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No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News The lab technicians here try their best, but they have very little experience or knowledge about systems (software and hardware) and procedures that can help them do a good job, and reduce their workload, so they seem to spend a lot of... [25 Aug 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 London, in... [29 Jul 2009]
Photos: There's no business like RoboBusiness
Photo The RMP 400 here is outfitted with a spray nozzle for firefighting duty. Players large and small in the robotics industry descended on Boston, US this week for the two-day RoboBusiness conference, bringing with them... [20 Apr 2009]
Forest Service - Intermountain Region Ranges Far With WAVE
White Paper As the cost and scope of their firefighting efforts grew, the Forest Service needed a flexible, affordable and manageable system that could extend emergency communications throughout the region. The Forest Service (USFS)... [01 Apr 2009]
Performance-Driven Software Development
White Paper To meet business needs — and to improve the efficiency of their own operations — development shops must mature their performance practices from pure firefighting to performance-driven development. When software... [10 Apr 2008]
Scottish fire brigade captures bonfire night on film
News The CCTV network could also be invaluable in helping to protect firefighting staff from violence, he added. North Lanarkshire Council put its IP CCTV network at the disposal of the local fire services for last weekend's... [06 Nov 2007]
£200m firefighting tech contract awarded
News The regional control centres will relay information to firefighting crews and deploy the nearest firefighters to emergencies. A £200m IT contract will help save lives by getting firefighters to emergencies quicker and... [08 Mar 2007]
10 things you should do to build a solid capacity planning effort
White Paper In fact, as author Harris Kern points out, a well-implemented capacity plan can pay off in some less obvious ways:Strengthened relationships with developers and end usersImproved communications with suppliersIncreased collaboration with... [16 May 2006]
Renaming the CIO: DBS, anyone?
News It starts with a fairly sensible 'director', places 'business' front and centre and makes 'strategy' - rather than tactical firefighting or techie issues - a key component. silicon.com's competition announced at our CIO... [01 Nov 2004]
Troubled Excite shoots the messenger
News Excite@Home has spent the week firefighting after its already meagre share price was halved by the negative outlook given by the auditors. Troubled broadband company Excite@Home has announced it has sacked auditors Ernst... [22 Aug 2001]
Patently ridiculous: Consultation deadline angers Patent Office
News Eva Pascoe, MD at Zoom.co.uk, said: "The trouble is that with the dot-com fall-out everyone is busy firefighting, that's why they haven't been able to respond to the consultation. A source close to the situation says the... [15 Dec 2000]
