How technology is changing the corporate culture

In the current issue of  ordinateur individuel there is a very good article on how technology is powering the work of the havre port authority

http://www.havre-port.net

The  current issue of the personal computer magazine(micro hebdo) contained a good article on the IT infrastructure behind the national cycling competition. Point your browser to  the web site of 01net.com for further details

The IT infrastructure of  the german armed services

In partnership with IBM and Siemens the german armed services recently updated it IT infrastructure of:

150 web sites

15oo applications

140 000 workstations

to serve 45000 endusers.

source  : www.latribune.fr

In senegal, the french insurance service provider (axa)and the region of besançon started a programme to install computers in high schools. Seneclic initially started with three schools in 2006 and the project is now underway in about 73 educational institutions and by next year the initiative will be rolled out in other cities of senegal.

They put in place the preliminary and post electoral formalities and you can check their web site. www.neovote.com

Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie going paperless- or the national health and insurance agency

The national health and insurance agency is fast moving into a paperless system as they treat about 500 000 documents in a day. The agency  opted for  EMC-  electronic management system, Taskplace as the workflow technology and Freemind for the scanning and indexing of sickleaves, accidents and medical treatment materials. Apart from the choice of a project ahead, it took more than five months to finish the project that was managed by Documentum.

The Georges Pompidou hospital in Paris has been

using technology for medical consultations

for the past nine months.On the basis of medical records,

and infrastructure installations that has to be

worked out between two hospitals. The

operator of this service is cisco healthcare presence.

http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/healthcare/cisco_healthpresence_solution.html

We all take the driverless underground train and don’t bother to think that in just  two clicks the officials can increase the number of trains, observe and listen to what is happening within each coach and check the log book on the spur of the moment.

Again, what I found very interesting in this article of ordinateur individuel is that beneath the seats within each coach are numerous computers that are networked to different application servers that control the opening of the doors, its closing, the video and ventilation systems.

Source : ordinateur individuel,october 2009

IT providers and the disaster in Haiti

The entire infrastructure of Haitel was destroyed during the last natural disaster but technology played a decisive role in the desire to keep the national IT network in order. Skype was the first technology, followed by the services of Télécom sans frontière that created a call center in four minutes backed with a subscription  to the services of Eutelsat. The not -for-proft, Casques Rouges used Emergesat in cooperation with the French Thales and the Interantional Telecommunications  Union  provided a mobile cellular station capable of making 130 calls.

Source: www.01informatique .com and www.01netpro.com

Video conferencing becomes part of French legal procedures

According to www.lesechos.fr the use of video conferencing by french law officers increased by 400% in one year. After spending about €7 million on equipment investment, judicial enforcement agents now use video conferencing for questioning, cross-examination and sentencing issues.