California has terminated its contract with SAP in connection with a $371 million software system that was supposed to overhaul the state's payroll system but instead ended up mired in major delays and cost overruns. Some $254 million has ...
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The US Federal Reserve has confirmed its computer systems were accessed by hackers but said the incident did not affect the central bank's "critical operations". The acknowledgement came days after the hacker group known as Anonymous ...
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AN 8.5M investment programme will see state of the art LED street lights springing up across Bromley over the next two years. Around half of the borough’s 27,000 street lamps will be replaced by lighting contractor May Gurney ...
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Custom made SSL products from LEC were selected for the Saint-Gervais Bridge in France that features no overhead lighting and is entirely lit by LEDs in the guardrails. LED lighting by LEC illuminates the Saint-Gervais Bridge in France, ...
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A boat company in Somerton, Victoria, has been found guilty and fined $275,000 over the death of a worker in December 2011. Monst Pty Ltd (formerly Lloyd Brewer Marine Pty Ltd) was convicted on charges relating to the death of an ...
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HVAC Investigators (HVACi) has announced availability of its iCheck desktop review service to property and casualty (P&C) insurance carriers throughout the US. The service provides insurance adjusters evaluating HVAC claims with a simple ...
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New software capable of dredging social media websites, mining people's social networks and "predicting their behaviour", has been developed by defence contractor Raytheon. The software, called Rapid Information Overlay Technology (RIOT), ...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has refused to "confirm or deny" whether it is investigating bankrupt systems integrator 2e2, after Computing asked the regulator whether it had been called in to investigate the defunct company. The ...
The administrators of bankrupt 2e2 have demanded upfront cash payments from 2e2 datacentre customers to keep the facilities open and operating. Users have until 5pm today to pledge funds to the administrators, who are seeking £960,000 ...
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Adobe has released an emergency patch to fix at least two zero-day vulnerabilities being used to install malware in its Flash Player software that could allow attackers to control affected systems. Hackers had exploited security loopholes ...
The administrators of reseller and integrator 2e2, which looks sure to enter liquidation, have sold off its managed services business to O2 in a move that will see 107 employees move over to the mobile operator. O2, which worked with 2e2 ...
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National Security Inspectorate (NSI) is pleased to announce it has been granted UKAS Accreditation to deliver BAFE’s Emergency Lighting Scheme (SP203-4). Organisations applying to NSI for this Scheme will now have the added ...
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Controller John Chiang Following a spate of major delays and cost overruns, the U.S. state of California has terminated a contract with SAP that would have overhauled the state’s payroll system at a cost of $371 million. Some $254 ...
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HOUSTON — January 11, 2013 — The M&G Group ("M&G"), one of the three leading producers in the Americas of PET for packaging applications, announced today that it has signed a US$ 1 billion engineering, procurement and ...
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Customers of integrator and reseller 2e2 have told Computing that they are "considering their options", but what are their options, and what are the legal implications if 2e2 was to go under or be bought out; can a customer walk away from ...
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