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IBM and Neighborhood America Ease Dialogue Between Citizens and Government Agencies Restoring the Everglades

whitepaper How does the South Florida Water Management District get various federal and state agencies and local governments - not to mention local residents, tourists, environmentalists and business interests - to all collaborate in the complex effort of...

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

The Green Data Center - More Than Social Responsibility: A Foundation for Growth, Economic Gain and Operating Stability

whitepaper Faced with increasingly urgent warnings about the consequences of the projected rise in both energy demands and greenhouse gas emissions, governments and businesses alike are now focusing more attention than ever on the need to improve energy...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

PCI Data Security Standard: SSO - Strong Authentication - Physical/Logical Security Convergence

whitepaper In response to this increased threat, governments around the world have been considering an array of new laws and regulations to systematically combat the problem. During the last ten years there has been an explosion in the use of Internet-based...

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

The Green Data Center for Education

whitepaper Faced with increasingly urgent warnings about the consequences of the projected rise in both energy demands and greenhouse gas emissions, governments, educational institutions and businesses alike are now focusing more attention than ever on the...

Tags: data center

[05 May 2008]

Photos: India 999

Photo Some African and Asian governments are in talks about buying a spin-off of the service for use in their countries. The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an Indian outsourcing veteran to provide the country's first...

Tags: satyam, india, ambulance

[01 May 2008]

Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?

Comment It seems that pretty much ever since the invention of the wheel and the abacus, governments have found it hard to get to grips with new technology. As an aside, I'm pretty sure neither the abacus nor the wheel was invented by the government.

Tags: public sector, government

[30 Apr 2008]

Are we losing the security war?

Comment But an observer from another planet might be forgiven for asking why, after all this time, the security industry and world governments between them have failed to deliver any sure-fire solutions for dealing with a global problem - beyond throwing...

Tags: security, e-crime, cyber crime

[29 Apr 2008]

New president takes the reins at Socitm

News Socitm recently formed the local government CIO council to represent the interests of local governments to the main CIO Council. Richard Steel has been named president of the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), the professional...

Tags: cio, newham, local government, richard steel

[29 Apr 2008]

UK drops from 'IT readiness' top 10

News The framework considers the connectedness and IT usage of businesses, individuals and governments, as well as the regulatory and economic situation in each country. The UK has fallen out of the top 10 in an international league table of IT...

Tags: uk, europe, it

[11 Apr 2008]

Trust and Competitive Advantage: An Integrated Approach to Governance, Risk Management and Compliance

whitepaper Burned by Enronesque accounting scandals, investors and governments are imposing rigorous reporting requirements to keep companies on the straight and narrow. These reactions are a symptom of a fundamental force in the economy: a crisis of trust...

Tags: legal

[11 Apr 2008]

e-Government: Enabling Asia-Pacific Governments and Citizens to Do Public Business Differently

whitepaper Asia-Pacific governments are only in the initial phases of adopting ICT to improve financial management information and reporting, streamline the delivery of government services, enhance communication with the citizenry, and serve as a catalyst...

Tags: financial management, citizens, government services, delivery

[10 Apr 2008]

Building Blocks of e-government: Lessons From Developing Countries

whitepaper E-government is about changing how governments work, share information, and deliver services to external and internal clients. It harnesses information and communications technology to transform relationships with citizens and businesses, and...

Tags: performance budgeting and management, improving, citizens, clients

[10 Apr 2008]

A Dissenting View: Some Guarded Optimism on Combating Terrorists Money Laundering

whitepaper Assuming that foreign governments continue to cooperate, whether as a result of a U.S. Government threat of sanctions or otherwise, the PATRIOT Act does appear to have raised the cost of establishing and employing a worldwide laundering network.

Tags: network security, shipments, laundering, soviet union

[10 Apr 2008]

Cisco Airport Security Solution

whitepaper In recent months, airports, airlines and governments have greatly increased their focus and investments in homeland security and, more specifically, airport security. Demands for security are placing unprecedented pressure on airport executives and...

Tags: network security, airport, airport security, cisco

[10 Apr 2008]

Design and Implementation of Financial Management Systems: An African Perspective

whitepaper Mainly as a response to concerns from the donor community, governments started to critically review the existing systems and processes. In the early 1990s developing countries in Africa began to focus on the improvement of public finance, in...

Tags: financial management, countries, elements, community

[10 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Technology Blueprint for Primary and Secondary Schools

whitepaper And although prudent management of technology is important to business and governments, it is perhaps even more critical to educational institutions, which frequently have very limited resources so that the cost of failure can be extremely high.

Tags: infrastructure management

[03 Apr 2008]

Streamlining Document-Based Processes With Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions

whitepaper With Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions, corporations and governments can leverage their information assets across multiple business processes - and even extend them beyond the enterprise. More organizations than ever are committed to streamlining...

Tags: erp

[03 Apr 2008]

Adobe PDF for Electronic Records: Digital Signatures and PDF Combine for Definitive Electronic Records and Transactions

whitepaper Individuals, governments, and corporations use PDF for the reliable exchange and storage of many types of documents and other content. Millions of people use Adobe PDF every day to communicate, making it the de facto standard for electronic documents.

Tags: security management

[03 Apr 2008]

Microsoft's OOXML wins 'standard' stamp

News I think it makes it easier for governments to offer users choice. Microsoft has won the battle to have a key document format adopted as a global standard, improving its chances of winning government contracts and dealing a blow to supporters of a...

Tags: ooxml, microsoft, iso

[02 Apr 2008]

Mobile phones: A public health time bomb?

News Writing in the report, he says: "The author fears that unless the industry and governments take immediate and decisive steps to openly acknowledge and intervene in this situation, even while waiting definitive confirmation by large and well...

Tags: cancer, health, mobile

[31 Mar 2008]

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