social in case studies
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study Funding for the pilots has come from a variety of sources including community groups, public sector organisations and also registered social landlords, who see benefits in digital technology to help reduce tenant churn... [17 Jun 2008]
Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case Study Childnet conducted research with parents including those on the lower end of the social demographic in Birmingham and Slough to find out the best way of bridging the digital divide and educating parents whose knowledge... [08 May 2008]
PA spreads the news on open source
Case Study LinkedIn CEO: On 'grown up' social networking Press Association (PA) is moving to an open source platform for its editorial content management system (CMS) to take advantage of flexibility and cost benefits. [20 Mar 2008]
Students get blanketed in wi-fi at Brum uni
Case Study Currently students have wi-fi access in lecture theatres, libraries, some classrooms and social areas such as coffee shops. Students at The University of Birmingham will soon be able to roll out of bed and get onto the... [18 Mar 2008]
Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study The county council is responsible for social services, children's services and adult community services, such as libraries, residential and home care for the elderly and people with disabilities, education, major... [05 Feb 2008]
Comic Relief gets IT ready for donation deluge
Case Study Comic Relief is planning to use social networking more in future fundraising events and has approached the likes of YouTube to start pushing punters to support the charity. Comic Relief has revamped its website and IT... [15 Mar 2007]
Cities rise to the £7m digital challenge
Case Study The Digital Challenge initiative is a competition aimed at UK councils to encourage them to think about issues of social and digital exclusion within communities. For example Sunderland's people-based approach, dubbed... [02 Oct 2006]
Paramedics treat patients with BlackBerrys
Case Study Paramedics are using the mobile messaging devices to access social records, so they can see if a patient has any allergies, find out which medication they are taking or get details of their next-of-kin. [24 Feb 2006]
Meadowhall retailers profit from warehouse tech
Case Study Also important to British Land from a corporate social responsibility angle, Hope said, was that the system alleviates pollution and congestion around the centre: the number of weekly deliveries required has been reduced... [15 Jun 2005]
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