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]
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]
The State Of Kentucky Maintains Safe Highways With Magellan Handheld GPS Receivers From Thales Navigation
White Papers The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is a state agency that includes the Department of Highways, and it maintains more than 27,000 miles of roads that carry about 85 percent of all traffic in the state.
[January 11, 2006, 23:00]
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]
How The Net-neutrality Debate Crossed The Pond
Comment Demanding a slice of the pie for the more popular services streamed over ISPs' networks stinks of opportunism and greed — like the Highways Agency trying to get a cut of the takings from a lucrative haulage company.
[April 18, 2008, 16:29]
