citizen developers
Will 'citizen developers' shake up IT development?
News By 2014, it predicts citizen developers will build at least a quarter of new business applications, helping to meet the needs of end users and freeing up IT resources in the process. The analyst reckons... [23 Oct 2009]
Spanish Municipality Streamlines Services With New Document Management System
White Paper The Sant Andreu de la Barca Municipality in Catalonia, Spain, wanted to modernise its administration and document management systems to provide better citizen-centric services to a growing population. [15 Dec 2006]
Open source rival takes on Google Maps
News Volunteer "citizen cartographers" are aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance Survey by creating a free open source wiki-style map of the planet. The Ordnance Survey, which derives much of its revenue... [13 Nov 2006]
Microsoft, Novell join hands for OS harmony
News RedMonk analyst Stephen O'Grady said: "Microsoft is taking a significant step toward being a better open source citizen. Moreover, Microsoft said it will not enforce its patents against individual, non-commercial Linux... [03 Nov 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Citywide wi-fi
Comment I-city makes intelligent use of location and personalisation to ensure that services are relevant to the citizen/consumer. The relationship here may be complex, in the same way that the relationship between... [26 May 2006]
Microsoft to buddy up with old rival Oracle
News The deal makes "Oracle databases a first-class citizen" for Visual Studio developers, he said. Developers have been using Visual Studio for years to build software that accesses Oracle... [21 May 2004]
Spam and data protection: know the law and take precautions
Comment Even the most tech-shy British citizen can't avoid leaving a digital footprint of themselves on a day to day basis - scattering personal details that legitimate marketers and spammers alike would dearly love to get hold... [10 Dec 2003]
Trusted computing: How it works
News Since operating systems that restrict data can determine which applications can run, it changes the software landscape into first-citizen applications that have access to the content and second-citizen... [08 Nov 2002]
Devil's Advocate: Buy anything but the market leader
Comment IBM has become a more valued corporate citizen as a consequence of the renewed scepticism of its best customers. There is a network of enthusiastic developers, none of whom are irreplaceable. Columnist... [16 Apr 2002]
The silicon.com Christmas Nativity Part II
Comment In fact, later in the year I expect them to be well-chuffed about another plan which will allow them to gain access to data about every citizen's communications for a period going back seven years. Maybe the playwright... [20 Dec 2000]
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