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Satellite tech to map cables under UK roads in 3D

News The Department of Trade and Industry is providing £900,000 of funding with the remainder coming from project partners including BT, National Grid Transco, Ordnance Survey, Thames Water and Transport for London.

Tags: 3d, leeds

[22 Mar 2006]

Complexity holding IT back, say CIOs

Complexity holding IT back, say CIOs

News However, Humza Malik, director of shared services at National Grid Transco, argued the quest for simplicity must not limit a worker's capabilities. CIOs believe too much complexity and not enough innovation are holding back IT departments.

Tags: complexity, outsourcing, it spending, cios

[19 May 2005]

IBM Makes Light Work of Procurement at National Grid Transco

whitepaper Leading international energy delivery company National Grid Transco was created in 2002 through the merger of National Grid Group and Lattice Group. The company is one of the world's largest utilities with core skills lying in the management of...

Tags: procurement and sourcing, procurement, delivery, contract

[28 Apr 2005]

National Grid Transco: End-to-End Procurement Solution Powers Energy Giant

whitepaper NG Transco is an international energy delivery business, whose principal activities are in the regulated electricity and gas industries. IBM provided an end-to-end hosted Ariba procurement solution, with a flexible pay-as-you-go cost model allowing...

Tags: procurement and sourcing, contract, procurement, transco

[27 Apr 2005]

Transco Selects Oracle9iAS for £100m Technology Upgrade of UK's Gas Distribution Network

whitepaper Transco controls gas shipments to the United Kingdom's 70 major suppliers and is responsible for ensuring that gas is delivered safely and efficiently to more than 20 million consumers around the country.

Tags: database management, suppliers, gas, energy

[04 Feb 2005]

Knowledge Transfer and On-Site/Offshore Coordination Are Key to the Success of Transco's Application Maintenance and Support Program

whitepaper Transco is a division of National Grid Transco (NGT). In this case study, Aberdeen ex-amines how the British gas network operator Transco worked with Wipro Technologies (Wipro) to successfully transition responsibility for maintenance and support...

Tags: knowledge management, maintenance, supplier, transco

[14 Dec 2004]

15 bids for NTL towers

News National Grid Transco is expected to stay out of the running because of regulatory and timing issues; it recently purchased the Crown Castle towers. NTL's television and radio broadcasting business is generating plenty of interest according to a...

Tags: ntl

[12 Oct 2004]

UK offshoring boosts Indian IT coffers

UK offshoring boosts Indian IT coffers

News We are in a strong position in the UK with clients like Transco. UK offshore outsourcing growth has boosted the financial health of India's top three technology companies, with the upwards trend predicted to continue.

[26 Jul 2004]

Hub Solution Helps Transco Launch Information 2000

whitepaper Transco (www.transco.uk.com) is responsible for the delivery of gas to 20 million homes and businesses across the United Kingdom. The sheer scale of Transco's network presented a series of logistical problems to strategists.

Tags: business intelligence / data warehousing, assets, united kingdom, pipes

[27 May 2004]

CSC picks up £266m National Grid <strong>Transco</strong> contract

CSC picks up £266m National Grid Transco contract

News Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has won a £266m seven-year contract to look after much of the IT infrastructure of National Grid Transco (NTG). The utility is looking for greater efficiency and cost-cutting, especially with back office systems...

[18 Dec 2003]

National Grid Transco gets new £1.5m IP network

News National Grid Transco (NGT) has implemented a £1.5m IP network for its new headquarters in Warwick following the merger of National Grid and Lattice. As well as supporting 1,800 staff at the new site the IP network will provide virtual private...

[22 Oct 2003]

Another broadband player goes down the toilet

Another broadband player goes down the toilet

News Lattice invested £400m to build 186k, stringing fibre optic cables through the gas delivery network of Lattice's subsidiary, Transco.k also offers broadband access services through London's sewage network, through a joint venture with Thames Water...

[14 May 2002]

Lattice crosses over to broadband

Lattice crosses over to broadband

News Lattice, the owner of utilities firm Transco, has entered the fiercely contested UK broadband sector. The company's wholly-owned telecoms division, named 186k after the speed of light, yesterday unveiled its national fibre optic network.

[25 Oct 2001]

A tale of a telco, a regulator and a frustrated government

Comment BT is a former public utility like Transco, constantly dragging its feet. The job of regulating BT isn't always a smooth and simple one. Indeed David Edmonds, director general of Oftel, this week explained: "BT, on a range of issues, has not...

[16 Nov 2000]

Transco invests £235m in fibre optic network

News Transco, the UK gas transportation company, is to invest £235m in a national fibre optic telecommunications network. Transco, a subsidiary of British Gas, intends to use the new network to provide increased telecom services, including managed...

[11 May 2000]

Transco invests £60m in pipeline revamp

News Transco, the UK's gas transportation company, will pay £60m to modernise the computer systems that control the flow of gas through its pipelines. A company spokesman said: "This deal will be the foundation for the way Transco controls its gas network.

[09 Mar 2000]

Ofgem unveils electronic gas trading market

News The updated trading system will allow shippers to trade between themselves and BG Transco, the operator of the national transmission system. Callum McCarthy, director general of Gas Supply, claimed the system replaced a trading arrangement that...

[04 Oct 1999]

British Gas puts 1,600 engineers on Y2K standby

News Over the four-day holiday period, 1,600 engineers will be at the ready to fix gas bursts and handle supply breakdowns in the national grid, operated by BG subsidiary, Transco. British Gas will put just over 1,500 engineers on standby over the...

[17 Sep 1999]

ICL and Severn Trent build asset management system

News The two companies combined ICL's asset repository and STS's StormSTM work management system in a project for UK-based gas pipeline firm Transco. The project gave 600 Transco users in different locations access to information about the company's...

[26 Apr 1999]

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