Fibre network services company GL Telecoms has implemented an end-to-end contract and job management system. Founded in 2018, it grew to over 50 engineers by 2021 and now has 229 engineers alongside 60 back-office and support staff nation. Increasingly burdened by relying on paper forms, spreadsheets, and email, the company sought a system to integrate administration and work control. “We ...
Information Technology
The information technology landscape is rapidly evolving through advances in semiconductors, embedded systems, and software-defined infrastructure. IT solutions today integrate powerful processors, efficient power management, and high-speed data handling. Innovations from companies like Microsoft, Intel, and AMD influence both hardware and software ecosystems across enterprise, cloud, and consumer electronics. Electronics Weekly explores how design, testing, and supply chain developments in electronics shape IT capabilities, from edge computing to secure data storage and AI.
Four ARM cores for every person on earth – Furber, Wilson honoured
Professor Steve Furber - ICL Professor Of Computer Engineering - has been given a Fellow Award from the Computer History Museum for his outstanding work in computer processing. He will be honoured alongside fellow chief architect of the ARM processor Sophie Wilson.
Rockwell Collins re-enters in-seat flight entertainment market
Rockwell Collins is announcing today a strategic U-turn that will see it re-enter the market for new in-seat in-flight entertainment systems with the unveiling of PAVES 3, a single-aisle IFEC system that will deliver "unprecedented versatility and maximum reliability".
Comment: Mobile HCI gets intimate with a phone
Some thoughts on the Mobile HCI conference in Stockholm from Jacob Aron, technology reporter at our sister site, New Scientist.
American Airlines launches inflight streaming video on 767s
American Airlines has launched inflight streaming video entertainment on its fleet of 15 Boeing 767-200 aircraft, and plans to offer the product on all of its Wi-Fi enabled aircraft later this year.
Amazon preps large-screen Kindle e-book reader
Amazon is to sell a large-screen version of its Kindle e-book reader - the 9.7in. Kindle DX. Priced at just under $500, the device is not yet shipping and few details are available.
MWC 09 – Freescale enhances Netbook browsing experience
At Mobile World Conference 2009 in Barcelona, Freescale announces a raft of people it is working with to get a netbook platform established
How to improve power efficiency in datacentres
For high-end IT and telecom applications, the conventional approach to power conversion involves an AC-to-12Vdc silver box followed by 12V-to-1.xV synchronous buck converter
Inventor targets China with MP3 audio converter
A former chip designer from Newmarket is aiming to take on the UK and Chinese consumer markets with an innovative CD/MP3 hi-fi
iPod design looks good to medical electronics market
The design of medical products need not necessarily be as striking as an iPod, but it is going to play an increasingly important part in this sector