http://www.silicon.com Results for ba en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39597165,00.htm Users can also use the app to click through to ba.com, where they can book flights, manage bookings and check in online. However, the App Store currently stocks more than 2,000 business apps and, with the iPhone currently dominating around 13 per... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:45:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39574741,00.htm Compiled at JFK Airport whilst waiting for BA 178 to fly me home via London Heathrow. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN connection in the BA lounge. I just boarded an early morning shuttle bus from my hotel at JFK airport. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60719894p,00.htm British Airways plc (BA) wanted to guarantee availability of passenger-facing and core back-office processes with instant failover, transparent disaster recovery, unparalleled performance, and seamless scalability. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39546158,00.htm On Tuesday, BA will go live with an in-flight connectivity service from OnAir, which will see passengers on the all business class route able to use their mobiles to send texts or emails and browse the web. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39521543,00.htm Compiled on BA 215 flying London to Boston and dispatched to silicon.com from my harbour hotel via a rather poor and expensive wi-fi service Continually promising to deliver what the limits of physics say can't be done is no way for an industry to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:09:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39448355,00.htm Wireless web access is already available or soon to be deployed, across a number of airlines including BA and Ryanair, both of which use a system from OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and Sita. Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39447399,00.htm BA is currently planning to launch a mobile email, web browsing and texting service from OnAir on two new Airbus A318 aircrafts in September of this year. However, it would cost BA too much to fit similar systems to its current aircraft, Walsh told... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/cio50-2009/paul-coby-39437789.htm He joined British Airways (BA) in 1997 and became CIO in 2001, taking charge of the airline's technology and IT-enabled business change. He has overseen a 45 per cent reduction in the cost of running BA's IT operation and masterminded investments... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:21:54 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39389271,00.htm The good news: the system supports voice calls but BA has decided not to switch the function on, something that will no doubt please those travellers who don't wish to be bombarded with calls. Bandwidth, bandwidth everywhere - but not a spot of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:04:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39386444,00.htm A spokesman for BA said it is installing an in-flight mobile comms system from OnAir into the two new aircrafts that will serve the route. OnAir's system supports voice but the BA spokesman told silicon.com the airline will not be switching it on. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:01:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39372003,00.htm BA CIO - how we attract the best IT grads The mobile-software company UIQ has filed for bankruptcy, following the decision by its last remaining customer to stop using its platform. Motorola and Sony Ericsson, the joint owners of UIQ via a Dutch... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:51:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/lans/0,39024663,39368025,00.htm BA CIO - how we attract the best IT grads Video has been hailed a productivity booster and cost saver. But can it deliver? Freeform Dynamics's IdaRose Sylvester explains what video can and can't do. As we enter 2009, reducing spending, improving... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:30:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39362263,00.htm BA CEO Willie Walsh's assessment of the chaotic opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 January There are very few companies that understand software. Former chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, speaking in an interview with silicon.com sister site CNET News.com editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:34:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39365416,00.htm Written at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and dispatched to silicon.com from the BA lounge via a free wi-fi service Can you imagine what a password of the following form might be used to protect '2c93b8819ca8c7d23dbeb628a8'? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39366338,00.htm BA's CIO Paul Coby also revealed his thoughts on IT's image problems. Coby also shares how BA attracts top drawer graduates and what the airline's latest intake of tech new starters can expect in their first 18 months on its training scheme. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39357530,00.htm Head of BA's T5 information management programme, Glenn Morgan, gave silicon.com an exclusive tour. The past year has seen some memorable footage come to silicon.com including Bill Gates' final visit to London before stepping down as Microsoft... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:26:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39357532,00.htm We also took a look at the technology which keeps the terminal and BA's Heathrow operations up and running - take a look at more behind the scenes photos here. January saw Bill Gates give his last speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60502243p,00.htm The Web Services Transaction protocol family includes the WS-AtomicTransaction and the WSBusinessActivity specifications in order to carry out distributed transactions in a Web Services (WS) environment. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39338778,00.htm Also this week readers, weigh in on the BA baggage debacle, with 'I told you so' being a recurring theme. BA blames Heathrow T5 chaos on IT testing slip ups Personally I feel the root cause was ineffectual senior management, BA full of their own... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:56:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39335889,00.htm Both BA and BAA have been criticised for "serious failings" in a parliamentary transport committee report into the shambolic opening of the £4.3bn terminal in March this year. In a memo to the committee BA admits that end-to-end integration testing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:36:01 +0000