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Virgin UK CIO: Gareth Lewis - Transcript

The Virgin story began in 1968 with Richard Branson's student magazine and then a mail order record company before the first Virgin record store opened up on London's Oxford Street in 1971. Since then the company has become one of the few genuine global super-brands with over 200 businesses, including...

Tags: Mobile, Information Technology, Virgin Atlantic, Business, GL, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2006-12-12

Virgin Atlantic Desktop Alerts (exe)

Download Virgin Atlantic Alerts if you want to be the first to know the latest news, offers and information about Virgin Atlantic. The brand new Virgin Atlantic Alerts service is quick and simple to download and delivers the latest news and special offers straight to your desktop, ensuring you're amongst...

Tags: Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Atlantic Alerts Service, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-12-29

Bocada Case Study: Virgin Atlantic Airlines

Virgin Atlantic Airways is the second largest airline in the United Kingdom, with services to over 22 destinations - including its London hub, nine U.S. cities, and destinations as diverse as Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Lagos and Barbados. Driving to work smarter, cut costs and invest only where they could obtain...

Tags: Bocada Inc., Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Backups

Case studies

Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilots Radio Frequency Identification With Oracle and Tata Consultancy Services

Since it was founded in 1984, Virgin Atlantic Airways, as a company, is always looking for ways to take advantage of technological advancement. The aviation industry is gradually moving toward RFID standards, and the company wanted to ensure that when these are agreed, Virgin Atlantic will be well placed to...

Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Oracle Corp., Virgin Atlantic, Radio, Aviation Industry, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

Case studies

Additional Resources

Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBet

Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetAnd this is Zero Day material because...?Where's the computer security bit of the story?RE: Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetThat's a funny comment.RE: Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetWell Duh! There is no "true" security value in this story. Gambling is inherently...

Tags: Regulations, Iovation, UltimateBet, online poker site, poker site, poker, security

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Standards-obsessed politicians partly to blame for math/sci problems

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, educators are coming up with the same conclusion – obvious enough to the kids and probably their parents – standardized tests and policies that require kids to learn difficult topics before they're ready actually hurt math and science education. From the...

Tags: Kid, Kids, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Virgin Mobile Shuttle - red

While we were fans of Helio handsets like the Ocean and the Kickflip, we knew that Helio as a company was struggling. Indeed, Helio was shopping around for a buyer, and in late June, Virgin Mobile stepped up to buy the fledgling MVNO for $39 million. There were many questions...

Tags: Cellular phones, Shuttle, Virgin Mobile, Helio, handset

Product reviews 2008-09-19

Ultimate Steal spreads across the pond: Vista Ultimate included

As I wrote a few weeks ago, the Ultimate Steal has been roaring for those in the US and Canada, and it's finally reached us across the pond the Atlantic to all the idiots out there. Similar things apply, such as needing a valid university or college email address, and...

Tags: Offer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Pond, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, E-mail Address, Open University, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-17

EU scrutinizes Google-Yahoo deal

EU scrutinizes Google-Yahoo dealthat's some M$ ployI bet the M$ agents are fomenting unrest among newspapers to call in the the big brother and shift attention from its dirty deeds.Uh, Excuse me, EU - I have an important msg...No one cares how you feel about it.Now please shut up.Thanks.RE: EU...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Top-growing sites in UK in June 2008

Property May-2008 Jun-2008 % Change Total Internet 34,489 34,860 1% Channel4 3,544 4,664 32% John Lewis Partnership 2,119 2,416 14% Guardian Media Group 3,793 4,305 14% First Choice Holidays PLC 3,939 4,246 8% 365 Media Group 2,299 2,462...

Tags: Media, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-14

Time Zone Calculator (exe)

Time Zone Calculator can easily convert one time zone to another. For example UTC / GMT time zone to USA zones: Central or Mountain, Pacific or Eastern, Atlantic or Hawaiian. Of course Time Zone Calculator can convert any other world time zones. Time Zone Calculator takes into account Daylight Saving...

Tags: Time Zone, Evercyber, Time Zone Calculator, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-08-27

Get your young virgins vaccinated against HPV and cancer

Get your young virgins vaccinated against HPV and cancerStick To Technology and Leave The Virgins AloneDAna, you could not be more off base than with your misinformed call to vaccinate. How much research have you done regarding Gardasil? I would venture that the answer is NONE. You base your recommendation...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Gardasil, HPV, vaccine

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Virgin Mobile TNT (Kyocera Adreno S2400)

Virgin Mobile's cell phones tend to stick to the basics. Even when they offer cameras, like the UTStarcom Arc and the Samsung Slash, the handsets concentrate on doing what a cell phone should do. The prepaid carrier's latest model, the Kyocera TNT, certainly follows this format. Like the recent LG...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Virgin Mobile, Kyocera Wireless Corp., TNT, phone

Product reviews 2008-08-14

Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2

Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, App, Melodies, Medialets, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-03

Green light for hacker's extradition

Green light for hacker's extraditionUS owned server spaceWhen he hacked into our military's network's, he was trespassing on US owned server space.The EU would cry bloody murder if we had a little pasty 16 yr old hack MI6 and do what this guy did, and we didn't extradite him. book...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Green Light, extradition, hacker

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

News to know: Microsoft; Oracle; SAP; Vista SP1 video

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs How will Microsoft spend its multicore millions? More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere Larry Dignan: The future of computing: Multiple cores, multiple inputs Ryan Naraine: Evilgrade: Exploit...

Tags: Software, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Attack, Wiki, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Management

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Photos: Virgin Galactic's faces of Eve

WhiteKnightTwo "mothership," named for Branson's own mother, includes the new Galactic Girl icon. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Virgin Galactic, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-28

Britain moves against illegal file sharing

CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...

Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Virgin Mobile Arc

Photo gallery:Virgin Mobile ArcVirgin Mobile is known for its entry-level phones with catchy names, and the Arc by UTStarcom is no different. The Arc sets itself apart from the rest of Virgin Mobile's lineup with a unique and very appealing curved design. Otherwise, it has a decidedly basic feature set,...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, ArC, Virgin Mobile, phone, Virgin Mobile Arc, camera

Product reviews 2008-07-22

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...

Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air

Discussion threads 2008-07-19