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News Likely contenders for the Democratic nomination include Attorney General Jerry Brown, who was already governor 30 years ago, US Senator Dianne Feinstein, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, and Los Angeles... [22 Sep 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News To plug blackspots, the report encourages mobile operators and the Mayor of London to work together to extend mobile broadband coverage to the Tube. The London Olympics in 2012, which will be the most digital Olympics in... [17 Jun 2009]
3Com Switch 7700 Delivers Future-Proof Networking for One of UK's Oldest, Most Prestigious Schools
White Paper One of the UK's oldest learning institutions, Sevenoaks School was founded in 1432 by William Sevenoke, then Mayor of London. School wanted to future-proof its network to allow new IP-based applications, such as IP... [12 Jun 2009]
IBM Helps Honolulu Fast-Track a Technology Overhaul
White Paper When Mufi Hannemann took office as mayor of the City and County of Honolulu on January 2, 2005, he brought with him a deep appreciation for information technology- and a keen understanding of what technology could do for... [12 Jun 2009]
Datacentre heat fires local homes
News The Telehouse West heat-export strategy follows on from The Mayor's Energy Strategy, introduced in London in 2004 by the then-mayor, Ken Livingstone. While the idea of combined heat and power was... [16 Apr 2009]
Google's Street View gives UK its close up
News London's mayor, Boris Johnson, said in the Google statement that Street View was "a hugely practical tool if you're off to an area of the city you've never been to before or are on the hunt for a new home". [20 Mar 2009]
Transport for London to slash IT spend by £400m
News The savings drive will help deliver part of the £2.4bn of "efficiencies" demanded by TfL commissioner Peter Hendy and London mayor Boris Johnson. Transport for London (TfL) hopes to save £400m by restructuring its IT... [18 Dec 2008]
Photos: Google Earth gets Caesar dressing
Photo Gianni Alemanno, Rome's mayor, wrote in a blog posting on Google's site: "What fascinates me most about this project is the accuracy of the details of the three-dimensional models. Google Earth is painting a picture of... [14 Nov 2008]
Hugh Loebner
AS Profile The former academic is also working on ways to reduce energy use and congestion, having spoken at one of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing town meeting. Hugh Loebner is a new addition to the... [07 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.09.08
Round-Up The mayor doesn't say whether this London-wide wi-fi would be free and, if it was, who would pay for that ubiquitous wireless access, for they are mere details. The Round-Up doesn't have much call to use public payphones... [26 Sep 2008]
Boris Johnson: 'London must be wi-fi city'
News London may be one of the most wirelessly connected metropolises in the world but Mayor Boris Johnson is calling for a "wi-fi city" in light of the capital's successful bid to host the Olympic Games. While the... [24 Sep 2008]
Public sector says no to web 2.0
News She pointed to the success of the London Borough of Redbridge, which hosts the mayor's blog on its website and recently consulted voters online over which services should be boosted and which should be cut. [15 Sep 2008]
Met police in web 2.0 crime map mash up
News The site has been developed by the Met Police Service in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London - and is part of a Home Office initiative to get more people involved with their local... [18 Aug 2008]
Tech to get walkers back on streets of London
News The system will help TfL achieve its goal of increase the average number of trips on foot by 10 per cent per person per year by 2015 and the aim of the Mayor's Transport Strategy in 2001 to make London "one of the most... [08 Aug 2008]
Avaya Case Study: 9-1-1 and Beyond
White Paper 9-1-1, 3-1-1, the Mayor's Call Center, and other agencies in the District of Columbia operated on separate and disparate communications platforms. By 2004 the existing structures and technologies needed to be upgraded... [02 Jul 2008]
