pilots
RSS pilotsSmart Metering for Electric and Gas Utilities
White Paper Oracle's staff of utility experts can provide extensive advice and guidance on smart metering pilots and projects. Utilities are seeking ways to keep electricity affordable despite rising demand that creates upward price... [19 Oct 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News BT has revealed more details on its planned brownfield pilots of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband tech. Fibre broadband is the superfast successor to the current generation of broadband used in the UK, delivered over... [02 Oct 2009]
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Pilots IBM Solution to Drive Down Parts Inventory Costs for Metro Fleet
White Paper The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (Metro) is responsible for supporting the continuous operations of nearly 2500 metro buses and over 225 rail cars in one of the most populous counties in the United States. [01 Oct 2009]
Photos: BT previews superfast fibre broadband... in Muswell Hill
Photo BT has opened a new high street shop to promote fibre broadband in London's Muswell Hill - the location for one of its two fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) pilots, along with Whitchurch in South Wales. Residents of London's... [17 Sep 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News The scheme, initially intended to make ID cards compulsory among pilots and other airside workers from this year, will now go ahead on a voluntary basis after being scaled back by Home Secretary Alan Johnson earlier this... [23 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News This is the latest blow to hit the ID card project - the government has already announced it does not plan to make the cards compulsory and has recently dropped plans which require airside workers and pilots to have the... [08 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News The debate follows the Home Secretary's decision last week to make ID cards entirely voluntary and scrap trials that would have compelled airside workers and pilots at London City and Manchester airports to carry the... [07 Jul 2009]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. The government's U-turn on ID cards this week... [06 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News Plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers and pilots have also been dropped this week by the Home Office with trials planned for Manchester and London City airports both scrapped. The government has been... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News Pilots and other airside workers will not be forced to apply for or carry the cards, the Home Office said in a statement on Tuesday. The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), which had campaigned... [01 Jul 2009]
Is there hope for unified comms?
Comment They are also often hampered by limited IT expertise, and tend not to be able to afford pilots and proof of concept studies in the same way as their larger counterparts. Businesses have been slow to adopt unified... [22 Jun 2009]
IBM sets sights on mobile with £100m research boost
News IBM said it has been conducting pilots involving scientists and business customers. IBM is to invest millions of dollars for research into new mobile services and capabilities. The company said on Wednesday it is setting... [19 Jun 2009]
Inbox: Brits ditching mobiles? Fat chance
Comment This week: Brits ditching their mobiles, pilots bailing out on ID cards, smart metering and speed-limiting tech all topped the list for readers' rants. Pilots to bail out on ID cards The majority of... [18 May 2009]
Epicor Software Case Study: AvMed Health Plans
White Paper Deriving its name from "Aviation medicine," AvMed Health Plans was created in 1969 as a prepaid health care system for pilots in Miami's aviation industry. They were spending millions in maintenance cost. [16 May 2009]
Cyberoam Helps ARBASCO Deliver High Network Security to Meet Challenging Aviation Standards
White Paper The IT Manager at ARBASCO outlined the basic requirements saying, Internet is a crucial resource for office administration and pilots. For well over 27 years, Arabian Aircraft Service Company Ltd. ARBASCO) has been the... [16 May 2009]
