 Apr 2002]
Somerset Council gets £4.3m CWC network
News CWC has worked with Wireless LANs Ltd to provide the network, which connects four main sites at Bridgwater, Frome, Taunton and Yeovil, using a switched 34Mbps ATM core. Somerset County Council has signed a £4.3m contract... [25 Jan 2000]
