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IBM and Learn.com Speed Training, Career Development for Employees of Rapidly Growing Home Health Services Company

whitepaper A home health services company wanted to train a rapidly increasing number of employees without adding in-house trainers. As a solution the company deployed Learn.com LearnCenter Learning and Talent Management Suite delivered through IBM Managed...

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[11 May 2008]

Oracle Case Study: Hyatt Hotels

whitepaper The challenge was to get a quick turnaround - only 3 month lead time to develop, test and train on use of the application. Hyatt Corporation is one of full-service luxury hotels and resorts with more than 200 locations in about 40 countries.

Tags: web development and design

[11 May 2008]

Brits want ASBOs for rude mobile users

News Music blaring out of mobiles and conversations so loud that everyone in the train carriage is forced to listen are just two of the mobile habits that are getting on the UK's wick. So much ire is being generated by mobile use that some Brits believe...

Tags: texting, in-flight, mobile

[09 May 2008]

Small School Districts Gain Big Buying Power With School Agreement for Consortium

whitepaper To train students to achieve technology proficiency, Rhode Island Public Schools must acquire the latest software. In response, smaller school districts in the state formed the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators (RISTE) and, with the help...

Tags: application servers, volume, school, licenses

[03 May 2008]

Wanted: Women must save IT industry

News The report tells IT professionals to change the way they "recruit, train and foster subordinates' career", particularly in government, and stresses the need for new teaching courses that interest students in IT and provide employers with the right...

Tags: skills gap, women, skills

[15 Apr 2008]

Transit Police Go Wireless for Next Wave of Safety

whitepaper The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train system connects San Francisco to surrounding Bay Area communities with 39 stations and nearly 100 miles of track. BART police wanted to use the newest wireless technology to fulfill its mission of ensuring...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, video, police, department

[10 Apr 2008]

Employee Relationship Management: How to Communicate With and Empower Your Entire Workforce

whitepaper Organizations must be able to communicate quickly and effectively with their entire workforce to inform, train, and empower their employees with the right information and resources to do their jobs more effectively.

Tags: groupware - workflow, employee, content management, corporation

[10 Apr 2008]

Nato allies form cyber defence command

News A Centre of Excellence set up in Estonia will train Nato's extensive civilian and military staff in cyber defence. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato allies after its formation was backed by...

Tags: cyber, defence, nato

[08 Apr 2008]

Virgin Trains passengers to chatter for longer

News Travellers on Virgin Train could soon be chattering for longer. The train operator has joined forced with Vodafone UK to boost mobile coverage within carriages so fewer calls are dropped. Repeater technology, which retransmits 2G and 3G, will be...

Tags: security, vodafone, business traveller, virgin

[07 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…

Comment A train-wreck of a migration plan, always likely to fail, and driven by BA marketing puff of how great we are. The Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) chaos has dominated reader comments this week, with many readers, unsurprisingly, astonished it went so wrong.

Tags: laptop, t5, heathrow, mobile

[03 Apr 2008]

Photos: High-tech Bangalore

Photo The company is expanding so fast that the company must induct and start to train 300 to 350 new graduates every Monday. Staff get support to train for accredited qualifications from the big software suppliers such as Microsoft.

Tags: bangalore, wipro

[02 Apr 2008]

Design and Development of an Award-Winning, Market-Leading Website

whitepaper Anglia Railways is the train passenger franchise serving eastern England and London. The challenge was to integrate a multitude of legacy ticketing and timetabling software with the website. Develop a system that would enable members from each...

Tags: wap, website, sections, integrate

[02 Apr 2008]

Marketing Services Firm Develops Clear Access to Remote LOB Applications

whitepaper They needed to train new associates in the process of logging in to a new desktop and helping them understand the difference between their own desktop computer and the terminal server also needed to move hosted applications, helpdesk calls elevated.

Tags: gateways - hubs

[02 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08

Round-Up Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick starring Steve Martin is also a neat segue into the Round-Up's opening gambit, after a week gorging itself senseless on chocolate eggs and iPlayer programmes.

Tags: ofcom, wi-fi, train, plane

[28 Mar 2008]

Photos: Road testing wi-fi at 320kmph

Photo French train operator SNCF is running a trial of a wi-fi internet service onboard three TGV trains that travel eastbound from Paris via the Gare de l'Est station. The train can reach a top speed of 320kmph which SNCF says presented extra challenges...

Tags: business traveller, train, wi-fi

[28 Mar 2008]

High speed TGV trains get online

News The system automatically switches to the wi-fi terminals - with a transmission range tweaked to cope with the high speeds - when the antenna on the train loses its line of sight with the Eutelsat satellite.

Tags: wi-fi, train, satellite, charge

[26 Mar 2008]

Cork Cuts Pre Go-Live Training Time by 75% and Reduces Learning Costs Throughout Solution Lifecycle

whitepaper Cork City wanted to train 350 users in Web-enabled functionality of Oracle's JD Edwards Enterprise One following upgrade from JD Edwards World and ensure that staff is competent in all basic functionality before going live to minimize disruption...

Tags: online - distance education

[24 Mar 2008]

Microsoft Case Study: Partners HealthCare System

whitepaper Its mission is to train physicians; foster research in the methods and tools of healthcare delivery; and provide healthcare to the local community and to patients anywhere who are in need of its unique expertise.

Tags: application servers

[24 Mar 2008]

FDM lands multimillion contract with FiReControl

News IT training and recruitment company FDM has been awarded a multimillion pound contract to train staff in England's Fire and Rescue Services. FDM will be the prime supplier of training for the FiReControl project, which aims to consolidate emergency...

Tags: firecontrol, training, eads, fire

[18 Mar 2008]

UK 'seriously underestimating' tech skills crisis

News As well as government intervention in primary education to train better maths teachers and get children interested in the subject, Premji said western countries should follow India's lead where there has been closer academic involvement by the IT...

Tags: premji, wipro, education, engineers

[18 Mar 2008]

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