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Exploring photos in 3D – and creating virtual places
Are you responsible for any historic buildings or memorable landscapes? Would you like to find a way to share about the way that your council operates? Bring people into a virtual council chamber, or to see the inside of a fantastic building that visitors Read More...
Live Mesh - What’s with all this "Cloud" stuff?
Over the last year, I’ve been hearing more and more about “cloud-based services” – a mechanism to make use of the power of the web, alongside desktop computers and software. These day’s we’re often expressing it as “Software plus Services”, and it is Read More...
Live Meeting: Windows Server 2008 for the Public Sector - Tuesday June 3rd 10:00-11:00
Our next Live Meeting is on the topic of Windows Server 2008 for the Public Sector , taking place on Tuesday June 3rd 2008 from 10:00 – 11:00 . The major new functionality and capability in Windows Server 2008 that can help you to increase the reliability Read More...
Update your skills with our new Digital Literacy curriculum
Today we've launched the latest version of our Digital Literacy curriculum in partnership with learndirect , UK online centres and OCR (Oxford and Cambridge RSA Examinations). Designed to help out those who feel that their basic computer skills need improving, Read More...
Do you want to transform IT within your organisation?
Before making a journey, it's important to know where you are before you set off in any particular direction and planning and managing your IT infrastructure is no different. With your IT budget you need to deliver strategic value and show a business Read More...
Windows Server 2008 roadshow
The TechNet roadshows are coming soon - in April and May the team will be on their way around the country, talking about (and showing) lots more of Windows Server 2008 and the other products launched this week. I know that the launch event in Birmingham Read More...
IT Forum: Microsoft Search Server 2008
There's a phrase - "Enterprise Search" - which summarises the next step in effective use of technologies for collaboration, data sharing and making your institutional memory more accessible. By this I mean, when anybody in your organisation Read More...
Online (Free) File Storage - Windows Live Skydrive
500MB of free online storage that can be private, shared or public. This has been coming for a little while, and then when it arrived, it was initially only for users in the US. But now, it has been activated for customers in the UK. And this has some Read More...
Help with introductory IT skills
If you or any of your staff - or even friends and family - need help getting started with computers then you might find the Digital Literacy Curriculum will be useful for you. It is free of charge and has 5 modules, when you complete them you can choose Read More...
Office 2007 - Free online training courses
Get up to speed with Microsoft Word and the Office 2007 System When you first open Word 2007, it looks very different to what you may have become used to, because it has been designed to make your life a whole lot easier. So here's a training course, Read More...
Shift Happens
My colleague Ray Fleming has posted about the Shift Happens powerpoint presentation which has been creating a lot of interest over the last few months. I think the messages it delivers are also very thought-provoking for anyone with an interest in how Read More...
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