Angus Logan : Media

Bank of Bahrain's eServices portal on MCMS & new intranet on SharePoint

anguslogan — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:01:00 GMT

Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait enhances e-Banking service with “Dot”

Dubai, 6th October 2004: Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) announced the launch of Dot, their latest e-Banking services portal based on Microsoft’s Content Management Server, at the Gitex exhibition today. A dynamic upgrade to BBK’s existing online e-banking system, “Dot” as its name suggests emphasizes the simplicity and ease with which BBK customers can bank online. “Dot” also eases the back end processes for employees enhancing the speed and efficiency of services delivered to BBK customers.

Adel Salim, Manager – Business Development, Electronic Banking Division at BBK said: “With “Dot” banking on www.bbkonline.com becomes more user-friendly while providing a comprehensive list of online services. With this simplistic portal we make e-Banking with BBK a less stressful experience, not just for our customers but also for our employees.” *

See the full article here.

*content from article

SharePoint Gets (Mostly) Top Marks

anguslogan — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 04:10:00 GMT

MCPMag has a good review of SPS 2003 & some companies experiences upgrading from SPS 1.0.

“Once clear of the administrative learning curve, users give SPS 2003 high marks for ease of use and integration features.“

See it at http://www.mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=437

Reality Tv... Nah. Bring on Interactive Tv!

anguslogan — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:31:00 GMT

was watching Band in a Bubble while doing the fathers day thing with my parents & siblings.

My sister, Elea, (The Tremors / Gazoonga Attack) pulled out her mobile and started texting Pete from Regurgitator (she went out with him for a while this year) while he was live on national tv... Awesome Party Trick!

The producers of Band in a Bubble musn't like the guys using their mobiles cause they cut to another camera angle every time a new message came in.

I told Elea she could make some money out of this betting people in pubs that Pete would do certain things (then text him on the sly) but she wasn't into the idea... damn! I wanted him to punch Jabba.

The website www.bandinabubble.com was Frank Arrigo's ASP.NET Website of the Day as well.

Airplay for the Community Visitors Information System (CVIS)

anguslogan — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:30:00 GMT

Looks like the CVIS system (aka The Solution with it All is getting some airplay.

I've copied in the article from ComputerWorld

Info management system supports child protection commission
Siobhan McBride, Computerworld

Queensland's Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian has launched a new community visitor information system (CVIS), considered to be at the cutting edge of information management in child protection.

Consulting services for the project –which Microsoft and Data 3 created - was provided by the Australian Technology Centre, with a joint $9 million investment between Microsoft and the Queensland government.

Acting Commissioner Barry Salmon said that for the first time, the commission will be able to visit Queensland children in foster care, ensuring they receive the support and entitlements they have a right to.

“The Community Visitors have spent the past week undergoing training to prepare them for their new roles, including learning how to use an innovative new information management system designed specifically for them,” Salmon said.

“The CVIS has been tailored for the program to ensure information about vulnerable children is timely, accurate and secure.” Salmon said that, without the new system, the commission would have been overwhelmed with the volume of information coming in from the new Community Visitors.

“This new system is pivotal in making the program operate smoothly and efficiently, by streamlining the way in which reports on children are sent and stored,” Salmon said.

Response times to children’s issues will be faster and there will be a greater capacity to share information with other key stakeholders, such as the Department of Child Safety and non-government service providers, he said.

Data 3 chief executive officer John Grant said building the CVIS system has been one of the most exciting application projects in recent times for the company.

“To build a prototype solution of this complexity within three months was a substantial challenge for the team,” Grant said.

Microsoft Australia director public sector Kevin Ackhurst agrees, saying Microsoft shared the commission’s goal to develop a cutting edge system that would meet project goals within time and budget.

“Our partnership enables the delivery of a superior service to Queenslanders and demonstrates how public and private sector partnerships can be effective. We provided the additional skills and investment to achieve a quick and successful turn around,” Ackhurst said.

All MSDN Magazines downloadable as CHM files

anguslogan — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:00:00 GMT

By way of Stephen Toub - I didn't know you could download all the editions of MSDN Magazine in CHM's...

Here are links to this year's CHM files thus far:
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September

A comment was on his blog to aggregate all these CHM's into one file (allowing full text search across all editions) using CHM Aggregator. (which cool in its own right !)

Data #3 looks to a better year

anguslogan — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:40:00 GMT

8.28.2004 | 3:28 pm

ItNews.com.au reports: ASX-listed Data #3 reported a 50.2 percent increase in net profit to $3.34 million following restructuring, for its year ending 30 June 2004. See The Article Here.