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RSS olympic£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The Home Office has announced a £39m deal to help emergency services comms cope during the London 2012 Olympic Games. As a result, the system will be able to cater for around 9,000 additional users from within the... [03 Nov 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News A picture of what the Olympic stadium will look like when it's finished in 2012 Photo credit: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Tech that will be put through its... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo Acer, a partner for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympic Games in London, has also launched special editions of the Aspire 4810T and Aspire 1410 (pictured above) laptops to... [16 Oct 2009]
Nortel's Investment Recovery Operations Minimize Waste for Customers' Networks
White Paper Nortel is proud of its membership in the Olympic Family, as the Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, as well as its partnership with the... [02 Oct 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News Smith said that "real progress" has been made by the government in tackling the "huge environmental and financial costs of computer use", adding that in just 12 months it has saved enough carbon dioxide to fill almost 2,500... [16 Sep 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News This operation was focused against football tickets but there's numerous other sites purporting to trade in different types of tickets - for Wimbledon, for example, for pop concerts - and an obvious concern is around the sale of... [10 Aug 2009]
Photos: Giant robot leads Tokyo's Olympic dreams
Photo Cheerleading the bid is this robot - a towering 18-metre-tall creature designed to draw attention to the city's Olympic aspirations. In London, work is already ongoing on the technology that will lay the foundations for... [07 Aug 2009]
Photos: The tech timetable to the 2012 Olympics revealed
Photo The company overseeing the tech for the London 2012 Olympic Games has revealed how it's warming up in preparation for the starter's gun. A technology roadmap for the Games, released today, details how Atos Origin, the... [24 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet It's also working on protecting the London 2012 Olympic Games from online threats and collating fraud reports from online auction site eBay. So, PCeU. Bless you, that's not swine flu is it? Not a sniff of it - PCeU... [20 Jul 2009]
Nortel dropped from Olympic role - and Cisco steps up
News Nortel has been dropped as the official communications supplier for the 2012 London Olympics, and has been replaced by Cisco. In a statement on Friday, the London 2012 Organising Committee (Locog) said it has ended its contract with the... [10 Jul 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high profile and controversial IT projects in the UK, ranging from organising IT security at the London 2012 Olympic Games... [10 Jul 2009]
Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo Also on the list this year, Gerry Pennell, CIO of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS Interactive The champagne reception brought together some of the top... [19 Jun 2009]
'Airwave does do data - unlike what some of the media say'
Comment Another big project keeping the company busy is the 2012 London Olympic Games, for which it is supplying radio comms. Airwave CEO talks to silicon.com about the future of emergency services comms, the 2012 Olympics and... [11 Jun 2009]
Airwave eyeing Olympic network legacy
News Airwave will equip the 2012 Olympic Games in London with two Tetra networks: one for the police and other emergency services to use, and a separate network for Games staff under a deal with the London Organising... [09 Jun 2009]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile Twice featured in the CIO50, Steel is also helping his council meet the challenge of regenerating the London borough in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Games. A key figure in local government IT, as well as having charge... [03 Jun 2009]
