Critical Infrastructure
Essentials for the functioning of a society and economy:
* electricity generation, transmission and distribution;
* gas production, transport and distribution;
* oil and oil products production, transport and distribution;
* telecommunication;
* water supply (drinking water, waste water/sewage, stemming of surface water (e.g. dikes and sluices));
* agriculture, food production and distribution;
* heating (e.g. natural gas, fuel oil, district heating);
* public health (hospitals, ambulances);
* transportation systems (fuel supply, railway network, airports, harbours, inland shipping);
* financial services (banking, clearing);
* security services (police, military).
See: Wikipedia: Critical Infrastructure
By John Walker on May 19, 2012
Olympians Sally Gunnell and Chris Boardman share their tips on how employees can get around London quicker and easier during Games time
With some businesses offering employees flexi time and Sunday trading hours being extended during the Olympics it’s easy for employees to overlook something as simple as getting around during the Games.
With this in mind [...]
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By John Walker on March 30, 2012
O2, the commercial brand of Telefónica UK Limited, today announced the launch of On & On, its new unlimited tariff created to deliver British small businesses with practical help and value in their day-to-day communications costs.
On & On will be open to existing and new O2 small business customers and lets customers use their phone [...]
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By John Walker on March 16, 2012
Mainstream 4G mobile services could be available in the UK as early as this year, under proposals outlined today by Ofcom.
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone operator running two of the UK’s most famous brands - T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), has submitted an application to Ofcom to use its existing spectrum to deliver 4G services. [...]
Posted in Computer Services, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, E-commerce, Expansion, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Marketing Facilities, Product Research and Development, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Requests For Comments (RFQs), Standards, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged 4G, Everything Everywhere, Ofcom, Olaf Swantee, Orange, T-Mobile |
By John Walker on March 14, 2012
An Irish inventor has developed a product which can help large supermarket retailers cut carbon emmissions and save money.
Tom Glynn, 55, from Galway Ireland, first spotted the opportunity when he noticed that the retail of ice, the type used to cool drinks at parties and celebrations, was a major problem for the €30m turnover [...]
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By John Walker on February 27, 2012
Super-fast broadband is now available in two more Merseyside communities, BT announced today.
More than 9,400 householders and firms in Childwall, Liverpool, and over 2,300 in Rainford, St Helens, are poised to join in high-speed revolution as engineers complete the local upgrades in the coming weeks.
This latest development will take the number of premises in Merseyside [...]
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By John Walker on December 1, 2011
UK scientists and businesses will have access to the most sophisticated technology keeping them at the cutting edge of research and development, as details of the Government’s multi-million pound e-infrastructure investment were announced today by David Willetts.
The investment includes £43 million for ARCHER, a new national supercomputer to support advanced research, such as complex chemistry [...]
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By John Walker on November 29, 2011
The Chancellor has today delivered his autumn statement to Parliament, alongside the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for growth and borrowing. He announced permanent reductions in spending to ensure that the UK meets its fiscal targets, using some of those savings in the short term to fund infrastructure investment to generate [...]
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By Robert Steadman on October 14, 2011
Hot water and central heating costs are unavoidable and becoming increasingly expensive but they can easily be managed keeping the size of your bills to the bare minimum. There are many ways to achieve lower fuel bills ranging from changing your fuel supplier to the installation of cavity wall and loft insulation. But, [...]
Posted in Cost Management, Critical Infrastructure, Environmental Issues, Equipment & Operational Resources, Ideas and Innovation, Intellectual Property, Mining, Energy and Utilities, Natural Resources, Product Launches, Product Research and Development, Technology, The Work Place, UK, Utilities, Waste Management | Tagged diesel, electricity, electricity bills, gas, lower fuel bills, save money, utility bills |
By John Walker on September 23, 2011
If you’ve seen the news this week, you may have seen that the last of the ‘big six’ energy suppliers has put their domestic energy prices up by 15%. This price rise may sound severe and it’ll certainly worry domestic energy consumers. But in reality, business energy consumers face significantly higher price rises on a [...]
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By John Walker on January 19, 2011
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced the launch of its cloud infrastructure to provide customers with a European based infrastructure for their cloud-based data footprint.
“Our US-based Rackspace cloud has already been hugely successful, with over 100,000 customers globally now taking advantage of our hosted cloud [...]
Posted in Business Software, Critical Infrastructure, E-commerce, Europe, Expansion, Fashion, Trends and Memes, IT and Telecommunications Services, Ideas and Innovation, Information Security, Information Technology, Procurement, Product Launches, Technology, UK | Tagged Cloud Computing, Rackspace |
World Business Report
Ofcom looks favourably on Orange/T-Mobile application to deliver 4G services
By John Walker on March 16, 2012
Mainstream 4G mobile services could be available in the UK as early as this year, under proposals outlined today by Ofcom.
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone operator running two of the UK’s most famous brands - T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), has submitted an application to Ofcom to use its existing spectrum to deliver 4G services. [...]
Posted in Computer Services, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, E-commerce, Expansion, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Marketing Facilities, Product Research and Development, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Requests For Comments (RFQs), Standards, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged 4G, Everything Everywhere, Ofcom, Olaf Swantee, Orange, T-Mobile | Leave a response