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RSS first dataHospitals get remote access to patient records
News The project, which will cost £60,000 in the first year, has initially been set up to provide staff at the newly opened Sir William Rous Unit at Kingston Hospital with patient data stored at The Royal Marsden Hospital through a secure web-based... [21 Aug 2008]
Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? The research conducted by Compass Management Consulting found many... [20 Aug 2008]
Video: 60-Second Pitch - data security services
Video Suppliers who pitch technology to them have to get it right first time - or get shown the door.silicon.com's 60-Second Pitch series replicates this experience just for fun - but turns the screw a little tighter. [20 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympic diary: Producing results
Comment In the technology operations centre a team of about 160 people monitor the competition, the systems and the networks, making sure the data is flowing and press and broadcasters are getting what they need. [19 Aug 2008]
Turquoise trading platform begins to settle
News Colt Telecom said it has connected 10 large banks and market data customers to the platform. Investment-bank-owned share trading platform Turquoise, which went live last week, is expected to complete the first clearing and settlement of trades in... [19 Aug 2008]
Nokia retains smart phone crown
News Concern over usage costs also looms large for smart phone consumers, said Cunningham, though he added the wider availability of flat rate data plans will help. However, while demand remains strong, this growth rate was the lowest figure seen for 18... [19 Aug 2008]
Google releases Android 1.0 SDK beta
News Due to the security risks inherent in accepting arbitrary data from 'outside' the device, the data messaging facility of the GTalkService will not be present in Android 1.0," though the phone can use Google's servers for Google Talk IM, Google said. [19 Aug 2008]
Experian checks in new global CIO
News The position of global CIO is a new role in Experian and Mason will be responsible for the development and implementation of a common technology strategy and deployment policy, as well as improving service delivery quality, integrating data... [18 Aug 2008]
O2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News Mobile operator O2 has secured a three-year contract to provide mobile voice and data services for home emergency insurance company HomeServe from incumbent providers Orange and Vodafone. From real time updates on PDAs to communicating with... [18 Aug 2008]
Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps
Photo The iPhone is a surprisingly large place to be in, lots of data, phone numbers, email, apps and websites and the free Google iPhone app does an admirable job of letting the user sift through the multitudes. [15 Aug 2008]
Brits spending record time online
News Mobile broadband is also on the march, with Brits taking to data cards and dongles in droves. Speeds are also on the up: Ofcom said the average blended headline speed across the UK was 5.9Mbps at the end of the first quarter of 2008, up from... [14 Aug 2008]
Carphone Warehouse does workforce management
News The application, supplied by Kronos, will be used to analyse historical trading data; projected sales figures; labour rules; and employee availability to create optimum staffing schedules for each of the mobile phone and consumer electronics... [13 Aug 2008]
Photos: Sniffing out fraud with digital forensics
Photo Picking apart the information is a painstaking process as the team first strips out the hundreds of thousands of duplicate, system or application files; most photos; attachments; and malware, to produce a clean set of data. [13 Aug 2008]
Indian outsourcing giant builds £154m site
News More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Work is beginning on the first phase to build seating for 10,000... [11 Aug 2008]
European satellite services are green for launch
News Companies that offer satellite-based services including mobile data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services will soon be able to do so across the whole of Europe, after the European Commission announced it was harmonising radio... [11 Aug 2008]
