http://www.silicon.com Results for MoD en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39579961,00.htm An MoD spokesman said: "The lads on the front line will be able to choose from the gifts and gadgets. The MoD hopes the Operational Welfare Fund will also cut down on the number of special flights and convoys required to deliver goodwill parcels... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:01:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39481563,00.htm The statement says, "Current and emerging internet technologies, such as simple self-publishing, sharing of user-generated content, and social networking, are of growing importance to Service and MoD civilian personnel in their personal and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39461055,00.htm The MoD's problems are the latest blot on Whitehall's troubled track record when it comes to managing computer systems, ranging from the Department of Health's flawed £12.7bn National Programme for IT to the Cabinet Office's £24.4m writeoff on the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:54:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39453074,00.htm BT on Thursday announced a five-year, £99m contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to manage voice and data networks across 197 military bases. BT said the new deal will enable it to standardise services and make them easier to manage, allowing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/offshoring/0,3800004877,39452615,00.htm In separate news, BT announced it has been awarded a Ministry of Defence contract worth £99m over five years for managed voice and data networks in more than a quarter of a million MoD assets, including buildings, comms rooms and underground cable... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39448352,00.htm The MoD said the first contract, worth £119m, will update and refresh the system's capabilities over its lifetime to reflect tech advances. The Bowman radios have been used in MoD operations since 2005 and are integrated into more than 13,000... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:34:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39435616,00.htm It appears that some of the spectrum that will be used for wireless video equipment will have to come from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Civil Aviation Authority and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 28 May 2009 08:32:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39401710,00.htm Mindsheet is one of a number of small- to medium-sized businesses that have recently won contracts from the MoD to develop and test technology for potential deployment with the military in the future.silicon.com went to the launch of the DTP to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39396823,00.htm The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded three tech contracts totalling £14m in investment and providing work for 14 UK-based companies. According to the Official Journal of the European Union - which publishes public sector tenders and contract... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39395440,00.htm The MoD is to link up its intelligence operatives worldwide in the latest phase of a project to replace hundreds of legacy computer systems. The work will allow intelligence agents and operations staff across the MoD to share information more easily. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:22:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39389278,00.htm Sticking with security, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had disabled computer systems on Royal Navy warships, following the detection of a virus on a MoD network. One of January's big stories was Apple CEO Steve Jobs' decision to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:31:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39383801,00.htm First the NHS, now the MoD - do these people not use antivirus software? Roger, if you can point me in the direction of the AV software that is guaranteed to stop ALL viruses forever I am sure that the NHS and the MoD will take your call. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:43:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39376856,00.htm A number of the MoD's 282,000 staff were left without email or internet access after the MoD took the decision to shut down machines following the virus infection last week, including those on a number of Royal Navy ships. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:02:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39375722,00.htm An MoD project to replace hundreds of legacy computer systems is not only behind schedule and overbudget but it's also failing to impress users, according to the government's spending watchdog. The £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:40:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39365792,00.htm But performance remains variable and, until the MoD and the defence industry improve their decision-making processes and show sustained learning from previous projects, value for money will not be consistently delivered. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39344720,00.htm The I-Ball has been picked as the winning entry in the Ministry of Defence's Competition of Ideas, a competition which asked UK industry to come up with technology to solve the MoD's "most pressing problems". editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:43:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/smedirector/0,39024679,39341938,00.htm Any small businesses who fancy getting in on the MoD supplying action are invited to meet up with the MoD at a seminar next week in Glasgow. The MoD is particularly seeking to make contact with SMEs who can provide kit for frontline troops. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39212061,00.htm These impressive sounding figures have already won over Staffordshire County Council, which recently installed the Safety Centre in 50 cars driven by local teenagers and the MoD. Not sure? Nick Heath puts an electronic driving instructor to the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39313849,00.htm The MoD has revealed a lost hard drive may contain details on almost two million individuals - one million more than first thought. Minister for the Armed Forces, Bob Ainsworth, told parliament yesterday an MoD portable hard disk lost by contractor... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:39:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39301020,00.htm On Wednesday 8 October we were informed by our contractor EDS that they were unable to account for a portable hard drive used in connection with the administration of armed-forces personnel data," the MoD said in a statement. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:32:02 +0000