M2M telematics - making journeys greener, quicker, safer
In-car communications systems are becoming more and more capable, with entertainment, navigation and engine management technology advancing and converging to power a number of new telematics services which bring a range of benefits to motorists. The integration of GPS with mobile connectivity enables a number of location-based services, while in-car sensors will enable remote monitoring, diagnostics, and collision detection solutions.Driving adoption of the technology are projects such as the European Commission's eCall initiative, which will see cars involved in accidents

Airline industry turns to virtualization and RFID
The airline industry has been on a rollercoaster ride over the past decade: a long boom, a sharp contraction, market consolidation and record oil prices followed by global downturn has left the industry in a state of shock. Technology could be an answer to many of these woes: RFID, server virtualisation, e-ticketing and near field communications offer huge potential for reducing costs and improving travellers' enjoyment. In this podcast we talked to Joel Pellegrin, head of indirect channels at Orange Business Services about how Orange's customer SITA is leveragi

UK Government report highlights IT project management failures
Project management is something that has been talked about a lot here at the Orange Business Live blog in the last few weeks, and an example of why the topic is important has come from the UK, where a government IT scheme has been deemed "a singular example of comprehensively poor project management".First, a little background. It was decided during 2003 to unite the prison authorities and the probation service to deliver "end to end offender management", under a new body called the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). This work obviously included a comprehensive overhaul of the IT systems used by th

EC mulling updated data security regime
The European Commission is considering laws that will force organisations that lose personal data to reveal the problem, with The Register noting that this marks something of a change-of-heart by the body. In a speech, Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, said: "in short, transparency and information will be the key new principles for dealing with breaches of data security".The comments came as two more data security breaches came-to-light.

some useful web 2.0 tools for project managers
There are many collaboration tools coming with web 2.0 that project managers will find usage for. Some will enrich communications, increase reach ability in the extended project team, develop and hold part of the project or product documentation, set up project related professional networks, facilitate brainstorming, and improve productivity. So