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RSS yorkshireAre sat-navs causing havoc on the roads?
News In the survey 10 per cent of drivers said their sat-nav had caused them to make a dangerous, late or illegal turn and reader Richard Davies from North Yorkshire said: "I have never heard anything like it in my life.these same 10 per cent would... [24 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Mike Buck, architecture manager, Yorkshire Water CIOs are split on the controversial issue of adopting more open source software in corporate IT. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, participants were asked whether they planned to increase the... [21 Jul 2008]
RAD's Pseudowire Gateways Reduce Communications Costs
White Paper Yorkshire Water has won many awards for customer service and holds the British government's Charter Mark for Service Excellence. Yorkshire Water deployed RAD's TDMoIP pseudowire gateways, which convert synchronous TDM voice and signaling traffic... [09 Jul 2008]
Council Riding High as IT Campaign Leaves Its Mark
White Paper An IT Service Management Improvement Programme has made its mark on East Riding of Yorkshire Council, helping it to achieve a prestigious Government Award. In April 2000 some 10,400 calls were being presented to the IT Service Desk each month. [03 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]
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile Jackson lives in North Yorkshire and has three sons. Heather Jackson joined Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in Feb 2000, where she is responsible for a budget of £1bn and has leadership of an internal IT community of more than 5,800 IT... [11 Jun 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]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News The Met Police in London is one of the 27 forces to be getting the devices along with the British Transport Police, all eight Scottish forces and all three in the Yorkshire region. The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and... [27 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Richard Davies, North Yorkshire XP lives? Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive I don't know why Microsoft don't do the blatantly obvious thing, allow downgrade rights on any Windows Vista to XP. [01 May 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Mike Buck, architecture manager, Yorkshire Water Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. That's the unanimous verdict of UK tech chiefs on silicon... [18 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment Richard Davies, North Yorkshire Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Illegal file-sharers Illegal file-sharing: Gov't says enough is enough [28 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Naked CIO, silver skills and ID card anger…
Comment Richard Davies, North Yorkshire What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [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]
Dear silicon.com... Tax crash, mobile driving, eBay feedback, Vista woes…
Comment Richard Davies, North Yorkshire Richard Davies, North Yorkshire Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Tax crashing out Self-assessment tax site crashes out on deadline day [07 Feb 2008]
Brits clocking up £25bn in unpaid overtime
News Yorkshire & Humberside saw the steepest increase in numbers doing unpaid overtime. Brits clocked up a total of £25bn-worth of unpaid overtime in 2007, an increase on the year before and equivalent to almost £5,000 missing from each worker's pay... [04 Jan 2008]
