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Black Country gets tech savvy
News The consortium is made up of four local authorities - Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton - and co-ordinates various public, private and voluntary groups. The Black Country Consortium (BCC) is making technology a central part of its efforts... [05 Dec 2007]
Revealed: Top UK base for IT businesses
News Walsall*according to the Portman Travel HQ Monitor Survey, September 2007 Manchester has the most to offer UK IT companies hunting for a head office location, according to research. The poll compared what IT bosses want in a location with what the... [26 Sep 2007]
Cheat Sheet: FTTx
Cheat Sheet There are a couple of small scale rollouts in the UK and some others being planned, in Walsall for instance, but at the moment fibre connections remain a very small part of Europe's broadband landscape. [11 May 2007]
Avaya Case Study: The Homeserve Group
White Paper As a solution Homeserve implemented Avaya Communication Manager running on an Avaya S8710 Media Server as a hub for their IP-based network of 1,000 contact centre seats in Walsall, U.K. The Homeserve Group is the United Kingdom's leading provider... [08 May 2007]
Southampton's outsourcing costs double to £290m
News The risks of failure can be high - just look at Fujitsu Services and Vertex, which invested into more than a year's worth of negotiation with Walsall, only to have the whole £650m contract cancelled at the last minute. [23 Mar 2007]
Walsall in frame for fibre revolution
News Walsall Urban Regeneration Company has employed consultants to come up with a business plan for FTTP deployment, to be ready by the end of March, as part of a larger plan to regenerate the area. The Black Country could be the first region in the UK... [23 Jan 2007]
Bluesocket Case Study: Good Hope Hospital
White Paper Good Hope is a large hospital situated in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, serving a population covering north east Birmingham, areas of Walsall, as well as south east Staffordshire. When the hospital was looking for a flexible and secure... [21 Feb 2006]
Council scraps £650m outsourcing plans
News Walsall Council has dramatically ditched plans for a £650m outsourcing joint venture with Fujitsu Services. But Walsall Council now says strong service improvements made over the last few years mean it is now better placed to meet the needs of... [13 Jan 2006]
ID Cards on Trial: Rebel MPs halve government's majority
News The 20 Labour MPs who sided with Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs and voted against the ID cards bill on its second reading were: Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington); Katy Clark (Ayrshire North and Arran); Frank Cook (Stockton... [29 Jun 2005]
RAC software development motors to India
News The restructure will also see the centralisation of the business systems operation, which currently employs around 125 staff, consultants and contractors across sites at Bescot in Walsall and in Bristol. [22 Feb 2005]
Walsall and Fujitsu in £650m outsourcing deal
News Fujitsu Services and Walsall Council have agreed a £650m outsourcing joint venture that aims to create 750 new jobs and overhaul the town's services. Walsall Council said there will be no compulsory redundancies. [03 Dec 2004]
Hackers hit UK government websites
News Local government sites, including Havant.gov.uk, Walsall.gov.uk, and Wiltshire.gov.uk have also been hit. David Johnson, head of information systems at Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, said that they had managed to restore the site minutes... [21 Mar 2001]
