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For the record 11 February 
Monday, February 11 2002
by Paula Mythen


Qwest Communications received subpoena for Global Crossing documents | SmartForce
launches training solution for sales staff

Qwest Communications International announced on Monday that it has
received a subpoena for documents concerning Global Crossing Ltd. from the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the SEC's
investigation of Global Crossing. The company said it would cooperate fully with
the SEC.

 

ICL, the IT and e-business services company, has signed a three year
agreement worth EUR17 million with the Department of the Environment and Local
Government (DOELG) to refurbish and manage the IT infrastructure in motor
taxation offices around the country. ICL is providing clustered Sun Microsystems
Enterprise 6500 servers to power this initiative which will allow vehicle owners
to tax their car from any one of Ireland's 40 motor taxation offices. All vehicle
and driver licensing data will be held in an up-to-date national database on a
central system in Shannon. 

 

Saadian Technologies, a developer of custom software solutions in the
Internet and mobile space, announced that Bewley's Hotels have gone live with its
Business2Mobile (B2M) text messaging WebService. B2M allows Bewley's to use any
PC keyboard to send text messages to one or more mobile phone numbers at a cost
of only IEP.07 per message. Bewley's uses the service to confirm bookings and
general reservation information.  However, it also has plans to use the service
as a marketing tool for regular guests. 

 

New research by Oftel shows that more than a third of businesses using the
Internet favour unmetered packages. In a study looking at business use of the
Internet carried out in November 2001, the UK watchdog found that 63 percent of
UK businesses are connected to the Web, with 36 percent of them using unmetered
packages. Three-quarters of businesses (76 percent) use ordinary phone line
dial-up access. Small companies (78 percent) favour dial-up access compared with
37 percent of medium-sized firms, with the latter more likely to favour ISDN (43
percent) or leased lines (19 percent). Around five percent of SMEs connect to the
Web using DSL or cable modems. On average, UK businesses are spending around
STG74 a month on Internet subscriptions, with those using dial-up access paying
an average of STG25 and those favouring broadband access paying an average of
STG102. 

 

According to the latest research by Dataquest, the Latin American PC
market grew 8 percent in 2001 with PC shipments surpassing 7.4 million units. PC
revenue totalled USD7.35 billion in 2001, a 3.2 percent decline from 2000. In the
fourth quarter of 2001, shipments declined 4.5 percent in Latin America, but the
region received a slight boost from Mexico, which grew 6.6 percent from the
fourth quarter of 2000.

 

Qualtrace, the Cork-based quality and risk management company, has opened
a new, 15,700 square foot headquarters in the Cork Business & Technology Park,
Model Farm Road, Cork. 

 

Logica has been selected by Alstom to participate in the development of
the European Rail Traffic Management System and set a standard signalling system
for high-speed train lines. The European Commission mandated that the European
member states implement a common signalling system for the high-speed train
lines, the aim of which is for trains to be able to drive in different countries
without switching signalling systems at the border. Under the agreement with
Alstom, Logica will develop technical specifications and systems architecture for
the trackside peripherals within the control centres, develop and integrate the
applications, procure and deploy the ICT infrastructure and provide support for
the solution.

 

Dell on Monday announced CompleteCare, an optional three-year accidental
damage cover policy that is available for Dell Latitude and Inspiron notebooks
and Dell Precision mobile workstations. In the event of accidental damage,
CompleteCare, underwritten by London General Insurance, provides a repair or
replacement notebook.

 

Whitehall House Senior College has become the top testing centre for MOUS
certification in Europe in December 2001. Now a Microsoft IQ Centre, the college
offers the Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Program to both day and
evening students.

 

SmartForce on Monday announced the launch of its Virtual Sales University
(VSU) SolutionSet for the development of sales professionals. Available in the
first quarter of 2002, the VSU SolutionSet is targeted toward helping companies
to drive business growth and competitive advantage through greater sales force
productivity.

 

The Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution Group (PTD) is
electrifying a hundred villages in Gabon in a EUR20 million project ordered by
the state energy ministry and scheduled for completion by the end of 2003. Under
this program, Siemens is installing decentralised power supply systems. These
systems have been developed to provide power for medical stations, village
schools, homes and street lighting. Siemens PTD is working with numerous small
local companies in its role as system integrator.