Siobhan Chapman

Articles by Siobhan Chapman

Senior execs leave British Airways after terminal IT fiasco

Following the chaotic opening of Terminal 5, British Airways has announced that two of its senior executives will leave the company. The opening of Terminal 5 (T5) in March was beset by a catalogue of problems when a high-tech baggage system broke down and log-on problems left staff unable to get into work.

Shell makes US$4 billion IT and telecom outsourcing deal

As a result of the package, 3,000 Shell staff will relocate, whille it will retain an internal infrastructure division manned by 600 people.

Prime Minister Brown says Britain at risk of cyber attack

Britain is under increased threat from state-sponsored cyber attacks, the government says, and it plans to spend on IT to tackle them. Announcing the publication of the first National Security Strategy for the U.K. last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the government will "modernize its interception capability."

Software upgrade crashes Heathrow’s luggage system

Thousands of passengers were asked to fly without luggage after redundant systems failed at the same time

Suppliers asked to clarify their green IT methods

Vendors must improve the transparency, accuracy and quality of the environmental information that they are providing to users, stated the report titled 'An Inefficient Truth'

Gartner: The new division in IT

Gartner is forecasting that IT organizations will evolve into two distinct types by 2012. What type does your organization fall under?

U.K. IT managers see green tech as ‘moral obligation’

Traditional cost of ownership models will change over the next few years as environmental concerns rise up the corporate agenda, a research analyst firm says

The cost of late projects

For over a third of companies surveyed worldwide, 25 percent or more of IT projects are delivered late, according to a poll...

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