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UK Police Authority Supports Investigations With Powerful Solution and Reduces Expenditure by 90 Per Cent: The Kent Police Authority is one of 43 police authorities in England and Wales established by Parliament for the governance of policing at a local level. The Kent Police had IT infrastructure that was five years old running its serious crime database system. The authority needed a scalable and powerful...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Authority, Kent Police Authority, Linux, Servers, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management; Case studies 2008-03-04
Local Authority Improves ICT Services for Schools, Boosting Classroom Innovation: Warwickshire Local Authority sought to improve its managed ICT service for schools by streamlining application delivery and improving security for remote access to school networks. Now, IT technicians are freed up to focus on delivering better support, and teachers can easily evaluate innovative new software on school computers with Microsoft...; Tags: Innovation, Authority, Microsoft Corp., Information And Communication Technology, Strategy, Remote Access, Management; Case studies 2008-01-01
Leading Israeli Medical Authority Reduces Daily Helpdesk Calls to Single Figures: The Computation Authority at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Medicine is responsible for all computing infrastructures across the campus's two faculties and five professional schools. Growing demands on the Computation Authority's resources made it important to develop services. For example, the many disparate systems in use had no...; Tags: Authority, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure, Help Desk, Portals, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Call Centers, Desktops, Networking, It Operations, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2006-09-28
Technical Specifications in the Public Procurement of Computers: The goal of this white paper is to help contracting authorities draft technical specifications in the tender documentation for public contracts for the supply of computer systems, desktops, notebooks and servers. Public procurement legislation aims to enable contracting authorities to achieve Best Value for Money in their purchasing activities. The...; Tags: Authority, Specification, Procurement, Computer, Purchasing & Procurement, Productivity, Business Operations; White papers 2006-05-01
New IT Platform Improves Kalmar Local Authority's Services: The introduction of a structured, standardized IT platform means that the Kalmar local authority is well-equipped to offer new services both to residents and employees. Traditionally, Kalmar's local authority has had a highly decentralized decision-making process, and its individual departments and associated companies have had significant influence. Accordingly, the IT...; Tags: Information Technology, Authority, IT Platform, Strategy, Management; Case studies 2006-02-01

The academy vs. open source: I suspect many open source advocates may be surprised at the intense push-back against Wikipedia. (That there is John Seigenthaler, the victim in the original scandal, to the right.)Well, it is December, and this is traditionally a slow news month. Anyone working hard right now probably has a January ...; Tags: open source, Authority; Blog posts 2005-12-14
Novell Case Study: Airports Authority: The Airports Authority was established in 1977 by the Israeli government. The airports authority is an active body that controls entrance to and exit from Israel as well as the country's internal and international airports. The authority has twelve sites that make considerable use of computer systems in order to...; Tags: Novell Inc., Authority, Airports Authority, Government, Microsoft Windows NT, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software; Case studies
GELSENWASSER Increases Productivity, Cuts Costs and Enhances Customer Service With SAP Mobile Solutions and Intel Centrino Mobile Technology: The local authority for Amersfoort in the Netherlands provides its population of 130,000 inhabitants with a wide range of public services. As part of a major program to replace its aging IT infrastructure, the Amersfoort local authority wanted to upgrade its existing network to Gigabit Ethernet technology in order to...; Tags: Customer Service, Mobile, Intel Centrino, Authority, SAP AG, Intel Corp., Ethernet, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing; Case studies
Local Authority Gets Wired for Improved Network Performance: When Northampton Borough Council realised that the performance of its network was being threatened by a legacy cabling infrastructure, it embarked on a major upgrade. The project, which was completed with help from Computacenter, has delivered a number of benefits - the council's network is now one hundred times faster,...; Tags: Wired Inc., Network, Council, Authority, Computacenter, E-government, Networking, Government; Case studies
UK Local Authorities Drive National CRM Programme With an IT Investment of Just £7,000: The National CRM Programme is an e-government initiative helping local authorities across the UK deliver better service to citizens. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets hosts the service, and with the help of Microsoft Gold Partner Silversands, implemented a collaboration tool based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. From here, comprehensive...; Tags: Information Technology, IT Investment, Authority, Microsoft Corp., CRM, National CRM Programme, E-government, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Government, Marketing, Management, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
Scottish Local Authority Unifies Its Network and Cuts Its Servers by 50 Percent: Headquartered in the center of Scotland, Perth & Kinross Council faced twin needs: providing enhanced services to residents and doing so as efficiently and economically as possible. However, its existing network was aging and unstable, unable to handle the increased workload the Council required. With the help of Microsoft Gold...; Tags: Network, Authority, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Business Structures, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Hardware; Case studies
Accessibility and Flexibility Come Up Trumps - Avaya-Tenovis Provides Valuable Support: The Saxonian State Authority for Private Broadcasting and New Media SLM is the supervisory authority responsible for monitoring private radio and television broadcasters in the Free State of Saxony. The challenge was to deploy a new TC solution to improve accessibility and efficiency with future-proof technology. The authority also needed...; Tags: Authority, Avaya Inc., Tenovis, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment; Case studies
Government Agency Ensures Aviation Safety and Improves Audit Efficiency by 16 Percent: This Aviation Authority oversees the safety of pilots, aircraft, and domestic and international passengers. Its surveillance function ensures the civil aviation system maintains the highest levels of safety and security by identifying and correcting high-risk, non-compliant behaviour and unsafe practices before they cause an accident or incident. Yet, limitations in...; Tags: Audit, Agency, Authority, Microsoft Corp., Safety, Government, Financial Accounting, Policies And Procedures, Finance, Human Resources; Case studies

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Students: the broadband troubleshooter: Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...; Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper: Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins JuniperAlso.....Is he really the "face" you want for Vista? Let's be honest here Balmer is not loaded with charisma or well anything that makes one want to buy from him. Stay away from him maybe but buy? heh heh heh Just saying.....Pagan...; Tags: Sales strategy, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Vista! Hurrah, product people, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Juniper Networks Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit: [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...; Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Attack code published for DNS flaw: The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches. Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of malicious DNS records into the cache of the target nameserver, has been added to Metasploit, a freely distributed attack/pen-testing tool....; Tags: Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...; Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
NY gov signs game bill into law: NY gov signs game bill into law"A bill that will have made it illegal"????Wow.RE: NY gov signs game bill into lawThe panel needs to include parents - real parents who have to deal with these games, the consoles, how the game developers create games that force a child to keep...; Tags: Games, gaming industry, game; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23