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Standalone EDS would have 'struggled'
News Outsourcer had a "stagnant" business that would find it hard to cope with global slump and currency swings, says marketing head of HP-owned company.
Tags: Services, Business applications, Acquisitions, Merger integration teams, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Accenture Ltd., CIO
Japanese Web pioneer faces jail
News One of Japan's Web entrepreneurs should be jailed for several years for his part in a multi-million dollar fraud, prosecutors claimed last week.
Short Take: British Telecom CEO would get US$5m in buyout
News British Telecommunications Plc chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield's newest contract with the UK's biggest conventional phone company would grant him shares worth about 3 million pounds (US$4.3 million) at today's price if the company merged or was acquired
UK budget: US$1.1B cash injection for tech
News Digital technologies will share a US$1.1 billion fund to stimulate growth in the United Kingdom's "industries of the future".
Tags: Funding, Green IT, Pound, Investment, Telecommunications, Training, Manufacturing, Broadband, chancellor, financial
UK online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News As Internet banking fraud jumps 55 percent in the first half of 2009, banking industry body warns that cybercriminals are "never going to shut up shop".
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, PC security, Phishing, Security, U.K., bank, One Security Inc., Authentication and encryption, MasterCard International
10 tips for working with dates in Microsoft Access
Techguide Handling dates in Access is often a little tricky and non-intuitive. These tips will help you avoid the most common date-related headaches.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Expression, DateSerial, Returns, Value, Cell, Microsoft Corp., data entry, SQL, Microsoft Excel
BT to expand 2010 fiber rollout
News The U.K. telco plans to double the rate of its next generation broadband fiber rollout, to help it safeguard jobs.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, British Telecommunications, Fiber, Broadband, performance, job, U.K., network, telecommunications company, spokeswoman
IBM, CSC win UK ID card biometrics contracts
News IBM will build and run the biometrics database behind the National Identity Register, while CSC will implement processing and enrollment systems, including online passport applications.
Tags: Biometrics, Business applications, IBM Corp., Home Secretary, Booth, Database, ID Card, Passport, U.K., bank
London data center to power local community
News The Telehouse West facility in the Docklands area will export waste heat from its cooling systems to provide energy for surrounding homes and businesses.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, Carbon Emission, Combined Heat and Power, data center industry, London, industry, strategy, data center, sustainability
Investment in tech could help the UK reinvent itself
News A London School of Economics report suggests that a 15 billion pound (US$22.1 billion) investment in broadband, smart grid and intelligent transport technology could create 700,000 jobs.
Tags: Investments, Business broadband, Report, Investment, Author, Spokesperson, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Government, job
SAP software revenue skids in first quarter
News What's unclear is how much SAP's software revenue slide is attributed to the economy versus pushback from customers annoyed with maintenance fees.
Tags: Sales/revenue, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, IT Budget, KPI, CIO, software, Customer, revenue, information technology
Common ways IT wastes money on development
Techguide Examples include using developers as support staff and failing to calculate a project's ROI before giving it the go-ahead.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, IT project management, Outsourcing, Project, Money, Training, Developer, Justin James, Chances, Worker
Hutchison's UK unit borrows US$5.1b for 3G services
News Hutchison 3G Ltd, the UK-based telecommunications unit of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, said it borrowed 3.6 billion pounds (US$5.1 billion) to fund its high-speed wireless service.
BT to claim compensation from Vivendi, Vodafone
News British Telecommunications Plc plans to make a multimillion pound compensation claim against Vodafone Group Plc and Vivendi SA for being excluded from their Internet alliance in France.
City of London to get blanket Wi-Fi
News Workers in the City should soon be able to get wireless Internet access even when outside the office.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi
