MoD
RSS MoDMoD inks £231m deal to boost comms
News The MoD said the first contract, worth £119m, will update and refresh the system's capabilities over its lifetime to reflect tech advances. The Bowman radios have been used in MoD operations since 2005... [03 Jul 2009]
Migration of Alcator C-Mod Computer Infrastructure to Linux
White Paper The Alcator C-Mod fusion experiment at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts has been operating for twelve years. With the advent of extremely powerful low cost personal computers and the increasing popularity and robustness... [25 Jun 2009]
MoD Implements Bespoke MCDST Programme
White Paper The programme, designed by training provider QA, was developed in response to the MoD's decision to outsource its IT function. It aims to provide over 200 MoD staff with a demonstrable baseline level of... [25 Jun 2009]
Efficient Buffer Management for Scalable Media-on-Demand
White Paper Widespread availability of high-speed networks and fast, cheap computation have rendered high-quality Media-on-Demand (MoD) feasible. Research on scalable MoD has resulted in many efficient schemes that... [25 Jun 2009]
Blazepoint Case Study: NavyStar Project
White Paper The solution offered by the ICL Team to the MoD drew on the expertise and experiences of ICL, in terms of systems integration and IT infrastructure and Blazepoint, in terms of IT ruggedisation in extended environments. [25 Jun 2009]
IBM DB2 Content Manager Version 8: Configuring High Availability in a Microsoft Cluster Services Environment
White Paper This white paper provides a detailed hands-on guidance to install and setup a CM Version 8 High Available environment on a cluster of IBM xSeries Mod 360 multi-processor machines, using Microsoft Windows 2003 ES Cluster... [25 Jun 2009]
Ofcom taps MoD for 2012 Olympics radio spectrum
News It appears that some of the spectrum that will be used for wireless video equipment will have to come from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Civil Aviation Authority and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. [28 May 2009]
Photos: Army tech marches into future
Photo Mindsheet is one of a number of small- to medium-sized businesses that have recently won contracts from the MoD to develop and test technology for potential deployment with the military in the future.silicon.com went to... [11 Mar 2009]
MoD awards tech deals worth £14m
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded three tech contracts totalling £14m in investment and providing work for 14 UK-based companies. According to the Official Journal of the European Union - which publishes public... [18 Feb 2009]
Military intelligence to get £190m link up
News The MoD is to link up its intelligence operatives worldwide in the latest phase of a project to replace hundreds of legacy computer systems. The work will allow intelligence agents and operations staff across the... [11 Feb 2009]
Satyam scandal, police search row and Apple without Jobs
News Sticking with security, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had disabled computer systems on Royal Navy warships, following the detection of a virus on a MoD network. One of January's big stories... [02 Feb 2009]
Inbox: Home Office hacking powers go too far
Comment First the NHS, now the MoD - do these people not use antivirus software? Roger, if you can point me in the direction of the AV software that is guaranteed to stop ALL viruses forever I am sure that the NHS and the... [23 Jan 2009]
Warship computers scuttled after virus attack
News A number of the MoD's 282,000 staff were left without email or internet access after the MoD took the decision to shut down machines following the virus infection last week, including those on a number... [16 Jan 2009]
£7bn MoD IT project: Late, overbudget, unloved
News An MoD project to replace hundreds of legacy computer systems is not only behind schedule and overbudget but it's also failing to impress users, according to the government's spending watchdog. The £7.1bn Defence... [15 Jan 2009]
Battlefield tech busts budget by £141m
News But performance remains variable and, until the MoD and the defence industry improve their decision-making processes and show sustained learning from previous projects, value for money will not be consistently delivered. [17 Dec 2008]
