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Photos: BlackBerrys on the beat

Photo Photo credit: Bedfordshire Police Bedfordshire Police, seen here, has 1,014 officers currently using BlackBerrys, with plans to roll out a further 136 in the near future. Photo credit: Bedfordshire Police

Tags: police, crime, blackberry, officer

[08 Feb 2008]

Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops

Photo In August this year, Bedfordshire Police announced plans to distribute BlackBerrys to 1,000 front line officers by February 2008. Photo credit: Bedfordshire Council Police forces and other emergency services are being equipped with mobile devices...

Tags: police, ambulance, mobile, fire

[27 Nov 2007]

Exclusive: How safe is your laptop?

News Bedfordshire (938) Bedfordshire (35%) Bedfordshire witnessed a 35 per cent increase, while Lothian and Borders, which includes Edinburgh, saw a 31 per cent increase. The results displayed are: Devon & Cornwall (+45%) ; Bedfordshire (+35%) ; Lothian...

Tags: police, uk, data, stolen

[08 May 2007]

Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted

Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted

News Bedfordshire Police is the first of 10 forces to start fingerprint identity checks at the roadside as part of a national project called Lantern. Bedfordshire's mobile fingerprint device piloting is being carried out by its automatic number plate...

Tags: drivers, fingerprint, police

[22 Nov 2006]

SAS Technology and Know-How Underpin a Master's Degree in Clinical Research at the UK's Cranfield University

whitepaper Responding to market demand, Cranfield University, located in Bedfordshire at the centre of the "Golden triangle" of London, Oxford and Cambridge, has developed a master's degree to provide postgraduates, and therefore the industry itself, with...

Tags: career development, skills, knowledge, clinical

[14 Jun 2006]

Re:Viewing 2005: The year in outsourcing

News One contract that came to a messy end was Bedfordshire County Council's £250m outsourcing deal with Hyder Business Services. As ever, 2005 was full of controversy in the outsourcing world with collapsing deals, companies bringing outsourced...

Tags: outsourcing, offshore outsourcing

[20 Dec 2005]

Council pulls plug on £250m outsourcing contract

News Bedfordshire County Council has scrapped its £250m outsourcing contract after coming to a mutual agreement with Hyder Business Services (HBS) over how to end the deal. The transfer of more than 500 staff and services back to the council began...

Tags: bedfordshire, hbs, council, outsourcing

[17 Aug 2005]

Transition begins for "unsalvageable" outsourcing deal

News Staff and assets have started to be transferred back to Bedfordshire County Council despite a continuing legal battle over the legality of the authority's decision to serve notice on the £250m outsourcing contract with Hyder Business Services (HBS).

Tags: outsourcing

[28 Jul 2005]

Council set to sack HBS from £250m outsourcing deal

News Bedfordshire County Council is set to terminate its £250m outsourcing deal with Hyder Business Services (HBS) after losing patience with failing performance. Madeline Russell, leader of Bedfordshire County Council, said there has been no...

[19 Jul 2005]

Payments giant saves £2.5m with new network

Case Study In 2001, Voca decided to spread its risk by moving out of London and setting up three new offices in Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. Voca provides the technology behind the direct debit system in the UK and its payment infrastructure is used...

Tags: case study, voca

[07 Jul 2005]

Exxcom Helps Companies Dial Back Telecom Costs With DB2 For Linux

whitepaper Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Bedfordshire, England, Exxcom initially targeted local small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) that required ongoing telecom management services but could not afford the upfront costs and ongoing overhead of an in...

Tags: linux server os

[24 Feb 2004]

NTL customers outspoken over outage

NTL customers outspoken over outage

News Kevin Shirley wrote in to tell us: "I'm in Bedfordshire and I've been having problems with NTL email for several months now. We received emails, from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiff, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, North...

Tags: ntl, email

[16 Jun 2003]

BT sets another 100 broadband trigger levels

BT sets another 100 broadband trigger levels

News SILSOE Bedfordshire 300 STOTFOLD Bedfordshire 400 These trigger levels are a measure of how many area residents need to register an interest in broadband before BT will upgrade the local exchange. Over half of the triggers are between 300 and 400...

Tags: trigger, adsl, broadband, bt

[31 Mar 2003]

New law could boost teleworking

New law could boost teleworking

News One Avaya manager, Audrey Campbell, manages a team of 120 people from her home in Bedfordshire, saving four hours travelling each day to and from the office in Guildford. Employment legislation coming into effect next month could force many...

Tags: telework, teleworking, dti, flexible

[27 Mar 2003]

Brokerage scheme to help close broadband divide

Brokerage scheme to help close broadband divide

News Its website, demandbroadband.com, allows businesses and residents from six counties - Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk - to register their interest in getting a high-speed internet connection.

Tags: brokerage, ipswich, norfolk, broadband

[25 Feb 2003]

Pretty lady chatline scam baffles boys in blue

Pretty lady chatline scam baffles boys in blue

News However, a spokeswoman for Bedfordshire police said that the scam had not been reported in the urban area, and described the email as "rubbish". Police forces are in a pickle as reports continue to surface of an old urban myth involving a well...

[02 Aug 2002]

AremisSoft wins £1.1m healthcare contracts

News Bedfordshire, Bolton, North Nottingham and Wigan and health authorities have all ordered AremisSoft systems in a bid to keep in step with the directive. US healthcare software supplier, AremisSoft has announced contract wins totalling $1.1m to...

[18 Jun 1999]

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