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Vodafone cuts 375 jobs, including IT
Vodafone is cutting 375 jobs, primarily in back office functions, starting this month.
BAA Heathrow to sign £30m network integration deal
London’s Heathrow Airport plans to sign a four-year, £30 million network integration framework deal.
Virgin Media to roll out superfast 100Mbps broadband
Virgin Media has revealed that it will launch a 100Mbps broadband service by the end of 2010.
Ethernet vendors aim to tackle virtual machine spread
Extreme Networks and Voltaire have launched Ethernet gear designed to support the growing number of virtual machines moving around datacentres.
Severn Trent completes first phase of SAP implementation
Severn Trent has completed the first phase of a major technology efficiency overhaul, switching on a central module of its new SAP enterprise resource planning system.
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Germany drops patient record scheme, UK presses ahead
A multibillion pound German scheme to create smartcards of digital patient records, has been abandoned in the face of concerns over delays, rising costs and data security.
Gartner: IT departments forced back to 2005 budgets
Businesses are imposing 2005-level budgets on their IT departments, in spite of expecting technology to enable major business change, according to an extensive report.
News International inks large virtualisation deal
News International has signed a five-year, multimillion pound outsourcing deal with Indian outsourcer HCL.
European researchers get fibre network cash
GÉANT, a backbone network for Europe's research and education community, has received €186 million (£168m) in new funding that will, among other enhancements, add support for 40Gbps technology.
Windows 7 Starter wireless tweaked by blogger
Microsoft may have buried a wireless networking feature in Windows 7 Starter, the edition installed on most netbooks, but it did not actually disable the ad hoc wireless feature, as the firm's marketing materials claim, a noted Windows blogger said.
Credit Suisse steps up attack on network latency
Credit Suisse is pushing to cut network latency, a year after it implemented a speed monitoring and management system.
London Stock Exchange down yet again, after connectivity problem
The London Stock Exchange took down electronic trading for three-and-a-half-hours today, after its fourth major technological incident in just over a year.
IDC: Remote working cannot be avoided
In a tough economy where companies are reducing their workforce, businesses need to adopt remote working to help retain the rest of their skilled employees, IDC has said.
MPs seeking answers on delayed £350m fire service project
A government committee is set to launch an investigation into the delayed £350 million FiReControl programme.
Cisco promises customers more open products
Cisco is making a concerted effort to improve the compatibility of its telepresence gear, something that industry observers say has been lagging, but that is sorely needed if it and other vendors are to succeed.
HP 3com merger causes customer consternation
HP and 3Com fit remarkably well together when considering the target markets that drove them together in this week's blockbuster $2.7 billion deal: core Ethernet switching and China. But most of the rest – lowend, SMB and edge switching, plus wireless networking – faces considerable overlap.
Councils’ mega-outsourcing days are numbered, claims Deloitte
The days of “monolithic” outsourcing deals by local councils are coming to an end, according to consultancy Deloitte.
Another Barclays system crash hits branches and online banking
Key IT systems at Barclays crashed this morning, hitting online and in-branch banking, as well as ATMs, in the latest of a number of IT problems in recent months at the bank.
Home Office inks £430m contract extensions
The Home Office has signed major IT services contract extensions with Fujitsu and Atos Origin, claiming it will save £100 million over six years through improved agreements.
London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Turquoise Trading technology
The London Stock Exchange has entered into exclusive talks to buy Turquoise, the pan-European share trading platform developed as a rival exchange.
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