baa

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

System update kicks Heathrow baggage system offline

System update kicks Heathrow baggage system offlineBlame it on MSEven if there is no MS product involved I would venture to say its a Microsoft problem somehow someway, haha.Actually...In one of the reference links, it mentions the system is built around the .NET framework.All joking aside, this a quite a...

Tags: Backups, system update, Teleflex, Logan, BAA, baggage, Heathrow

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

HP ProLiant Servers and AMD Opteron Processors Lighten Energy Loads and Space Requirements

Headquartered in London, England, BAA plc provides airport services at its seven U.K. airports - from car parking to ticketing. To become more efficient and proactive in providing IT services to the enterprise, this international airport company needed to consolidate its databases and servers, as well as improve the IT...

Tags: HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HP Compaq ProLiant, BAA, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies 2006-01-01

Additional Resources

Giggles Computer Funtime For Baby - Nursery Rhymes (zip)

Giggles Baby - Nursery Rhymes is award winning and critically acclaimed software for babies ages 6 to 36 months. Crafted for little minds, this unique key tapping software lets babies tap and touch any key on the keyboard for adorable onscreen fun. Babies just love it. The program locks out...

Tags: Baby, Leveractive, Keyboards, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Peripherals, Management

Software downloads 2008-06-23

Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened

Heathrow T5 failure: What really happenedTony BlairThis is typical of modern Britain. All show. All glitz. 100% image and 0% substance. This is the legacy of Tony who turned Britain from a country proud of its merit into one only concerned with the next news story and to hell with...

Tags: Strategy, Heathrow T5

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

IT failure at Heathrow T5: What really happened

Anyone having the misfortune to pass recently through Heathrow's new Terminal 5 knows the huge project debuted as a case study in full-blown systems failure. Most reports have focused on stranded customers, a crazed supermodel, and Queen Elizabeth's grand opening speech, which called the terminal "a 21st Century gateway to...

Tags: Software, CIO, Baggage, British Airways Plc., Information Technology, Problem, Terminal 5, BA, Vanderlande Industries, Vanderlande, Bags, Paul Coby, Airports Authority, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Google turns the lights out for Earth Hour

Google turns the lights out for Earth HourHow much energy would be savedIf Google were really to lights out for an hour. My guess is that they can't shut down the datacenter or start it back up in that time frame, but it would certainly make a statement. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Turns, Earth Hour

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Smart badges? We don't need no stinkin' smart badges. Or do we?

MIT's Human Dynamics Lab is working on a form of social networking as old as humanity itself: Face-to-face introductions and subsequent chit-chat. Users wear badges that calculate how far apart people are standing (a good indicator of their reactions to one another, perhaps); record their conversation; and track their movements....

Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Norm, Internet, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-03-07

System update kicks Heathrow baggage system offline

The computerized baggage handling system in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4 was kicked offline for about two days due to software problems. As a result, carriers in the terminal were forced to sort baggage manually and 6000 passengers experienced delays, cancellations, and hassle. A...

Tags: Baggage, Information Technology, System Update, Tools & Techniques, Software Upgrade, Transportation, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-02-21

To form an us

To form an usHow would you write for luddites?Seriously. I've read articles in business magazines that make me absolutely fume at the gross inaccuracies. But the bottom line is, aside from maybe changing a little phrasing, I usually don't think I could do that much better of a...

Tags: Desktops, Recruitment & Selection, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., information technology

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Google China launches social network site

In partnership with Tianya, Google launched two new services called Laiba and Wenda. The two services translate literally to "come here" and "ask and answer" respectively.The first one, Laiba, appears to be a social networking site hosted on Google's servers, but found under the Tianya domain. Even the...

Tags: Social Networking, Google Inc., Network, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-08-20

Lengthy Heathrow logistics

This morning I experienced what Londontravellers have been grappling with for two weeks -- changes in securityprocesses at Heathrow have resulted in lengthy queues for security. Iwaited over 50 minutes to pass through security at T-2, along with manyother grumpy fliers.Two things struck me...

Tags: queue

Blog posts 2006-02-21

Sun wins injunction against MS in Java dispute

Sun wins injunction against MS in Java disputeJohn T. Chambers must goVia my blog at http://www.newerawisp.blogspot.comYesterday I asked readers accross the Internet to write to John T. Chambers, President of Cisco Systems regarding Black Hat confrence and Michael Lynn Saga. since then Things at Cisco systems moved in the negative...

Tags: Java, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., NetSolve

Discussion threads 2005-07-30

'Write once, run anywhere' not working for phones

'Write once, run anywhere' not working for phonesOf course it does not work...It is Java. Java does not work. My rep and I have long held to the opinion that Microsoft based smartphones are the only devices worth buying. When I go to my cell phone provider, I laugh at...

Tags: Programming languages, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Java, phone, Write Once Run Anywhere, cell phone, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-07-14

Fix in for Windows flaw

Fix in for Windows flawFix in for Windows flawMicrosoft does it again. A flaw was found, they issue a fix. This is the way it should be done for all operating systems.Security by obscurity scams the industry again!Future techs will laugh at the sheep accepting this "Windows" as...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 98, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, flaw, WPA2, Windows Flaw, operating system

Discussion threads 2005-05-10

U.S. funds study of tech monocultures

U.S. funds study of tech monocultures'The research could be good for Microsoft' - Ha ha ha"The research could be good for Microsoft. In the end, the techniques developed by the academic researchers could help the software giant and other organizations break up their monocultures without losing market share."MS is know...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., monoculture, Microsoft Windows, basket

Discussion threads 2003-11-25

CorasWorks Case Study: BAA Indianapolis LLC

BAA Indianapolis LLC BAAI is a subsidiary of BAA plc, the private company which owns and operates seven airports in the United Kingdom including London's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. BAAI's Information Architect began to look for a way to improve their SharePoint implementation. After determining that it would not...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Airport, Intranet, BAAI, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

Airport Titan BAA Elevates Data-Center Efficiency

Headquartered in London, England, BAA plc provides airport services at its seven U.K. airports - from car parking to ticketing. To become more efficient and proactive in providing IT services to the enterprise, this international airport company needed to consolidate its databases and servers, as well as improve the IT...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Data Centers, Servers, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies

TUPE Helps BAA Retain Critical IT Skills

As part of BAA's 'Smart Sourcing' strategy, Computacenter is responsible for delivering a range of IT services across the company's UK estate of 10,500-plus desktops and laptops. When the scope of this agreement was expanded to include second line support, the companies faced a critical employment challenge. BAA was keen...

Tags: Information Technology, Computacenter, Strategy, It Services, Management

Case studies