http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/ en john.anderson@oltonsolutions.co.uk Copyright 2007 2007-11-20T09:33:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/open-source-warfare http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/open-source-warfare#When:09:33:00Z An interesting analogy for insurgency tactics from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Terrorists are leveraging information technology to organize, recruit, and learn—and the West is struggling to… 2007-11-20T09:33:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/outsourced-intelligence http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/outsourced-intelligence#When:17:59:01Z A fascinating article from The Salon, (you may need to click through an ad to see it.) regarding the increasing reliance on the $42 billion intelligence contractor industry by the… intelligence 2007-06-11T17:59:01+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/thought-leadership-people-oriented-architecture http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/thought-leadership-people-oriented-architecture#When:17:30:00Z Olton’s people + process driven approach to problem solving was recently validated unintentionally by an unexpected source; on the blog of Steve Borsch a very interesting American, interested in… intelligence 2007-06-11T17:30:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/news-round-up-april-2007 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/news-round-up-april-2007#When:17:37:00Z Olton have been incredibly busy of late (we expect to be able to make an announcement regarding these developments in the near future) – Consequently our news section has not… 2007-04-30T17:37:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/could-a-mercenary-army-could-save-the-people-of-darfur http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/could-a-mercenary-army-could-save-the-people-of-darfur#When:17:12:00Z Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins argues that it could, and he’s done some arithmetic to prove his point. The editorial for online magazine FirstPost, and in a radio interview… security, africa, middle-east-asia 2007-01-05T17:12:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/mess-o-potamia-part-1 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/mess-o-potamia-part-1#When:17:04:00Z A wall street journal editorial by Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden – draws parallels between recent conflicts in Africa and the Balkans, and explores the idea of nationhood… 2007-01-05T17:04:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/mess-o-potamia-part-2 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/mess-o-potamia-part-2#When:16:55:00Z An interesting article suggesting the frightening notion that one of Iraq’s most important clerics/militia leaders Moqtada Al-Sadr may have been one of the masked men seen in the grizzly… defence, intelligence, middle-east-asia 2007-01-05T16:55:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/snowglobes-do-not-equal-a-terrorist-threat http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/snowglobes-do-not-equal-a-terrorist-threat#When:11:49:00Z There’s an interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times describing what Bruce Schneier calls ‘security theatre’. ...I worry that the person who thought up the rules for carrying liquids… intelligence, homeland-security-resilience 2007-01-03T11:49:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/december-news-round-up http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/december-news-round-up#When:16:16:00Z The Olton team have been extremely busy this month, preparing for an ever increasing number of exciting projects. As a result, this month’s news is presented in bite-sized… 2006-12-19T16:16:00+00:00 http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/technology-versus-manpower http://www.oltonsolutions.co.uk/news/technology-versus-manpower#When:17:43:00Z An interesting article suggesting that the NEC/NCW model of warfare championed by the US, taken on enthusiastically by the UK and most other western armed forces particularly the IDF –… defence, homeland-security-resilience 2006-11-20T17:43:00+00:00