BP - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

  • BP employee loses laptop containing data on 13,000 oil spill claimants

    The personal information of 13,000 individuals who had filed compensation claims with BP after last year's disastrous oil spill may have been potentially compromised after a laptop containing the data was lost by a BP employee.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan30 March 11 11:35
  • Official report: BP oil spill IT systems lacked key alarms

    BP's monitoring IT systems on the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig relied too heavily on engineers following complex data for long periods of time, instead of providing automatic warning alerts.

    Written by Leo King07 Jan. 11 04:14
  • BP ignored safety software advice, investigators find

    BP ignored the advice of safety critical software in an attempt to save time before the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a presentation slide prepared by US investigators.

    Written by Leo King27 Nov. 10 04:31
  • First look: Office 365 beta shows promise but lacks polish

    Office 365: A revamped offering that combines the features of BPOS with Office 2010. From what we've seen of the Office 365 beta, it still has a long way to go before it can be considered a true turnkey solution for business.

    Written by Neil McAllister24 Nov. 10 22:15
  • Microsoft issues service credits after cloud outage

    Microsoft has been forced to issue service credits to customers affected by recent problems accessing hosted Exchange and SharePoint services, and is promising to improve its system for notifying customers about cloud computing outages.

    Written by Jon Brodkin11 Sept. 10 08:26
  • MIT builds swimming, oil-eating robots

    MIT researchers have used nanotechnology to develop a robot that can autonomously navigate across the surface of the ocean to clean up an oil spill.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin27 Aug. 10 07:00
  • Conducting a Risk Assessment

    Events like the recent BP oil spill have put CFOs on notice that risk management needs to be front and centre

    Written by Morris Kaplan14 July 10 20:50
[]