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Dutch Pensions Giant Builds System Of The Future Thanks To HP Flexible Sourcing
White Papers PGGM administers the compulsory pension's scheme for the healthcare and social work sector of the Dutch economy. PGGM embarked on an ambitious five-year plan to migrate all its systems from mainframe and Sun onto a totally new solution built to...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Dutch Government Acknowledges Echelon Spy Network
News The Dutch government has publicly acknowledged the existence of the covert satellite surveillance network used by Britain, the US and other allied nations to eavesdrop on international phone calls, emails and faxes, code-named Echelon.
[January 24, 2001, 16:37]
Dutch Government's Microsoft Talks Collapse
News Negotiations between Microsoft and the Dutch government over a potential deal worth €147m to upgrade 245,000 computers have fallen through. Microsoft said it was disappointed that the deal had fallen through, but that it was also working on other...
[December 23, 2004, 16:10]
Dutch Police Arrest Kournikova Virus Suspect
News When it became clear what the virus was causing, and after consulting his parents, he decided to turn himself in," Dutch police said. Excite@Home said Tuesday it was trying to track down a Dutch subscriber believed to be OnTheFly.
[February 14, 2001, 15:36]
Dutch Government's Microsoft Talks Collapse
Talkback Why is Microsoft still working on other deals with different Dutch government agencies? For one, if Microsoft is allowed to "work" with different Dutch government agencies then are others as well at the same level and at the same time?
[December 23, 2004, 19:37]
Dutch Treat? Netherlander Takes Credit For 'Anna'
News A Dutch virus writer known as OnTheFly admitted Tuesday to writing the Anna Kournikova virus, as Excite@Home compiled evidence against a subscriber in the Netherlands who is believed to be the same person.
[February 14, 2001, 8:03]
Dutch Watchdog Savages Spammers
News Dutch telecoms regulators have imposed fines totalling €87,500 for a range of spamming offences. Opta, the Dutch post and telecommunications regulator, said on Tuesday the highest fine of €42,500 had been given to an individual who had been...
[December 29, 2004, 13:00]
Dutch Man Pleads Guilty To Google Fraud
Talkback The Dutch prisons are a pushover, nice open prison where you can come and go as you please, only locked up at night.
[May 19, 2004, 10:54]
Dutch MPs Fight Microsoft Deal
News The potential contract, which would run for five years and be worth €147m, has been questioned by several Dutch MPs who say it contravenes the Dutch government's policy on open-source software. It also appears to have been awarded without the Dutch...
[December 13, 2004, 13:50]
Dutch Cyber Snoops Remotely Access Net Crime
News Those liberal Dutch police, no doubt inspired by ZDNet's recent Surveillance coverage, announced this week a dedicated cyber-crime that will have the power to crack into a suspect's computer remotely with a "cyber search warrant" from a Dutch court.
[October 7, 1999, 11:36]
Dutch Central Bank Opts For Stability And Security
White Papers As a solid financial institution, the Dutch central bank (DNB), naturally places very high demands on the security of its ICT infrastructure. When migrating to a new platform it therefore takes no chances.
[August 11, 2005, 0:00]
Dutch Information Bureau Adopts Convergence Application To Authenticate Social Security Benefits
White Papers The Dutch Information Bureau, or Inlichtingenbureau, is a vital link in the chain created by the Work and Income Implementation Structure Act. The Bureau uses a Convergence Application to link the files of social security organizations, including...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Dutch PC Maker Sues Dell
News Trial proceedings started on Monday in a patent-infringement case that pits Dutch PC maker Tulip Computers International against Dell Computer. Tulip filed suit in November 2000, accusing Dell of infringing on its patent for a motherboard design.
[June 24, 2003, 8:43]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Co-sourcing Partnership Takes IT Operations To New Heights
White Papers KLM Royal Dutch Airlines faced a problem common to many companies in the transportation business today - increasing operating expenses and decreasing operating income. To remedy the situation, the company looked at its IT systems to unlock value...
[November 22, 2007, 23:00]
IBM Case Study: Royal Dutch/Shell
White Papers Royal Dutch/Shell is a global leader in the oil exploration and production business. It wanted to build a re-usable software toolkit that works as a wrapper around existing applications creating a Grid-enabled infrastructure for their seismic...
[November 10, 2004, 23:00]
Let's Hope Amsterdam's Linux Interest Is Not Double Dutch
Blog It's heartening to see so many large Dutch public sector organisations looking at open source. One wonders, in the light of the Linux U-turns by previously optimistic Newham and Birmingham, how serious our Dutch colleagues are about it.
[January 2, 2007, 15:58]
Microsoft Goes Dutch In Lindows Battle
News Microsoft and Lindows faced off in a Dutch court on Tuesday over allegations the Linux operating system company infringed on the Windows trademark. A ruling in the Dutch case is expected around the end of the month, Drake said.
[May 12, 2004, 9:10]
Turn-key Policy Plan By Dutch Government
Talkback An English translation of the Dutch policy plan on open standards and opensource can be downloaded here: http://appz.ez.nl/publicaties/pdfs/07ET15.pdf This plan is being implemented right now and it's publication in September last year had an...
[April 8, 2008, 16:59]
Dutch MPs Fight Microsoft Deal
Talkback Not so long ago the Dutch parlement started an investigation involving nation wide fraud by construction companies. Why follow the rules if that doesn't lead to results? The only real punishment is that someone else gets the deal.
[December 13, 2004, 20:59]
Linspire Boss Urges Dutch Government To Go Open Source
News Linspire chief executive Michael Robertson yesterday urged the Dutch government to consider open source as an option in an ambitious upgrading of over 260,000 workstations and servers. It could save you over €150m" he estimated in an open letter to...
[December 15, 2004, 14:30]
