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RSS defenceRFID Technology in Healthcare and Mass Casualty Incidents
White Paper Nowadays, more and more hospitals and healthcare facilities are considering the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to improve the ability to accurately identify and track patients, hospital staff, medical equipment,... [30 Oct 2009]
Troops in Afghanistan to get gadget gifts
News The Ministry of Defence has launched an initiative to provide troops in Afghanistan with a range of personal equipment, including portable DVD players, games consoles and solar-powered chargers for MP3 players. [15 Oct 2009]
Manchester United Know the Importance of Using the Best Defence
White Paper The name Manchester United needs no introduction. Formed in 1878, as Newton Heath LYR (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway), becoming Manchester United in 1902. The challenge was to ensure that customers feel confident when it comes to... [01 Oct 2009]
Let's shine a light into the public sector IT money pit
Comment Take for example the £7.2bn Defence Information Infrastructure or the £513m National Offender Management Information Service. For instance, the Ministry of Defence failed to appoint a senior responsible... [17 Aug 2009]
Green shoots? What green shoots? No let up in IT spending freeze
News The research predicts that this figure will grow 4.3 per cent this year, as government departments invest in IT services that can provide future cost savings, and in new programmes to support border control and defence... [11 Aug 2009]
Business in the 21st century: Stay tuned for brave new world
Comment Similarly, when the internet landed on an unsuspecting business world some 15 years ago (following several decades in the darkness of defence and academia), many scoffed at the revolutionary claims made for this 'new'... [11 Aug 2009]
MoD tells British troops: Go forth and Twitter
News The Ministry of Defence has issued its Online Engagement Guidelines (PDF), 13 pages of recommendations for keeping in touch with friends and family via blogs, social networks, virtual worlds, and multiplayer games... [10 Aug 2009]
Electronic driving instructors puts thousands of bus drivers through their paces
News Computers that monitor or even control our driving are growing in popularity, with the Ministry of Defence already installing the GreenRoad system in 120 vehicles and Transport for London trialling a technology that can... [04 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News The US can demand a suspect be extradited from the UK without providing prima facie evidence, which McKinnon's defence team have argued is not reciprocal. Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to... [31 Jul 2009]
Photos: The firefighting robots taking to London's streets
Photo Four robots designed to tackle dangerous fires were shown off in London yesterday by defence technology company QinetiQ. Under a two-year deal - jointly funded by Network Rail, the Highways Agency and Transport for... [29 Jul 2009]
Microsoft to patch critical IE hole
News The Internet Explorer bulletin will provide defence-in-depth changes to Internet Explorer to help provide additional protections for the issues addressed by the Visual Studio bulletin. In a rare move, Microsoft on Friday... [27 Jul 2009]
Safety in the Cloud(s): 'Vaporizing' the Web Application Firewall to Secure Cloud Computing
White Paper It includes recommendations and practical use-cases based on Art of Defence's own patent-pending dWAF technology. Cloud computing was not designed for security, although organizations such as Cloud Security Alliance... [24 Jul 2009]
Labyrinthine IT systems lose MoD almost £300m
News Failings in computer systems used by the Ministry of Defence led to the loss of almost £300m in payments and equipment, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. According to an NAO report into the MoD's 2008-09... [21 Jul 2009]
Photos: Underwater robots compete to make the biggest splash
Photo Nessie recently won the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge - Europe (SAUC-E), organised by the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), scooping a £3,000 prize in the process. The Ministry of... [20 Jul 2009]
BT lands £99m comms deal with Ministry of Defence
News BT on Thursday announced a five-year, £99m contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to manage voice and data networks across 197 military bases. The deal broadens the Defence Fixed Telecommunications... [17 Jul 2009]
