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RSS ngaUK business lacking high fibre diet
News Although the backbone of the UK's broadband infrastructure is being upgraded to fibre, the current impasse over the provision of fibre access - or next-generation access (NGA) - to homes and businesses is preventing such speeds from becoming... [07 Jul 2008]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News All-IP next generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled out in the UK - such as BT's 21CN - but NGNs do not solve the problem of legacy copper wiring at street level, from exchanges to cabinets and homes - an issue known as next generation access... [22 Nov 2007]
Ofcom consults on next generation access
News That takes care of the so-called "backbone" of the UK's broadband infrastructure but next-generation access (NGA, or the local loop) is another matter entirely. The Broadband Stakeholder Group, an industry lobbying association, recently stated it... [27 Sep 2007]
Microsoft's 'eye in the sky' to watch over national security?
News Microsoft is collaborating with the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a division of the Department of Defense, on its Virtual Earth technology. The NGA wants to use the Virtual Earth technology "to provide geospatial support for... [19 May 2006]
Intergraph Geo-Intelligence Production System
White Paper The Intergraph GIPS is a comprehensive environment for the collection, validation, management, and exchange of feature data to rigorous specifications such as those defined by the United States' National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the... [30 Aug 2005]
Pay IT Forward: Doing the Public's Business With Digital Technologies While Reducing Pressure on the General Fund
White Paper The National Governors Association (NGA) claims that states are suffering their worst economic crisis since World War II. This white paper documents a growing body of evidence that IT is being used to reduce pressure on the general fund in three... [07 Jul 2005]
Gates sparks security alert
News Microsoft also wrote a check for $150,000 to be an "emerald" sponsor of the NGA meeting, which about 30 governors attended. Among the NGA meeting attendees: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy... [30 Jul 2004]
