London Regional ICT champion

In a late breaking story – that many will regard as good news for the open source community – Friday’s The Register warns that Microsoft is unexpectedly withdrawing the Microsoft Authorised Refurbishment (MAR) program.
Under a special licence, authorised refurbishers could install Windows XP or Windows 2000 and Office XP Standard as one bundled package on [...]

According to a new survey “Folksonomy”, “blog”, “webinar” and “social network” are amongst the words mostly likely to make people ‘wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard’
That’s the verdict according to a survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Lulu Blooker Prize which asked 2,091 adults to vote for their [...]

 
I am impressed by the use of broadband and how many more people can access expert knowledge and assistance via remote webcams, an example of this is assistance for people with computer accessibility issues.

This fairly new AbiltyNet project is called the Remote Assessment Project for London (RAPL) and funded by Bridge House Trust and Online [...]

Whilst we’ve not always been very keen on the web 2.0 hype, we at ICT Champ Towers believe the underlying functionality of web 2.0 has real benefits for voluntary and community sector organisations (VCOs) willing to embrace it – such as community colloboration, widening social inclusion, being able to tell your story to a wider [...]

Microsoft has announced that it will stop selling Office 2003 as of 30 June 2007.
The company is understandably keen to move businesses towards upgrading to Office 2007, and expects it will take retailers and manufacturers some time to exhaust existing stocks of Office 2003.
Microsoft has also said it will continue to offer support and patches [...]

A Case Study of the Accessiblity Champion

I was asked to signpost some solutions to aleviate problems of pain for someone while using a standard keyboard and mouse. What was highlighted was issues of contracting your IT company to support Assistive Technology you supply or the member of staff brings with them.

What was the problem?

The [...]

Scary Paul Allen: an ICT Accessiblity Champion
 
 

Accessibility Champions are organisations in your region that have expertise and equipment to help make computers more accessible for everyone, disabled and non-disabled people alike. As a member of a voluntary or community sector organisation it is free for you and your organisation to benefit from the [...]

“The Internet changed everything. It changed commerce, communication, education and information management.” Mark Benioff, Salesforce
On this blog, we’ve previously talked about web 2.0 or software as a service – the ability to run web based services like Ebay, Amazon or Google Mail with nothing more than a computer and a broadband Internet connection – [...]

 
Are you getting the best use of your ICT? Need help developing a strategy or want to find out more about wireless Internet?
The ICT Connect scheme has been developed by the ICT Hub to help voluntary and community organisations to explore their ICT needs by visiting another organisation that is using ICT well [...]

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No, I’m not diversifying into a ‘vertical industry’.
As seen in Commercial Road, London E1