The project involved connecting two facilities, one of which is a call centre relying on real-time on-screen customer information. Brann IT director, Ian Johnson called the deployment of Gigabit Ethernet "a truly mission critical decision...
Companies' desire to retain control over mission-critical or complex IT projects as the economy slows is having an impact on outsourcing decisions, according to a recent survey. Thirty two per cent are also looking to cut costs through using...
Speaking at a panel debate at the influential gathering of technology vendors and CIOs, they said that although Linux does figure in their organisations, they still do not feel it is ideal for mission-critical operations.
Martin Armitage, head of the global information organisation at Unilever, said: `"This is an evolution starting with appliance devices such as name servers, firewalls, internet sites, then to non mission critical applications and finally to large...
As Beagle was only included as an afterthought to the original Mars Express Mission, engineers behind the probe had unprecedented weight restrictions imposed on them, forcing them to innovate in the probe's design.
Over half of large UK companies have adopted web services, with the technology increasingly being used for mission-critical projects, says new research. Of those, 6 per cent said they are being used for mission-critical projects, 24 per cent for...