Highways Agency hit by .Net skills shortage
News The Highways Agency has identified a key skills gap in the UK after it tried to find staff with .Net skills to ease its migration onto the platform. Denise Plumpton, IT director at the Highways Agency, told ZDNet UK the Agency was having trouble...
[November 3, 2005, 14:50]
Highways Agency tech management criticised
News The Highways Agency has developed a new sophisticated computer network to deal with congestion across the UK but has failed to install the system to cover the UK's busiest motorways, according to official auditors.
[November 29, 2004, 15:30]
Highways Agency hit by .Net skills shortage
Talkback I think that they should try to move their software development to other country. The outsourcing in moddle (east) Europe is good way. I have own experience with it. Two UK companies moved the development to our Czech office.
[November 10, 2005, 5:43]
Highways Agency hit by .Net skills shortage
Talkback With the upcoming various Microsoft releases for the next coming years .Net equals .Not given additional extra work and investments needed to make everything still work. MONO is the better choice in that regard but alternatives like Java, XML and...
[November 3, 2005, 20:42]
Google Maps gets UK road-traffic data
News The Highways Agency has allowed its data about traffic speeds to appear within Google Maps. The data, provided by the Highways Agency's National Traffic Control Centre in Birmingham, is also used to populate the agency's own Traffic England website.
[October 23, 2008, 11:28]
CIOs plan to make the most of tight budgets in 2009
News Denise Plumpton, director of information at The Highways Agency — one of the IT chiefs polled by the Corporate IT Forum — said top priorities include getting value for money from IT investments, while spending to improve business productivity and...
[December 8, 2008, 12:30]
Gov't departments tout 'green' IT credentials
News Two government departments, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Highways Agency, showcased their environmental credentials at the Green IT 08 event in London last week. Another department airing its green credentials was the Highways Agency, which...
[May 12, 2008, 9:12]
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Talkback victims of hit & run accidents can now sue the highways agency for compensation
[November 28, 2009, 7:42]
Steelbox Networks, Inc. Case Study: UK Highways Project
White Papers Following the success of the M25 London Orbital Motorway project, Telindus Surveillance Solutions Ltd was chosen to design, implement and support an IP switched CCTV system for the UK Highways Agency for the NRTS project.
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
Shared-services project makes DfT tech bill soar
News The list suggests that the IT departments of the Department for Transport's agencies are fairly tight ships, with the Highways Agency's roster of projects currently estimated as costing £78.85m — £800,000 less than the original total estimates.
[December 29, 2008, 8:38]
MoD to stick with IE6 despite security concerns
News Transport minister Chris Mole said his department moved to IE7 last year, while most of its agencies are either moving or working on moves away from IE6 — although the Highways Agency and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency have no plans to do so.
[July 24, 2009, 14:57]
New rules outlaw hand-held mobile use while driving
News The Highways Agency has been spreading the message via the electronic signs that line motorways and trunk roads across England since last week, with two messages, "Think don't phone while driving," and "Don't phone while driving", to remind...
[December 1, 2003, 14:45]
Broadband vendors: Why can't we do it in the road?
News Launching the bill late last year, transport secretary Alistair Darling said they would give the Highways Agency and councils "powers and a duty to keep roads clear and traffic moving". British businesses will have to pay more for high-speed...
[June 29, 2004, 16:30]
Government a 'roadblock' to IT success
News Among the problems cited with the Bill was the fact that it calls for penalties for the late completion of utilities' works but not works carried out by the Highways Agency or local authorities. Legislation designed to ease the pain of roadworks...
[March 2, 2004, 15:15]
Is the UK really short of IT skills?
News Denise Plumpton, IT director at the Highways Agency Last month telecoms giant BT blamed a lack of local IT skills on its decision to outsource its IT development work to India . The company's chief procurement officer Meryl Bushell said the company...
[November 3, 2005, 12:10]
