Staffordshire
Staffordshire University Saves Time and Automates Processes With Financial Management Solution
White Paper Staffordshire University was to replace the university's standalone and inflexible financial and purchasing solution with integrated, automated, adaptable applications that can scale to handle increasing revenue growth... [30 Jul 2009]
Police mobiles cautioned for bad behaviour
News In Staffordshire, where the force has almost finished rolling out handhelds to 1,800 operational officers, police are having some difficulties connecting to the system. Chairman of the Staffordshire... [12 Jun 2009]
ADAPTIVE Space Diversity for Multicarrier CDMA Schemes Over Fading Radio Channels
White Paper The application of adaptive space diversity combining algorithms in a mobile radio system is presented in this paper. Linear Square Root Kalman and non-linear Recurrent Neural Network based combining algorithms are applied to a... [15 Apr 2009]
Green-lighted drivers pay less to drive
News Young drivers in Staffordshire will have their driving assessed by an in-car computer to earn discounts on their insurance. The GreenRoad Safety Center, an electronic driving instructor that analyses 120 driving... [10 Feb 2009]
Optical Image Technology Case Study: University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
White Paper Faced with a health records library which was quickly becoming swamped, and patient records growing at an unsustainable pace, the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust needed to take drastic action. [31 Jan 2009]
Consolidation Gives 'Green' Light to Greater Agility
White Paper Staffordshire County Council (SCC) employs 30,000 staff who provides around 800,000 local people with vital services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As Staffordshire County Council was already using... [19 Dec 2008]
Beat bobbies need more cash for smartphones
News However the report noted Staffordshire Police recommend officers resort to communicating by radio rather than through the PDA if they suspect an offender may become violent. Despite calls for more money to give all... [10 Nov 2008]
The ultimate backseat driver
Comment These impressive sounding figures have already won over Staffordshire County Council, which recently installed the Safety Centre in 50 cars driven by local teenagers and the MoD. Not sure? Nick Heath puts an electronic... [05 Nov 2008]
Usable Collaborative Email Requirements Using Activity Theory
White Paper Email is the most common collaborative tool in use today. Although originally designed as an asynchronous communication tool, it is being used increasingly for information management, coordination and collaboration tasks. [03 Nov 2008]
Inbox: Hasta la Vista, cloud debate, Apple future gazing
Comment Matt H, Staffordshire The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. This week open source guru Richard Stallman puts a spanner in the works of... [10 Oct 2008]
Chrome future, vintage PCs and credit crunch IT
News The majority of readers seem to believe the former future is the more likely one, with Matt H from Staffordshire writing in with this experience: "I decided to try the Google Chrome, and have to say that so far it's the... [03 Oct 2008]
Touchpaper Helps Staffordshire County Council Realise New Vision for IT
White Paper Staffordshire County Council serves a local population of 800,000 people, employing more than 30,000 staff. The council's overall aim is to make Staffordshire an even better place to live, work, visit... [02 Sep 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment Matt H, Staffordshire IT in prisons Prisoners to gain IT skills Good grief.well who better to trust with high value equipment installations than an ex-cat burglar? And still no thought of all the IT people forced out of... [19 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gets down to business, caught on camera, ID cards…
Comment Chris Walker, Staffordshire Readers were also busy commenting on the "ring of steel" automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera rollout in Manchester, while ID cards were a hot topic once again… [12 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Chris Walker, Staffordshire fat lie apparently Chris Walker, Staffordshire Another familiar topic getting readers hot and bothered this week is ID cards, following the announcement of the shortlisted... [29 May 2008]