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RSS west yorkshirePolice map out crime online
News The initiative is part of a Policing Green Paper requiring every police force in the country to deliver monthly online crime information and has been trialled in the West Midlands and West Yorkshire. People will soon be able to see how well their... [29 Jul 2008]
Controlled Speed Engineering, Brighouse Stair Lift Manufacturers
White Paper Bluetooth technology and the Internet are to be utilised in domestic stair lifts for the first time as part of a development project now underway at Brighouse-based motor speed controls manufacturer Controlled Speed Engineering. [03 Jul 2008]
Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile Roberts, who has been at Leeds Council since 2003, is on the Local Government National CIO Council, is the Yorkshire and Humber regional executive of Socitm and chairs the West Yorkshire CIO group. As head of ICT at Leeds City Council, Dylan... [11 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Naked CIO, silver skills and ID card anger…
Comment Richard Davies, North Yorkshire Secret Squirrel, West Byfleet, UK Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Getting naked The Naked CIO: Recruitment nightmares [14 Feb 2008]
Photos: BlackBerrys on the beat
Photo West Yorkshire Police, pictured here, is another force which uses the BlackBerry, with the force estimating its use has resulted in £8.8m in efficiency savings and saved 145-hours per front-line officer per year. [08 Feb 2008]
Brits clocking up £25bn in unpaid overtime
News Yorkshire & Humberside saw the steepest increase in numbers doing unpaid overtime. The only regions where numbers fell were the East Midlands, where 57,000 fewer staff did free hard graft, and the North West and Merseyside, where numbers dropped by... [04 Jan 2008]
Security Business Takes Flight With Raven Computers and a New IT Solution
White Paper Ritzenthaler is a safety and security firm based in West Yorkshire. Ritzenthaler's customers, including banks and government agencies, demand fast, efficient and reliable service. However, the lack of integration between the companies IT systems... [04 Dec 2007]
Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP...
News While Rob Taylor, an IT director from West Yorkshire, said: "Vista - Very Glossy - but not user friendly and incredibly buggy, every PC/laptop we purchase now comes with Vista and is instantly downgraded to XP. [13 Nov 2007]
Revealed: UK's IT job hotspots
News New IT jobs by region, according to ReThink Recruitment& London - 38.6 per cent& South East - 23.1 per cent& North West - 8.2 per cent& South West - 7.5 per cent& Yorkshire and Humberside - 4.9 per cent& West... [14 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.05.07
Round-Up West Yorkshire has the second highest level of laptop theft, with 2,402 thefts during 2006 and also a 15 per cent upswing on the 2005 figure. Nottinghamshire police reported a fall of 24.6 per cent, and Avon & Somerset reported a fall of 20.6 per... [11 May 2007]
Exclusive: How safe is your laptop?
News West Yorkshire (2,402) West Yorkshire (15.14%) The results displayed are: Devon & Cornwall (+45%) ; Bedfordshire (+35%) ; Lothian & Borders (+31.50%) ; Leicestershire (+21%) ; Greater Manchester (+15.15%) ; West Yorkshire (+15.14%) ; Merseyside... [08 May 2007]
O2 CEO: Public sector is in mobile "dark ages"
News It also has worked with West Yorkshire Police to get them using BlackBerry devices to access data. O2 CEO Peter Erskine has called for the public sector to be brought up to date with mobile communications. [21 Nov 2006]
Revealed: Best places for IT jobs in the UK
News Yorkshire & Humberside - 4.8 per cent The third ranking region - the North West - is home to just 6.6 per cent of new jobs. North West - 6.6 per cent South West - 5.3 per cent West Midlands - 5 per cent [05 Jul 2006]
Police: Have BlackBerrys, not afraid to use them
News Police in West Yorkshire are using BlackBerrys to run real-time checks on suspects they stop on the street or in vehicles - and the county's head of IT claims it is dramatically improving police performance in the area. [30 Mar 2006]
MP slams "out of control" DNA database
News The figures obtained by Shapps show that Northamptonshire police are adding innocent kids' DNA profiles at the fastest rate - 182 per 100,000 children each month - closely followed by Durham, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. [20 Feb 2006]
