iPads for Leicester Council

[Sysman]

The iPads can run iTunes themselves and have built in wireless, so all they need is an access point.

Not saying it's a good idea, but no, they wont need a laptop as well just to run iTunes.

Whatever the pros and cons, it isn't a waste of money on this scale:

Leaked documents have shown that the NHS has spent a huge £86 million a year on thousands of websites that do exactly diddly-squat and in many cases 404.

Publich Technology reports that the NHS Digital Communications Review shows one third of the NHS's 4,121 websites had notable deficits in standards, and 1,000 were not even accessible anymore.

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The paper also says those Googling for NHS info are flummoxed, saying the public struggles to locate the NHS online with a simple search. We did a search for the NHS press office - first hit, or if you're Feeling Lucky - while appearing bona fide in Google leads you straight to a 404 which the NHS charmingly says "Whoops!" on. "Whoops!" indeed - we've a feeling surgeons don't get away with Whoopsies so why the bloody hell is the NHS getting away with spending heaps of money on garbage that is useful to no one?

I've confirmed that one - try the first hit on a search for "nhs press office".

[doodab]

Sorry but that is one of the most retarded things to hold up as an example of failure I can imagine. The site is there, but google choose to return a page that no longer exists as the first hit. It's hardly the NHS that is to blame if google's index is out of date is it?

If you put "NHS" into google, you get nhs.uk as the first hit. If that is flummoxing people then I really think they ought to be googling for Dignitas instead.

[bobspud]

As far as I can see, the only infrastructure that any government department should be using is VDI. Then they would have their data secured and it couldn't be left in a carpark...

Ipads are toys. They can't be encrypted and don't have a kill switch to flush the data when you finally leave it in a pub...

The IT director must be a fscking idiot

[niche]

So although the economy is in recession and thousands are losing their jobs and businesses, leicester council has drummed up the funds for these ipads.
Amazing