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RSS west londonUK Leisure Boat Operator Uses WiFi Solution to Secure 50% Increase in Aftersales Service Productivity and Enable State of the Art Customer Service
White Paper Walton Marina is a successful leisure boat marina operator based on the river Thames some 40 kilometers west of London. The challenge for the company was how to upgrade its IT systems in a protected building environment whilst simultaneously... [11 Aug 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: For whom the bell tolls
Video In his latest video blog, Peter Cochrane reports from the gloom of the former servants' quarters of a stately home just to the west of London. There he finds and tests out the cutting-edge communications technology of three generations ago. [17 Jul 2008]
silicon.com old school
Comment The 1998 launch party for silicon.com was held at the dinosaur hall of the Natural History Museum in west London. A London pub crawl… with wi-fi on the side weird uses for an iPod hard drive disasters [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West, parliamentary undersecretary of state for security and counter-terrorism, said that terrorists were increasingly harnessing technology to try... [04 Jul 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News In related news, a survey by recruitment agency Career Moves Group has found improvements in technology and flexible working have allowed commuter towns to spread hundreds of miles from London, as far afield as Dorset, the West Country and the... [25 Jun 2008]
Photos: Wimbledon on target for a tech ace
Photo The club's IT department, headed by CIO Jeff Lucas and AELTC's official technology partner IBM, have been working hard to get the tech ready in the run up to the tournament.silicon.com went down to the club in south west London to have a behind... [19 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.08
Round-Up Fastest after London are: the North East with 3.6Mbps, the North West with 3.4Mbps and the East Midlands' 3.3Mbps. Next most sluggish is Wales at 2.6Mbps, then the South West and Scotland, both on 2.9Mbps. [06 Jun 2008]
Paper-free train tickets on track
News South West Trains will start running a smart ticketing system from February next year, followed by CrossCountry trains and London Midland, Intercity and East Midlands Trains in 2010. Passengers will touch either the cards or NFC phones to a mobile... [04 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News Fastest after London are: the North East (3.6Mbps), the North West (3.4Mbps) and the East Midlands (3.3Mbps) - suggesting there is a rural vs urban split based on ADSL speed. Next most sluggish is Wales (2.6Mbps), then the South West (2.9Mbps) and... [04 Jun 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News Chinese markets now affect a lot of markets in the West. Blue Mobile's real focus is not so much established financial hubs like the city of London but the emerging investment centres in China and India. [03 Jun 2008]
Photos: Google Earth issues stark climate change warning
Photo In parts of north west Greenland ice that used to be three feet thick is already no thicker than four inches. London (pictured here) is expected to see some of the largest temperature rises in the UK, as is most of the south of England, at around... [22 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment MadCabbage, South West Haydn Rees, London Stuart Fawcett, London And are you suffering from password overload? The results of our latest poll attracted some interesting comments… Outsourcing vs insourcing? [08 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.04.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, Londoners' sense of futile despair compares starkly with the blissed-out workers in the South West, of whom only 11 per cent are unhappy in their jobs. Meanwhile, the relaxed lifestyle of Bristol, Devon and the South West makes for a... [25 Apr 2008]
Miserable at work? Live in London? Join the club
News In a separate report, communications consultancy CHA's Worthwhile Work also found those in the South West more content than their London counterparts, who hanker after more meaningful roles that have a positive impact on society. [21 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Alan Brown, director of IM & technology, West London Mental Health Trust Mike Roberts, IT director at private Harley Street hospital The London Clinic, agreed: "We find the misuse of the internet and using company email addresses the biggest problem. [17 Apr 2008]
