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News The RUH provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 500,000 people in Bath, and the surrounding towns and villages in north east Somerset and western Wiltshire. A health trust serving more than 500,000 people said it has... [22 Jul 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News New forces coming on to the programme are Avon and Somerset Police, City of London Police, Derbyshire Constabulary, Durham Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police, Kent Police, Leicester Constabulary, Merseyside Police, Surrey Police and Thames... [11 Jun 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Alan Shrimpton, IT director, Avon & Somerset Police Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. That's the unanimous verdict of UK tech chiefs on... [18 Mar 2008]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News Alan Shrimpton, IT director at Avon & Somerset Constabulary, said: "Apart from one specialist skill where we simply aren't paying the market rate we are not experiencing any difficulties recruiting staff. [11 Oct 2007]
Councils sign £400m shared services deal with IBM
News The 10-year venture between Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council is called Southwest One and will provide shared services to half a million residents and include a managed shared IT infrastructure for both councils. [02 Oct 2007]
Businesses cool on software as a service
News Alan Shrimpton, IT director, Avon and Somerset Constabulary Software as a service (SaaS) remains a low priority for businesses despite the hype and the potential for more variable licensing costs. SaaS is again in the headlines this week with an... [18 Sep 2007]
BlackBerrys and PDAs bad for work/life balance
News Alan Shrimpton, IT director at Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said: "I can now use down-time - waiting to collect daughters, train journeys - to continue to read and action emails, which means I don't have a huge queue waiting for me when I'm... [18 Jul 2007]
Mac versus PCs - the CIO verdict
News Alan Shrimpton, head of IS at Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said: "Many of our applications are mandated on us by existing national contracts and they are all based on a Windows desktop. Alan Shrimpton, Avon and Somerset Constabulary [12 Jul 2007]
How to stop your best tech staff from being poached
News Alan Shrimpton, head of IS at Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said two of his senior staff have just been poached by the private sector because they had developed specialist skills now in demand. Alan Shrimpton, head of IS, Avon and Somerset... [28 Jun 2007]
Techies "lack business and leadership skills"
News Alan Shrimpton, head of IS, Avon & Somerset Constabulary Three-quarters of the 12-strong silicon.com CIO Jury IT user panel - conducted at the IT Directors' Forum last week - said IT professionals often talk technology too much while lacking... [13 Jun 2007]
Exclusive: How safe is your laptop?
News Nottinghamshire police reported a fall of 24.6 per cent, and Avon and Somerset reported a fall of 20.6 per cent. Avon & Somerset* (20.6%) Avon and Somerset figures have been adjusted to reflect 2006 stats being available only for January to October... [08 May 2007]
'Big Brother' listening for angry exchanges
News Pub brawls were cut by a quarter earlier this year in Yeovil, Somerset, when a fingerprint-before-you-drink scheme was unveiled. The system has already been deployed in the Netherlands to listen out for aggressive tones to counter violent attacks... [22 Nov 2006]
Biometrics cut pub brawls by a quarter
News A biometric scheme that scans drinkers' thumbprints before they enter a pub has helped cut alcohol-related crime in the South Somerset town of Yeovil. South Somerset District Council said it has seen a 23.5 per cent drop in alcohol-related violent... [24 Oct 2006]
More money for high-tech road pricing
News Bristol City Council, Bath and North East Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council Seven local authorities are sharing £7m to explore ways to tackle local congestion and help develop government plans on road pricing. [29 Nov 2005]
Council chief gets call centre job
News The exercise isn't due to a sudden staff shortage in West Somerset District Council's call centre but a PR stunt to raise awareness of the work of staff for National Customer Service Week, which starts on 3 October. [30 Sep 2005]
