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Unified comms pumps up Tayside fire service
News Video streaming is also allowing remote training of officers in isolated rural or partially manned rural stations and voice and video conferencing has slashed by half the number of staff... [04 Nov 2008]
Cisco's collaboration launch squares up to Microsoft, IBM
News WebEx, the web conferencing service that Cisco acquired in March 2007 for $3.2bn, has been turned into a web applications platform. Cisco plans to add soft phone, video phone, speed dialling, and... [25 Sep 2008]
TelePresence saves HSBC money - and airmiles
News A spokesman for HSBC said: "We have always had a very conservative travel policy at HSBC and monitored very closely what is considered essential and non-essential travel, and where possible we encourage staff to use... [05 Sep 2008]
Home broadband gives kids better GCSE results
News He added: "Schools should make the most of the internet, mobile phones, interactive whiteboards, school radio stations, blogs, podcasts and video conferencing, helping to create a stimulating and... [28 Aug 2008]
£2.5bn gov't telecommunications contract up for grabs
News The network will see separate fixed and mobile phones replaced with one handset; offer VoIP calls; stream IP CCTV and broadcast quality video; allow data and document sharing; allow bulk electronic data transfers; offer... [05 Aug 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News For $15 per month per person, the business productivity suite offers an Outlook-integrated Exchange Online for email and calendars, Office SharePoint Online collaboration, messaging via Office Communications Online, and Office Live... [09 Jul 2008]
Business travellers demand more tech
News Only 36 per cent of those questioned said technology had reduced the need for travel, with the overwhelming majority - 88 per cent of men and 75 per cent of women - feeling that technological alternatives such as video... [02 Jun 2008]
Tesco spends £100m on network overhaul
News Folkes said the next-generation network could also help Tesco realise its target of cutting its CO2 emissions in half by 2020, by allowing more video conferencing and intelligent systems that adjust... [28 May 2008]
Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT
News Meanwhile staff share three printers between about 100 people, are encouraged to turn off the HQ's 1,900 PCs out-of-hours and have three video-conferencing rooms to link them to 60 branch offices over ISDN. [09 May 2008]
Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Building fatter connections between its 300 offices to promote video conferencing and enable it to roll out VoIP. It has also fitted network cards to allow unused PCs to be switched off, and is relying... [09 May 2008]
UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change
News Suffolk said it was important for CIOs to begin by mastering the basics in cutting carbon, such as: using equipment for longer, using DC power and fresh air cooling in data centres, switching off computers out-of-hours, reducing... [08 May 2008]
BT wins £62m outsourcing deal from KPMG Europe
News BT will be responsible for KPMG's wide area network and local area network refresh and management, deployment of Cisco IP telephony, integration with an existing Microsoft Office Communications Server platform, video... [31 Mar 2008]
£30m funding for "universal" broadband
News Other potential methods include text alerts, email and video conferencing. The government has pledged £30m of funding over the next three years to help school pupils from low income families gain home... [09 Jan 2008]
'Ello 'ello 'ello... North Wales police calls up IP
News North Wales Police is implementing a unified communications system from Cisco which will link 75 police stations and provide them with IP phones and video conferencing facilities. Policing in the remote... [10 Aug 2007]
Face-to-face favourite for chatting to the boss
News Meanwhile video conferencing - much touted for its green credentials - barely got a look-in, with just two per cent of the vote. Despite the business world becoming increasingly technology dependent it... [20 Jul 2007]
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