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The Ministry of Defence has chosen UK engineering firm Marconi as the preferred supplier for the Bowman personal radio. The Bowman, a short-range tactical system for use within small military teams, will be in operation by the end of the year, more than eight years behind schedule. The £18 million contract comes after Archer Communications was sacked last July for project delays.
Kelly’s new website, which describes itself as “the nationwide search engine for the manufacturing industry”, is a basic-looking affair - no rotating Kelly’s logo, “click here” buttons changing colour when your mouse passes over them. Only the banner on the top of the page moves.
A government bill aimed at conserving water could increase bills and threaten the security of water supplies, claimed Water UK, the industry’s representative body.
Preferred bidders for the London Underground public-private partnership scheme are expected to be announced within weeks, according to one of the shortlisted firms. But wrangles between the Greater London Authority and the government could delay this.
Around 85 per cent of application service providers (ASP) will fail to deliver service-level agreements to their customers because their own suppliers lack performance targets, according to IT analysts Gartner.