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RSS westMicrosoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News The software giant has launched an apprenticeship scheme for 16- to 19-year-olds to gain vocational IT support skills and ultimately help tackle businesses' tech skills shortages in the West Midlands. [23 Jul 2008]
Perception Differences About Participating in Distance Education
White Paper Non-traditional distance education is increasingly common in higher education. While many distance programs are separated into continuing education or adult education programs, infusion of distance education courses as options for traditional... [23 Jul 2008]
A Two-Stage Plug-in Bandwidth Selection and Its Implementation for Covariance Estimation
White Paper The two most popular bandwidth choice rules for kernel HAC estimation have been proposed by Andrews (1991) and Newey and West (1994). This paper suggests an alternative approach that estimates an unknown quantity in the optimal bandwidth for the... [11 Jul 2008]
South Plains College Relies on Dell Professional Services Expertise to Implement Multi-Campus Network Access and Messaging Solution
White Paper South Plains College (SPC) serves fifteen counties in the High Plains region of West Texas with an average enrollment of more than 9,000 college-credit students and more than 5,000 continuing education students. [09 Jul 2008]
Toward and Effective Quality Assurance Model of Web-Based Learning: The Perspective of Academic Staff
White Paper The increasing usage of Web-based learning has harvested in a speed beyond a proper control for its effectiveness and justification. Many institutions have invested heavily primarily for keeping their image of high technology in the eye of the public. [09 Jul 2008]
University Improves Voice Services While Reducing Costs
White Paper Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia University (WVU) has a faculty of 1,800 and more than 27,000 students. West Virginia University wanted to reduce voice costs and simplify network management. [08 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. silicon.com is 10 this week. That's a grand old age for a publication launched at the height of the dot-com madness, says Julian... [07 Jul 2008]
Nortel Networks Case Study: University of West Georgia
White Paper The University of West Georgia serves 10,000-plus students and proudly proclaims its motto of "Educational Excellence in a Personal Environment. The University of West Georgia deployed the Nortel Communication Server 1000M. [05 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]
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]
West Corporation Improves Cost Control and Competitive Advantage With Optimized IT
White Paper West Corporation is a leading provider of outsourced communication solutions to many of the world's largest companies, organizations and government agencies. West Corporation deployed CA for its solution. [02 Jul 2008]
IP Telephony Serves as Backup System for Omron's East-West Call Centers, Critical for Maintenance Operations
White Paper Omron Field Engineering wanted to roll out IP telephony and set up backup system at call centers in Tokyo and Osaka, to reinforce the disaster proof measures of those call centers, which receive calls for the maintenance and repair of mission... [02 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]
Ambulance service loses 999 details
News Details on the disc included a copy of the record of 894,629 calls made to the ambulance service in the West of Scotland since February 2006. The Scottish Ambulance Service has lost a disc containing the encrypted 999 call details of almost one... [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]
