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Oil companies explore new technology
News Among the contenders that have submitted proposals is Redwood City, California-based start-up PointCross, a developer of Web-based project management software dubbed Orchestra. The project management software promises to keep everyone in the...
[January 2, 2001, 13:38]
Project Organization Proposal (POP) and Project Leadership Plan Guide
White Papers This paper presents an easy to use Project Organization Proposal (POP) that can be implemented without adding additional resources to the MIS or IT divisions. The collaboration of all resources associated with a project is critical to its success.
[June 1, 2007, 1:00]
IT skills gap costs Britain billions
News Other problems cited are a lack of project-management skills among senior managers, and a failure to implement best practice in software engineering and IT projects. But its track record is mixed, and includes several high-profile failures such as...
[April 22, 2004, 9:50]
The Mark Anthony Group Helps Keep Mike's Hard Lemonade on Track
White Papers It realized that the project management solution it had in place - using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to manage project timelines and sharing them using e-mail - was slowing down task management processes and duplicating work efforts.
[January 14, 2009, 22:14]
Prisoner database hit by delays, overspending
News According to the NAO, the National Offender Management Service (Noms) — the body in charge of C-Nomis's development, now part of the Ministry of Justice — underestimated the technical complexity of the project.
[March 12, 2009, 12:23]
Mozilla expands as Firefox ploughs on
News We're beefing up the management on the project," said Chris Hofmann, whose title at Mozilla is in flux since the foundation hired another director of engineering. The project is still very healthy. This may be the first handheld browser to have...
[July 27, 2005, 13:25]
Ten open-source tools worth trying
Comment It is the piece of the HA project that performs death-of-node detection, communications and cluster management. DotProject is a web-based project management tool that offers features ranging from user management, trouble-ticket system — integrated...
[December 23, 2009, 11:37]
OpenSuse 11 released
News According to the project's leads, OpenSuse 11.0 includes a "redesigned installer to simplify installation", improved sound management and faster package management. The OpenSuse project is sponsored by Novell and AMD, and released its first stable...
[June 19, 2008, 17:02]
Government urged to cut consultancy costs
News Whitehall departments are repeatedly using consultants for core skills, including project and programme management and IT. Over the past three years IT consultancy and project management skills accounted for 54 percent of total government spend on...
[June 19, 2007, 13:38]
Toshiba adds wireless to Magnia servers
News New models include a project management server, which offers software that tracks billable hours, contacts and the exchange of documents; a digital file cabinet server that stores files and makes them accessible through a Web interface; a...
[May 1, 2003, 10:18]
RentACoder: eBay for contractors?
Talkback My gross qualifications for consideration on this subject matter are that I: speak and write English with more than an 8th grade slant, (what is now apparently 2nd year college) unwaveringly accept logic and rationale as the cornerstone of...
[September 7, 2006, 4:30]
SAP Case Study: Eskom
White Papers To modernise these systems and also to achieve the synergies inherent in integration, Eskom initiated a two year project and rolled-out five SAP modules - materials-, asset- and financial management, management accounting and project accounting.
[June 14, 2006, 0:00]
CA throws its weight behind Linux standard
News CA will aid in a new FSG project designed to standardise systems management technology for Linux, with a particular focus on issues faced by software vendors. Enterprise software vendor Computer Associates (CA) has backed the body behind the main...
[September 23, 2005, 8:50]
Large public-sector Linux project flops
News Most of the difference was made up of costs attributed to "decision making" and "project management", largely brought about because of a shortage of skills in open-source networking and the changes to IT processes that would result.
[November 13, 2006, 11:35]
Open-Xchange Server goes open source
News The interface also enables the exchange of datasets from ERP, CRM and project management applications, with Open-Xchange automatically integrating key project deadlines and tasks into appointment and task-management tools, thus removing the need...
[August 2, 2004, 15:10]
Intel aims to speed Linux gadget development
News He wouldn't comment on the project's magnitude, but he said: "My internal funding shows that top management is taking this seriously. Intel on Monday is launching its Mobile and Internet Linux Project website, which consolidates a number of new and...
[July 17, 2007, 8:29]
Microsoft Project Standard 2002 review
Reviews For no-holds-barred, intricate and highly collaborative project management, managers should consider paying the extra £230 (ex. Even if you're not familiar with the detail of project management, Project Standard 2002 offers such a useful series of...
[October 2, 2002, 8:30]
Citrix targets VMware users in switchover push
News Project Open Door and the free version of XenServer are both intended to encourage adoption of Citrix Essentials, a paid product that adds storage integration, automated lab and stage management and dynamic workload balancing features.
[October 15, 2009, 16:07]
Financial sector suffering IT skills shortfall
News The most hankered-after non-IT skills are: knowledge of sector and project management, followed by leadership. Non-IT skills that are hardest to find are: project management, leadership and knowledge of sector.
[December 16, 2008, 8:18]
How to roll out SAP
News National Air Traffic Services (Nats) is using SAP to run its back-office functions, including HR and project management. No-one implements a company-wide ERP system over a weekend — it's a big project that can mean major changes to any organisation...
[June 26, 2007, 18:43]
