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RSS economy nationHardening Critical Systems at Electrical Utilities: Meeting Regulatory Requirements Through Endpoint Controls
White Paper Securing nation's critical power infrastructure has never been more important. Electrical power utilities generate and distribute the energy that is needed to drive the economy, as well as daily life, in... [13 Nov 2009]
Three Critical Challenges on Any ARRA Construction Project and How to Overcome Them With Online Collaboration
White Paper To create jobs and upgrade the nation's infrastructure, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allocates $130 billion to construction protects, for everything from airports to waterworks. [11 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up As a nation we have really bad teeth. Our education is poor, as is our management culture, our marketing sucks as does our regulatory and tax systems and our economy simply can't support entrepreneurship. [06 Nov 2009]
Agency Chooses New Technology to Drive Up Tourism and Strengthen Customer Relations
White Paper The goal of South African Tourism's global employees is to increase tourism to the nation to help enhance the nation's economy. This global presence created a unique challenge:... [28 Oct 2009]
Lord Stephen Carter
AS Profile Lord Stephen Carter made his mark in his former guise as UK Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting - or in other words the brains behind the government's Digital Britain blueprint for the nation's tech... [08 Oct 2009]
A Vision for the Modern Grid
White Paper Throughout the 20th century, the U.S.electric power delivery infrastructure served nation well, providing adequate, affordable energy to homes, businesses and factories. This once state-of-the-art system brought a level... [02 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.09.09
Round-Up And finally this week: Britain is a nation of mobile phone squirrels. Instead, the Round-Up learned that as a nation we are obsessed with having the latest mobile phone models with cutting-edge technology. [18 Sep 2009]
Predictive Analytics in Perilous Times
White Paper In the past year, housing markets have collapsed, credit markets have frozen, venerable Wall Street firms have evaporated, the nation's automakers have approached the brink of failure, GDP has contracted, and... [16 Sep 2009]
Structural Monitoring: Making Bridges Safer Across the United States
White Paper Bridge structures are key elements of the U.S.roadway system and vital assets for the nation's economy and security. High-Speed Wireless Networks are Helping State and Local Departments of Transportation... [07 Aug 2009]
Five ways Gen Y will change the way you work
News For example, US electronics retailer Best Buy has a social network for employees called Blue Shirt Nation, with 70,000 people at the electronic water cooler every day who are coming up with great ideas that are being... [26 Mar 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Digital Britain? Not quite
Comment It is so wide of the mark for today as to be useless, and certainly does not address what any nation needs. On reading Lord Carter's report is seems to be ideal for MPs and people who were clueless about the digital... [19 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment Broadband notspots aren't the massive problem they once were - we are a Fat Pipe Nation these days (on a personal note, last year my mum was finally able to get broadband to her house in rural mid-Wales). [30 Jan 2009]
Inbox: Who's to blame for snail's pace broadband?
Comment By just printing it he is devaluing our currency, our savings and our standing as a nation. Readers were back in full swing following the Christmas break, and quick to respond to a story regarding Gordon Brown's latest... [12 Jan 2009]
Dear Gordon, here's how to spend that £17bn
News Create a nation of techies If the UK is to transform itself into a knowledge economy, tech skills are going to be essential, and are already increasingly a component of more and more jobs. Prime Minister... [06 Jan 2009]
Obama 'needs new cyber-security tsar'
News The Department of Homeland Security has failed to ensure the nation's cybersecurity, a new report to be released Monday concludes, because the threat of cyberattacks is too vast for any one agency to tackle and must be... [08 Dec 2008]
