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RSS fire serviceSuffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study The county council is responsible for social services, children's services and adult community services, such as libraries, residential and home care for the elderly and people with disabilities, education, major highways, some planning, waste... [05 Feb 2008]
Gov't IT spending to face scrutiny
News The spokesman said the review has not been triggered by the government's lamentable track record on delivering IT systems on budget and on time - such as the £70m overspend for the national fire control centre system or the National Offender... [01 Feb 2008]
Government reveals snooping figures
News Hundreds of UK public bodies are authorised to intercept individuals' communications, including the Ambulance Service and Fire Authorities, the British Transport Police, HM Revenue & Customs, Secret Intelligence Service, the Security Service, the... [30 Jan 2008]
Access to Critical Information in Real Time Helps Firefighters Save Time and Lives
White Paper The portal offers all fire service employees access to detailed information from any station across the region. South Wales Fire and Rescue, one of the largest fire services in the United Kingdom, responds to about 60,000 emergency calls a year. [10 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment Any moderately high capacity battery presents significant fire risk if discharged catastrophically through an inappropriate medium. A PP3 discharging through steel wool is a recognised fire risk in the home. [10 Jan 2008]
Spiralling costs derail £500m offender-tracking system
News It follows the revelation this week from a parliamentary committee that an IT system to underpin nine new fire control centres is expected to be £70m over budget. Ambitious plans by the National Offender Management Service to fully unite prison and... [09 Jan 2008]
Fire service IT project delayed and £70m over budget
News A separate Firelink project to replace the telecommunications network for the fire service across the UK with a digital network, and fit new radio systems to 3,000 fire and rescue vehicles was set to be completed in December last year - but has... [07 Jan 2008]
The End of Year Weekly Round-Up: 21.12.07
Round-Up A screen saver of a roaring log fire flickers on a huge LCD monitor perched on a wide expanse of mahogany desk. Ballmer chokes and sprays eggnog all over the 'fire'. The fire vanishes from the screen. [21 Dec 2007]
Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux
News What we can say for sure is that the BBC Trust is utterly promising to hold feet to the fire on this one. The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has welcomed the BBC's move to make its iPlayer online on-demand TV service available for streaming on... [17 Dec 2007]
Webcast: Revolutionizing IT Operations: Optimizing ITIL Implementation with Runbook Automation
White Paper An operations team that's constantly in fire-fighting mode? Hosted by James Hilliard, Moderator for TechRepublic, this on-demand Webcast is of special interest to IT executives in a variety of roles, including VPs, Directors of IT Operations, Data... [12 Dec 2007]
Webcast: Using Offsite Data Replication to Protect Your Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Clusters
White Paper Fire, floods, or other disasters Shared storage clusters such as Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) clusters provide excellent protection from server and application failures. But clusters represent just one layer of resiliency in your data... [12 Dec 2007]
Fire services share Dream finance software
News Essex Fire Authority (FA) is to use the financial systems of another Fire and Rescue service as part of a shared services agreement. Essex FA's finance director, Mike Clayton, told silicon.com the fire service has been sharing its finance back... [04 Dec 2007]
Police close in on NZ botnet ringleader
News The New Zealand suspect, who goes by the name of 'Akill', came under fire after an information-sharing exercise between the New Zealand police, the US Secret Service and the FBI. The sweep is part of the FBI's second phase of 'Operation Bot Roast... [03 Dec 2007]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is using a mobile process for streamlining assessments by fire fighters of operational risks, home fire risk checks and fire safety audits. The service has also developed a back office portal and server, which... [27 Nov 2007]
Scottish fire brigade captures bonfire night on film
News For the Strathclyde Fire and Rescue (SFR) service, bonfire night is its busiest time. North Lanarkshire Council put its IP CCTV network at the disposal of the local fire services for last weekend's bonfire night celebrations, helping firefighters... [06 Nov 2007]
