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Doux Group Accelerates Global Expansion Through Enhanced Business Analysis
White Paper In the midst of corporate diversification- and fighting the ill effects of a global bird flu scare-Doux needed to analyze the profitability of its entire enterprise on a monthly basis. An expert in... [12 Jun 2009]
Three Critical Components of Product Traceability in the Food and Beverage Supply Chain
White Paper An increase in concern about contamination, allergies/ allergens, terrorist threats and food-borne illnesses such as Mad Cow Disease and Bird Flu, makes precise management of ingredients and product... [23 Mar 2009]
Global Healthcare Crises: How Information Technology can Address Pandemics and Disasters
White Paper The global march of the bird flu has heightened the sense of urgency in the international community for strategies to effectively prevent and respond to health-related crises. This IBM white paper... [18 Mar 2009]
Google tracks the common cold
News The same trending technique could be used in tandem with other organisations to track contagious viruses or threats besides the common cold, including AIDS, bird flu, and Africanised honey bees. Using... [12 Nov 2008]
How global computing grid could save the world
News David Foster, network and communication systems group leader at Cern, said a similar system could help the world deal with looming crises, from bird flu to earthquakes and financial meltdowns or global... [20 Oct 2008]
Arizona's SIREN Speeds Information Flow, Helps to Avert Potential Epidemics
White Paper Whether the disease is SARS, the Bird Flu, or the West Nile Virus, the key to addressing a medical emergency - as well as to quell a dangerous public panic - is to identify a potential outbreak early,... [30 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment Then, a disaster affecting one area may leave others unscathed - and in the case of an epidemic such as bird flu, the company could conceivably carry on operating. In reality, good security requires... [28 Mar 2008]
Communications Solutions in Support of Pandemic Planning
White Paper The H5N1 virus (A bird-adapted strain of H5N1 has been commonly referred to as the Bird Flu), today's most likely pathogen, has been passed sporadically from animals to humans, and while... [09 Jan 2008]
RFID tags to "revolutionise" UN relief ops?
News And in the case of a flu outbreak or other incident that puts lots of personnel out of commission, the systems must not be burdensome to use. When UN workers descend on distressed locales, they often encounter logjams at... [11 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.03.07
Round-Up I would certainly not recommend travelling anywhere in London at the end of March, let alone large buildings - like Docklands conference halls which are a prime target for avian-flu ridden pigeons carrying Al... [23 Mar 2007]
Grid boosts efforts to fight malaria
News Back in May last year, scientists in Asia and the UK deployed a grid aimed at finding a cure for bird flu. Scientists working to find effective drugs to combat malaria have enlisted the computing muscle... [15 Feb 2007]
Mobiles to track bird flu and Aids spread
News Doctors tracking the spread of HIV and bird flu have a new tool to help in the fight against such deadly diseases - the humble mobile phone. Indonesia has already signed up to test the Java app from next... [18 Oct 2006]
IBM offers bird flu planning service
News In the past year, the bird flu virus has spread through bird populations in Asia and Europe, and scientists fear it could spread to humans, causing a flu pandemic. IBM... [06 Jun 2006]
Grid seeks bird flu cure
News The virus has taken a deadly toll on bird populations in Asia and Europe, and scientists fear it could spread to humans, causing a flu pandemic. Scientists in the UK and Asia have deployed a computing... [05 May 2006]
Leader: Is disaster recovery talk in poor taste?
Leader Citrix is no stranger to this fact - the company has gone big recently on how it could keep people working if a bird flu pandemic takes hold and nobody wants to venture out of doors. Anybody broaching... [18 Apr 2006]
