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- City of Edinburgh Council Works Towards Delivering Smart City Vision With Infrastructure Optimisation Model
- Based in Scotland's capital city, the City of Edinburgh Council provides a range of services from more than 70 principal locations to 480,000 citizens, businesses, and organisations in Edinburgh and Lothian. In 2005, the City of Edinburgh Council embarked on a service-led IT transformation programme with its outsourcing partner BT....
- Tags: Edinburgh, City, Vision, Business Structures, Outsourcing, Strategy, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Edinburgh Leads the Way With Its RFID Bus Priority System to Help Reduce Congestion and Speed Up Traffic
- Edinburgh is in the forefront of technology that automatically gives buses the green light, reduces traffic congestion and encourages use of public transport. TIRIS Radio Frequency IDentification RFID technology from Texas Instruments is being used in Edinburgh in the latest traffic-light priority system aimed at easing traffic congestion and reduction...
- Tags: Edinburgh, Transport, Congestion, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
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- Scottish College Replaces Novell System With Improved Learning and Teaching Environment
- Edinburgh's Telford College, which moved to a new campus in June 2006, is one of the largest further and higher education institutions in Scotland. Its custom-built, state-of-the-art new site at Edinburgh's Waterfront Development has been hailed as a world-class college, with teaching and facilities to match. As part of the...
- Tags: Edinburgh, Novell Inc., College, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Roi/Tco, Business Structures, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
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- Self-healing computers for NASA spacecraft
- As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in...
- Tags: NASA, Patent, Unit, Hardware, FPGA, Computer, UA, UA Engineer, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Hubdub weds prediction markets to news
- It's difficult to come up with a new twist on delivering news on the Web. Sites such as Digg, Techmeme, Google News, DayLife, the blogosphere and traditional media outlets cover the bases. At Demo 08, Hubdub is introducing a fresh take on news that leverages the wisdom...
- Tags: News, Hubdub, Fantasy League, Tablets, Channel Management, Notebooks, Blogging, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Internet, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- BitGravity LiveBroadcast to stream DEMO 08
- This week I'll be at the Demo 2008 Conference checking out the more than 70 products showcased, and you can watch a live video feed of the proceedings courtesy of BitGravity. The startup content delivery service is launching LiveBroadcast, a flash-based streaming service. According to...
- Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., Startup Content Delivery Service, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- IT security failure causes UK Revenue & Customs (HMRC) chairman to resign
- Two weeks ago, I raised serious questions about IT governance in the UK at HM Revenue & Customs HMRC. At that time, the agency lost a CD containing private information belonging to 15,000 people in the UK. Today, the agency acknowledged a far worse situation: two computer discs, containing 25...
- Tags: Revenue, IT Security, Agency, Information Technology, Tax, U.K., Committee, HMRC, Taxes, Free Trade, Security, Financial Planning, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Plastic bags, and books bags--gettin' green
- Here's a suggestion from a European college teachers' union: shut down the universisites to save energy. Not altogether, just shut 'em down during the coldest months and stay open in the summer. Course, they've never been to Tempe or College Station in August. Meybe here in our...
- Tags: Bulgaria, London, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Edinburgh City Council Delivers Papers Online Scheme to the Public
- The City of Edinburgh Council was looking to launch its 'Council Papers Online' scheme to the public, allowing them to access all council committee documents - agendas, reports, and minutes - through their website. Additionally, Community Councils and Local Development Committees had to have piles of paper delivered for meetings...
- Tags: Datum International, Edinburgh City Council, KnowledgeWorker, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies 2007-10-04
- Microsoft Response Point phone software for small businesses set to RTM
- Microsoft is expected to announce on October 2 that it has released to manufacturing (RTM'd) that its Response Point small-business phone-system software, according to sources close to the company. Response Point, the product formerly codenamed "Edinburgh," will be brought to market by handset vendors. It is targeted...
- Tags: Phone, Uniden, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Response Point, Home Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Office, Networking, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- Hallmarks (exe)
- There are hallmarks for the British cities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, London and Sheffield. The aim is to allow the user to become more familiar with these hallmarks so that they become proficient in identifying the year of manufacture. This is aimed at collectors and those interested in British Silver. This...
- Tags: Hallmark
- Software downloads 2007-09-18
- New meaning to the term 'catch a wave'
- OK, so not all of you are convinced that water is a worthwhile data center cooling system. Yes, I read your comments. And I love inspiring debate. So, mission accomplished as far as I'm concerned. OK, so, indulge my water fetish a little more, will you? ...
- Tags: Ocean, Power, Portugal, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Stirling
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Milan
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- Tom Bihn ID messenger bag
- Tom Bihn ID messenger bagI use a Smart Alec with Monolith sleeveNeedless to say, I love my Tom Bihn bag. They're very well designed.Waterfield BagsI use the Waterfield large Cargo bag with one of their laptop sleeves for my MacBook Pro. Excellent bags. The sleeve is really nice -...
- Tags: Notebooks, sleeve, Tom Bihn, Tom, Apple MacBook, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-04-10
- News to know: Apple vs. researchers; Drop 'IP' from VOIP; Local search
- Notable headlines: George Ou: How Apple orchestrated web attack on researchers.More Apple coverage: Larry Dignan: Apple TV an $11.4 billion market? Techmeme discussion.WSJ: Apple Opens Doors by Running Windows.George Ou: Should Apple be making fun of Vista UAC?Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Design the next generation iPod. Jason OGrady: Portable users: heed the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), VoIP, IP, Apple Computer Inc., David Berlind, Microsoft Windows Vista, local search
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
- Microsoft readies 'Edinburgh' phone software for small businesses
- Microsoft readies 'Edinburgh' phone software for small businessesThe product migh make sense if it is stand-aloneIf the Edinburgh software/hardware is a stand-alone product and it is aggressively priced, it will attract the attention of the SMB market. However, if it requires that the user already have Windows 2003 Server, Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, server, phone, phone software, Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Corp., small business, software
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- Microsoft readies 'Edinburgh' phone software for small businesses
- At the kick-off of its second annual Small Business Summit event in Seattle on March 19, Microsoft took the wraps off Response Point, software designed to power small-business phone systems that are under development by a handful of Microsoft partners. Response Point, software that was formerly known by the...
- Tags: Response Point, Jeff Smith, software, Microsoft Corp., telephone, small business
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- A (Microsoft) code name a day: Edinburgh
- Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....
- Tags: codename, Microsoft Corp., Code names, Research, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- RFID passports take off
- RFID passports take off[b]Get a bunch of tags...[/b]Instead of worrying about having 1 identifiable tag on your person, carry 50 or more. I can see that there will be an market for decoy RFID cards or pens that contain 50 or more RFIDs. Carry it your shirt pocket,...
- Tags: RFID, RFID Passport, passport
- Discussion threads 2006-10-26
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