Hot telco aims for live medical link-up
A telecoms company has joined forces with a consortium of British medical institutions to develop satellite links for a live medical training project.
Hot Telecommunic...
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Microsoft moves closer to Banyan
Network operating system (OS) vendor, Banyan has received a $10m investment from Microsoft.
The software giant has bought shares amounting to almost 8 per cent of the ...
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BSM takes learner drivers for a virtual spin
The British School of Motoring (BSM) has launched a virtual reality interactive Web site to help UK learner drivers pass their theory test.
The site - http://www.bsm.c...
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BT trials high-speed ADSL media service
BT has stepped up its trials of high-speed DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services, claiming it does not contravene restrictions that prevent the company from acting as a ...
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Scottish council signs ?4.2m Compaq PC deal
Compaq will provide computers and managed services to South Lanarkshire Council in a four-year deal worth ?4.2m.
Compaq announced today it will provide financing, desk...
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David Beier takes on US government Internet role
A successor has been found for Ira Magaziner, President Clinton's Internet advisor. David Beier - who currently advises vice president Al Gore on a range of domestic poli...
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Celebrity underwear gets aired online
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Brooke Shields are just a few of the celebrities auctioning their signed underwear on the Internet next month, all in the name of charity.
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US government puts rural kids on the Net
The US government is to give Internet connection subsidies worth $1.3bn to 40,000 public schools and 7,000 libraries.
The 'e-rate' programme, announced by US vice pres...
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Eurex trader accidentally loses ?10m
A trainee trader on the German electronic exchange Eurex lost ?10m after mistakenly pressing the wrong keys.
Eurex, which was formed from the merger of Deutsche Termin...
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EU euro experts to aid small firms
The European Union is set to create an army of euro conversion experts to help Europe's eight million small firms struggling to get prepare their systems for the single c...
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UK libraries plan nationwide link-up
Detailed plans for a UK network of public libraries will be released today by governmental advisors, the Libraries and Information Commission (LIC).
Their report, "Bui...
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Sussex force rolls out wireless data link-up
Sussex police force has signed up RAM Mobile Data, APD Communications and Petards Datax to provide its patrol officers with mobile wireless connections to the Police Nati...
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Swanwick suffers more delays
The UK's largest air traffic control centre in Swanwick, Hampshire has suffered yet another massive set back.
The system, originally slated to go live in 1996, was del...
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Call First to offer call centre recruitment
A recruitment company set up especially to cater for the UK's fast expanding call centre industry will be launched next month.
Call First is a joint venture between Op...
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Tesco stocks up with Siemens PCs
UK retail giant Tesco has announced plans to sell Siemens PCs in all 60 of its supermarkets. The company conducted trial sales in a limited number of stores three months ...
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UK university offers online autopsy training
Autopsy training has gone online for students at Leicester University. A former student has created a Web site which uses images of former live training operations to tea...
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IBM wins Novartis outsourcing deal
Novartis Pharma AG is to outsource IT support for its customer services operations to IBM.
The six year deal is worth ?57m and will see the Swiss division of the multi...
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Cadcentre to open Manchester call centre
Engineering software specialist, Cadcentre, is setting up a customer support centre in Manchester to cater for engineering innovators in the Northwest of England.
The ...
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IBM pays cash for old computers
IBM is handing out cash for old and used computer equipment, regardless of make. The payments, in money or credit, can be used to purchase the latest IBM products.
The...
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Intel ploughs $1m into electronic education
Intel is to donate $1m to an electronic education project run by Oxford University.
The majority of the cash will fund the development of educational software and teac...
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Messaging takes centre stage in business
A survey by Andersen Consulting and the training group, Investors in People UK, has revealed the extent of electronic messaging in the UK - 75 per cent of all messages ar...
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Scottish schools move from Macs to PCs
South Lanarkshire Council in Scotland, has shunned Apple Macs in favour of PCs in an ?800,000 contract for local schools.
The move away from Apple Macs represents a ma...
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Call centre staff losses blamed on team leaders
Team leaders are the key to staff retention in call centres, according to a survey by management consultancy, Waypoint. The report looks at the satisfaction ratings of ca...
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Delphi abandons IT services market
Training and recruitment company, Delphi has announced plans to move away from the IT services sector with the sale of its US and French IT solutions subsidiaries, Alpine...
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UK council goes back to pen and paper
Councillors at Thirsk Town Hall are to shelve an accounting software application and revert back to old-fashioned ledgers. The North Yorkshire authority said the software...
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Ready-made ISPs go on sale
Quik International, the Internet service provider (ISP) franchise company, is coming to Europe.
The US company, which sells franchises to aspiring Internet entrepreneu...
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Matif suffers teething problems with electronic system
Traders at the French derivatives exchange Matif, claim technical hitches with the electronic trading system led to late opening twice last week.
The system is current...
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IT systems given priority despite recession
A small manufacturing company, Freshbake Foods announced today it plans to spend ?0.5m on a systems upgrade. The move supports the theory that IT investment remains a pri...
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Oftel comes under fire for lack of skill
Telecoms watchdog Oftel is inadequately staffed and too poorly funded to keep the UK's telcos in check, according to MPs.
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report publ...
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Cannock builds next-generation call centre
Call centre specialist Cannock Communications is to build an outsourcing centre in Scotland. The Callflex facility is being developed into what Cannock calls "the first s...
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