databases in photos
Photos: From Big Bang physics to F1 racing - how analytics is shaping the world's decisions
Photo The databases are then used to compile a central database of global trends in disease outbreaks, mortality rates and standards of healthcare called Whosis (WHO Statistical Information System), which is published annually. [27 Jul 2009]
Photos: How edible beetles snatched Microsoft's prize
Photo The software processes the data, records it onto remote databases and can even make basic diagnoses. Last week saw Microsoft hold the final of its annual Imagine Cup competition, where student developers are tasked with... [13 Jul 2009]
Photos: IBM lifts the lid on web 2.0 tech
Photo By taking information from various databases, QEDWiki allows the freight company create a mash-up to locate ships, see what the weather is like in the vicinity of the different vessels and monitor pirate activity in the... [07 Aug 2007]
Photos: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo Examples include Deutsche Post, which supplies house number information, and databases belonging to Ordnance Survey and National Land Survey. The Dutch company is one of two major European mapping organisations - the... [21 May 2007]
Photos: Outsourcing to Russia
Photo The security research looks at internet banking and the students use a laboratory to test what Berezin calls "information terrorism" through attacks on databases and networks. Russia's share of that market is still... [15 Feb 2007]
Photos: MOT database targets illegal cars
Photo Police can use the system to check MOT certificates, and the system will link in with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) databases which can check against a list of vehicles without MOT certificates in future. [07 Apr 2006]
Photos: Hospitals cut the cords
Photo Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich has installed a wireless LAN in 20 wards to help doctors access medical databases on the wards. Rutland Memorial Hospital has trialled a secure wireless network to allow therapy... [06 Oct 2005]
Photos: London Eye beats the queues with BT
Photo The RialtoPlus booking system was built by BT on a Java-based platform using Sun hardware and Oracle databases and fully hosted on a BT network as a managed service. The British Airways London Eye attraction was forced... [16 Sep 2005]
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