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Montana Tests Unified Communications to Boost Responsiveness to Citizens, Cut Costs

The highly dispersed nature of state government offices and other facilities throughout Montana makes communication there a challenge. So, the state is responding by adopting communications of all types - and unifying them with a single technology backbone that makes them "Realistic and manageable for them," according to a state...

Tags: Citizens LLC, Telephony, Unified Communications, IP Telephony, Montana, E-mail, Web Conferencing, VOIP, Telecommuting, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Telecommunications, Instant Messaging, Collaboration, Online Communications, Internet, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-09-23

The Portuguese Municipality of Matosinhos Links Back-Office Data With Online Service Delivery to Make Life Easier for Citizens and Civil Servants

The project to improve city services became known as SIMPLIFE Simplify. The main goal was to see what motivated the citizens to go to the city hall. The author identified over 2,000 different reasons to go and talk to the municipality." By solving the three core areas of SIMPLIFE, Matosinhos...

Tags: Citizens LLC, Municipality, Microsoft Corp., Back-office, Servant, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Marketing

Case studies 2009-09-21

Citizens Financial sued for insufficient E-Banking security

Blaming the state for not maintaining your carThis sounds to me like blaming the state highway department for not making roads safer while ignoring the bald tires on your car.Or suing the manufacturer of the locks on your house because you "accidentally" left copies of your keys all over town...

Tags: Financial services, financial, bank, electronic banking, Citizens LLC

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Citizens Financial sued for insufficient E-Banking security

If a fraudulent transaction ever takes place on one of your bank accounts due to their compromise, who's to blame - the bank, for not providing you as a customer with state-of-the-art security mechanisms that could have prevented it, or you, as a customer whose insecure online behavior led to...

Tags: Bank, Citizens LLC, Electronic Banking, Financial, Two-factor Authentication, Online Banking, Banking, Security Administration, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Sistema Estatal De Informatica Gobierno Del Estado De Mexico Improves Online Service to Citizens

Sistema Estatal de Informatica Gobierno del Estado de Mexico is located in Toluca, Mexico and serves as the IT organization for all agencies in the state government. Its mission is to coordinate technology among the state's 17 secretariats and affiliated institutions. It needed to consolidate and organize the content of...

Tags: Citizens LLC, Oracle Corp., Institution, Mexico, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Case studies 2009-07-01

Citizens vote 'no' on Net elections

Most Americans would like access to more government services online, a new survey shows. But they draw the line at online elections. A majority of Americans believe moving government functions online will increase their ability to interact with government leaders, hold public officials more accountable and believe tax dollars...

Tags: Citizens LLC, Survey, E-government Service, E-government, Government, Brock Meeks, Technology News

News items 2000-10-01

Citizens vote 'no' on Net elections

A majority of Americans believe moving government functions online will increase their ability to interact with government leaders, hold public officials more accountable and believe tax dollars should be spent to implement the technology, according to a survey released Thursday. Surprisingly, the ability to cast votes online received low...

Tags: Citizens LLC, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Brock Meeks, Technology News

News items 2000-10-01

Additional Resources

Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?

On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...

Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?

On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...

Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Vonage in new Prospectus: our competitors may undercut, out-bundle us

As I have already noted in a previous post, I have received a Prospectus for the sale of Vonage stock as part of its Vonage Share Customer Directed Program. The Prospectus is dated May 5. I have read the Prospectus, and have noted what Vonage says...

Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Prospectus

Blog posts 2006-05-08

Tech jobs up in July

Tech jobs up in JulyDon't worry folks, on Monday we'll hear more about jobs being offshored.Offshored or simply cut.It's a downward spiral and they are simply choosing NOT to be supportive or doing a darn thing to change things around, to turn the corner to get back to the correct...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Workforce management, job, tech job, tech worker, H-1B

Discussion threads 2005-08-06

HP to slash approximately 15,000 jobs

HP to slash approximately 15,000 jobsHard Working High Officials.`` Hewlett-Packard officials worked over the weekend to finalize the size of the layoffs, which will come within 5 percent of the previously targeted 15,000 positions, according to a source close to the company.''It is ironic and shameful, that on the rare...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., job, layoff

Discussion threads 2005-07-16

PC makers marketing to the elderly

Senior citizens are the fastest-growing segment of newcomers to the Internet, and several small software and hardware companies are setting their sights on this niche. Eighty-year-old Nan Shrader never used a computer before moving into Merrill Gardens, a retirement community in Mill Creek, Wash. "I thought it was something...

Tags: Marketing, Colorado, Computer, Retirement Community, Seniors, Sagevision, York, Productivity, Internet, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Leila Jason, Technology News

News items 2001-07-16

Talkback Central: Freeze! It's a catch-up!

**** In response to the article "Can't beat 'em? Throw in the kitchen sink" ZDNN reader Chuck Flink states, "The real irony is that anyone seriously thought the Sun, Oracle, and DOJ effort against Microsoft was based on some principle of opposing bundling." Read more below. **** ...

Tags: Competitor, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department Of Justice, Monopoly, Chuck, Strategic Planning, Security, Strategy, Management, Chuck Flink, Technology News

News items 2000-05-24