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RSS walesLondon: Card fraud hotspot
News Wales and Northern Ireland are the least fraudulent places in the UK for card crime, with only Cardiff and Belfast recording notable levels of activity. The UK's top card fraud hotspots have been revealed in a report that shows the crime is spread... [24 Jul 2008]
Charity Commission saves a bundle with online returns
News The Commission, which acts as a regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales, was tasked with increasing the take up of online services in the sector in 2006. The Charity Commission has revealed an online service to handle the... [24 Jul 2008]
Courts to save millions with streamlined tech
News The 'CJ Know-How' system should help deliver "real savings" to the billions of pounds it costs to administer criminal justice in England and Wales, according to the CEO of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Peter Lewis. [17 Jul 2008]
A Dynamic Stateful Multicast Firewall
White Paper Enterprises are faced with the challenge of enabling IP multicast applications without exposing their network to multicast denial-of-service attacks. Current practice is to use firewalls and manually configure them on a per-multicast-session basis. [09 Jul 2008]
A Simulation Environment for Bluetooth Equipped Mobile Robots
White Paper The Bluetooth radio system is an ideal communications tool for lightweight autonomous mobile robots but little research interest has been targeted at this application. This paper presents an environment which allows behavior-based autonomous mobile... [09 Jul 2008]
UK games industry needs to go back to uni
News Of the 81 undergraduate courses on offer in the UK, only four are accredited by government body Skillset - three in Scotland and one in Wales. The UK games industry needs to play a more active role in academia, helping to shape the syllabuses of... [08 Jul 2008]
Environment Agency Becomes More Efficient by Integrating Financial and HR Systems
White Paper The Environment Agency's role is to protect the environment in England and Wales and ensure that air, land, and water resources are used in a sustainable manner for the benefit of future generations. The Environment Agency relied on disconnected... [07 Jul 2008]
Environment Agency Creates Business-Focused Culture Through Integrated Back Office
White Paper The Environment Agency is the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It wanted to improve efficiency and educe costs. The challenge was to meet government performance targets. [06 Jul 2008]
UK Police Authority Supports Investigations With Powerful Solution and Reduces Expenditure by 90 Per Cent
White Paper The Kent Police Authority is one of 43 police authorities in England and Wales established by Parliament for the governance of policing at a local level. The Kent Police had IT infrastructure that was five years old running its serious crime... [05 Jul 2008]
IT teacher applications continue to decline
News The latest stats from the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) show total applicant numbers across all subjects for England, Scotland and Wales are 18 per cent down on 2007 - with IT showing the second worst decline of secondary school subjects. [01 Jul 2008]
Discount Retailer Streamlines Sales and Stock Processes With Management System
White Paper Discount retailer Diskos sells everyday consumables at its 10 stores in north Wales. Its previous IT system was unable to cope with the large quantities of data generated by its high-volume, low-cost sales, and meaningful sales information was... [01 Jul 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News McMurdie was speaking during the e-Crime Wales Summit 2008, where a national force to fight cyber crime in Wales was launched. The multimillion pound drive will allow the public to report cyber crime to a central body through the e-crime Wales... [13 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Wishart, who has a degree in geological sciences and a PGCE teaching qualification spent five years running white-water rafting trips in Kathmandu and outdoor centres in Wales before joining Hoskyns (now Capgemini) in IT recruitment sales. [11 Jun 2008]
Ben Wishart
CIO Profile Wishart, who has a degree in geological sciences and a PGCE teaching qualification actually started out as an outdoor activities instructor and spent five years running white-water rafting operations in Kathmandu and outdoor centres in Wales. [11 Jun 2008]
Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile In his spare time, Dylan travels to Wales to manage and coach the New Brighton Villa men's football team, which competes in the Welsh National League Division 1, something he's been doing for 10 years. [11 Jun 2008]
