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T-Mobile brings almost 13 million people in the UK closer in touch with everything that's important to them. That means people such as family, friends and workmates, and the things that matter to them, like the football score, their favourite music and email.
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T-Mobile brings almost 13 million people in the UK closer in touch with everything that's important to them. That means people such as family, friends and workmates, and the things that matter to them, like the football score, their favourite music and email.
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OSIsoft delivers the PI System, the industry standard in enterprise infrastructure, for management of real-time data and events.
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Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries.
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Guest Contributor
Chairman, GDS International
Sales and the 'Talent Magnet'
A lot is written about being a ‘Talent Magnet’, either as a company, or as President. It’s all good practice – listen, mentor, reward, provide clear goals and career maps. Good practice for the employer, but what about the employee?26 May 2011
White Papers
Focus Area: Transportation
Staying awake with workforce management
According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), one of the ongoing safety challenges in running a safe and efficient railroad is fighting the fatigue of the railroad engineers and all other members of the train crew and train dispatchers. Putting this another way, it is in the primary interests of all the railroads' stakeholders, whether passengers or not, that the railway engineers stay awake while in control of their locomotive. The consequences otherwise can be disastrous with the industry also receiving much unwanted and negative publicity across all forms of media.
Intergraph® Transportation Solutions keep you on the right road
Intergraph®’s Transportation Solutions enable transportation agencies to more clearly, efficiently, and cost-effectively manage and protect their roadway infrastructure. Working with more than 30 transportation departments across the U.S., Intergraph solutions help streamline operations, maintain compliance with federal regulations, and improve safety and driving conditions for motorists by quickly addressing potential issues through faster, more informed decision making. Our open solutions integrate with commercial map providers, such as Microsoft® Bing and Google, as well as commercial data sets, including NAVTEQ and TeleAtlas. Below are some examples of how Intergraph solutions keep transportation agencies on the right road.
Return to rail?
It’s rail or fail time for the US. Will the railroad be returned to its former glory days through the advent of high-speed technology and a cash injection or is it destined to grind to a halt? US Infrastructure asks Joseph Szabo of the Federal Railroad Administration for his opinion.
Driving the electric revolution
Could the gas-guzzler’s days be numbered? Pacific Gas & Electric’s Saul Zambrano explains how the utility is paving the way for plug in vehicles.
Deadly skies
With ash clouds, terrorist threats, environmental concerns and recession, it’s been a tough year for the airline industry. Gunther Matschnigg, Senior Vice President of Safety, Operations and Infrastructure at IATA, speaks with Ian Clover about the industry’s security aims, regulations and operational future.
Source: www.americainfra.com© 2012 GDS Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.