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Regulation `over-burdening UK Royal Mail`

The Royal Mail was over-burdened by parts of the regime regulating its services, according to an official report today. The National Audit Office (NAO) said there was scope to improve the way the regulations were implemented by Postcomm, which would reduce the burdens. These included cutting the length and detail of investigations into Royal Mail services, according to the report, Opening the Post. The study found that postal deliveries had been improving since regulation was introduced, although it singled out areas including North West London and South East London where target levels were not being achieved.
Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, said: “The problem of regulating a monopoly such as Royal Mail is that it tends to involve advocacy, litigation and dispute.
“That is why competition is in the long run a less costly and burdensome way of protecting consumers. This report encourages Postcomm to minimise the costs and maximise the benefits in the short term while withdrawing from detailed regulation in the medium term.”

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Satellites for an emergency: trans-o-flex provides double protection for data transfer

trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst GmbH has renewed its contract with T-Systems, the corporate client division of Deutsche Telekom, and further increased the security of its network. T-Systems will operate the logistics company’s network for another five years on a cable-run basis and also establish a satellite-based network for data traffic between the head office in Weinheim and all other sites in Germany. In case of a breakdown in the cable network, the system will switch automatically to the satellite network. “We need this secure company network to offer high-quality IT services at all times and in all locations,” says Werner Haas, responsible for IT at trans-o-flex.
T-Systems has already installed the satellite units at all the operative trans-o-flex locations. The local System Partners can therefore continue to work as normal even if a cable connection failure occurs. In this case all services from computers, barcode readers and hand-held units are transmitted by satellite to the headquarters in Weinheim, where trans-o-flex operates two independent computing centres, each of which provides the complete range of services. “By double-safeguarding our systems like this, the safety of our customers’ data is guaranteed, even in extreme situations,” says IT expert Werner Haas.

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