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22 11 2011

DRS highlights new mechanisms for assuring marking quality at the AEA Europe Annual Conference

DRS Data Services Director for Electronic Assessment, Graham Hudson, addressed the 12th Annual European Conference of the Association for Educational Assessment (AEA) in Belfast earlier this month, presenting a paper focusing on new mechanisms for assuring marking quality and offering a framework to support secure assessment outcomes for learners.
21 11 2011

DRS demonstrates e-Marker® electronic marking technology at FAB Annual Conference

The Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) National Conference has taken place in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, addressing an audience keen to learn more about the significant shifts in the market landscape in 2011 and global data capture specialist, DRS, was on hand to demonstrate it’s e-Marker® electronic marking technology, which contributed to a very successful summer exam season for six of the UK’s leading awarding bodies.
14 11 2011

DRS award winning technology is used for Oman Election

UK election solution provider DRS Data Services Ltd, has successfully provided their specialist electronic ballot counting technology for the Oman Majlis A’Shura Legislative Council elections that took place on 15th October.
08 11 2011

DRS explains the challenges of introducing new assessment technologies globally at the annual IAEA Conference

DRS Data Services Director of Electronic Assessment, Graham Hudson, participated in the 37th Annual Conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) in the Manila, Philippines, last month and presented a paper focusing on the challenges of introducing new technologies globally.
10 08 2011

DRS share benefits of electronic marking at the AEAA Conference in Nairobi

Earlier this month DRS Data Services General Manager for education, Sid Spalding, was one of the key speakers at the 29th conference of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA).

05 07 2011

WJEC increases use of DRS electronic marking

This summer WJEC, one of the UK's leading examination awarding bodies, anticipates processing 122,000 live examination papers using electronic marking technology supplied by global data capture specialist DRS. This is a 248% increase on the numbers processed last year.
03 07 2011

DRS sponsor ACEEEO Conference to highlight the role of Electoral Management Bodies across Europe

Earlier this month DRS Data Services Ltd was one of the key sponsors joining The Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) at its 20th anniversary conference in Budapest, Hungary, the country where the Association was founded.
06 06 2011

DRS appoint new Sales & Marketing Director

Global data capture specialist, DRS, has appointed Neil Anderson as Sales and Marketing Director of DRS Data Services Ltd.Neil will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s sales and marketing operations for data capture solutions in education, elections and census.
08 03 2011

DRS Data Services Limited announces two key director-level appointments

Global data capture specialist, DRS has started 2011 stronger than ever with two new director appointments.
24 02 2011

DRS announces new General Manager for education sector business

Education expert, Sid Spalding has been named as DRS’ new General Manager for Education, with an immediate start.
08 02 2011

IntElect, a joint venture between DRS and ERS, to exhibit at AEA Annual Conference

Representatives from IntElect, a joint venture between DRS and Electoral Reform Services (ERS), will be on hand to provide advice on reducing the administrative burden of elections, whilst ensuring the security, integrity and accuracy of the results, at this month’s Association of Electoral Administrators’ (AEA) Annual Conference.

21 10 2010

DRS awarded contract worth almost £1million to print and deliver forms for Pakistan census

Global data capture specialist DRS has been awarded the contract to print and deliver 45 million census forms for the next population census in Pakistan, the sixth most populous country in the world.  This is in addition to the contract to supply Intelligent Character Recognition technologies to capture and process the census data, which DRS was awarded last year.
08 10 2010

DRS launches secure multi-channel election voting for commercial elections and consultations

Leading election specialist DRS has partnered with e-voting expert Mi-Voice to deliver secure multi-channel election voting for commercial elections and consultations. 

30 09 2010

GlaxoSmithKline chooses DRS DocXP™ to improve standards in clinical trial data capture

Research-based pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline has deployed DocXP™, an intelligent document and data capture solution supplied by global data capture specialists DRS, to improve standards in its clinical trial data capture.
30 09 2010

Dental Practice Management Company Selects Peladon to Automate EOB’s

Peladon Software, a prominent developer of automated capture
and document processing solutions, today announced that a $500 million leading dental practice management company that provides services to 300 dental offices across the nation has signed an agreement to automate their entire Explanation of Benefits (EOB) Processing system using Peladon’s DocXP™ EOB product.
29 09 2010

DRS to deliver services for the eighth population census of Zambia

Global data capture specialist DRS has been contracted by the Ministry of Finance and National Planning of the Republic of Zambia, on behalf of the Central Statistics Office, to deliver the data capture solution and associated services for the next population census of Zambia...

10 09 2010

London Elects gears up for 2012 Mayor and London Assembly Elections

2012 is going to be a big year for London politics as well as sport with Londoners going to the polls to elect the Mayor of London and 25 members of the London Assembly...
03 09 2010

DRS to launch secure, scalable, multi-channel voting for statutory elections at 19th ACEEEO conference

Leading election specialist DRS is to launch a secure, scalable, multi-channel voting solution for statutory elections at the 19th Annual Conference and General Assembly meeting of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 9th to 11th September 2010...
16 08 2010

DRS to present a quality control framework for electronic marking at 36th IAEA conference

Global data capture specialist DRS has been invited to present at the 36th International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) annual conference to be held in Bangkok from Sunday 22nd to Friday 27th August 2010.

07 05 2010

DRS e-Counting delivers again in Scotland

DRS e-Counting solutions have once again delivered results efficiently and effectively in Scotland, this time in the Drumchapel/Anniesland Ward by-election.
16 02 2010

DRS e-Marker® hits Africa

DRS e-Marker® has been successfully piloted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), in the first use of the education data capture specialist’s electronic examination marking solution across Africa.
01 02 2010

DRS and Electoral Reform Services join forces to launch a unique election services joint venture

Building on a long-standing relationship, two of the world’s leading election specialists, DRS and Electoral Reform Services are joining forces.  This month they will be launching a totally unique integrated election services joint venture for the public sector.
27 01 2010

AQA awards DRS five year electronic marking contract

The largest English awarding body, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) has awarded global data capture specialist DRS a five-year contract for continued use of DRS e-Marker® technology to electronically capture marks from candidates’ scripts.