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Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News They're delivered on the street and not just the high street - they're delivered from remote areas, in extreme conditions, we're mobilised 24/7 365 in all sorts of conditions whether it be weather, storm, flood, snow," Olaf Baars, the... [15 Jun 2009]
Broadband for all: A shot in the arm for egov
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum and Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar on Digital Britain in London today, Lord Stephen Carter, the minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, said the communications... [14 Jan 2009]
Broadband speeds going down toilet without fibre
News Discussing the business case for deploying fibre at a Westminster eForum keynote seminar on next-gen broadband, Ian Fogg, research director at analyst house Forrester Research, warned: "If we get this wrong - which we... [06 Nov 2008]
London Olympics fibre hub 'template for UK broadband'
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum event Stuart Hill, vice president for the London 2012 delivery programme for BT, said the Olympic Park would be served by an "industrial strength fibre infrastructure" with 10,000 access... [23 Oct 2008]
2012 Olympics 'like a digital Queen's coronation'
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum event in London today, Ben Gallop, head of interactive for BBC Sport, said that 13 per cent of viewers had watched the Beijing Games over broadband, compared to no more than three per... [23 Oct 2008]
NHS data handling: Calls for independent audits
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum meeting on information security she said: "Every trust must carry out an information governance assurance self-assessment. NHS trusts are being urged to introduce independent auditors to... [07 Jul 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News Smith told a Westminster eForum meeting on information security: "What has changed today is the scale of the information being handled and the ease with which it can be lost. The UK's privacy watchdog says the country is... [03 Jul 2008]
Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, warned the current systems that constitute the internet will not be able to cope with the... [21 Apr 2008]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News This echoes the view of various industry speakers at a recent Westminster eForum conference on the future of broadband, who said public sector intervention is likely to be needed to ensure all areas of the country gain... [27 Nov 2007]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News That's the warning from Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch Europe, who was speaking during a Westminster eForum debate on the future of broadband Britain. The speakers at the eForum touched... [22 Nov 2007]
IT skills 'vital for UK's future'
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum event and referring to non-manual skills such as those required in IT, Triesman said: "I'm not sure the government has been caught out but one thing we have let slip by is by... [29 Oct 2007]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News Linux kernel developer and Red Hat fellow Alan Cox told delegates at the Westminster eForum event: "There is more open source work being done in Guatemala. The UK's failure to make use of open source is a "scandal",... [13 Sep 2007]
Tell customers about data breaches, companies urged
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum event, Anna Fielder, policy consultant with the NCC, said UK companies should produce security breach notifications, which inform an individual if their data has been... [16 Jul 2007]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum, Stephen Harrison, director of Policy at the Identity and Passport service, said: "Biometric ID is not just about control it's about making life easier for legitimate travellers. [13 Jul 2007]
Tech to suffer in Brown's new look Whitehall?
News Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK, at a Westminster eForum on ID cards, surveillance and data security, he explained that the subsuming of the Office of Science and Innovation into the DIUS - carrying the... [13 Jul 2007]
