Rits Labs initially developed out of an internal company joke! Essentially, we had so many weird and wonderful ideas for new software, hardware and services that we kept adding to a long list. Over time this became a very, very long list, with more ideas than the people or time required to start them let alone complete.

Only one or two ideas received attention at any given time and typically these tended to be ideas which were trend driven. In time the list became known internally as "Rits Labs", presumably on the basis that we could do something or nothing with the ideas as we pleased. Consequently, this resulted in some good ideas being abandoned mid-stream, other bad ideas getting too much time and attention and yet others never getting off the drawing board.

The solution to this unstructured and somewhat unwieldy approach to new ideas is now officially "Rits Labs". We have introduced a structure to ensure that we are able to pursue the good ideas to a logical conclusion with internal and external help. Where appropriate, we take on Interns or commission projects for Masters' Students. In some cases we outsource development pilots and in the near future we plan to oops ... well lets keep that one quiet for now.

Our experimentation at this stage covers both logical and physical security needs. They range from privacy and accountability in the "cyber world" to tracking and surveillance in the "real world".

Needless to say, most of what goes on in the Lab is secret, that is until such time as we are ready to tell the world! This means that many of our best ideas only get a mention here when they are in public beta or on trial with "early adopter" clients.

We are however open to ideas and suggestions. We currently have a number of research projects underway, internally and in the academic world and we also have a list of more ideas that we are looking for Interns to work on. Additionally, some brave individuals among our loyal client base are playing with beta versions of  some of the  "lab experiments". This will help to  ensure that they are effective in the enterprises and IT environments in which they will be deployed.

We also partner with other niche companies in considering new ideas which may or may not be delivered in the commercial world. Please browse the remainder of the site to see what is going on or indeed contact us if you have any ideas you wish to discuss.

Regards and best wishes from everybody at Rits and especially Alexis FitzGerald (Chief Boffin) and myself Sean Reynolds (Chief annoyer of the Chief Boffin).