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County Government Standardizes on Microsoft Software to Deliver New Taxpayer Services

Clark County's move to Microsoft software has freed additional resources to focus on improved delivery of citizen services - and additional productivity gains for its thousands of business users. To reduce costs and improve reliability, Nevada's Clark County migrated from NetWare and GroupWise to Microsoft software. This decision has made...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., County Government, Clark County, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management

Case studies 2008-03-01

Forward-Thinking County Government Enhances IT Security and Manageability

The Fulton County IT department is responsible for thousands of computers across dozens of government departments. Having faced network disruptions in the past due to noncompliant computers, the county needed a new security solution. In response, it is deploying Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of Network Access Protection NAP....

Tags: IT Security, Network, Information Technology, County Government, Fulton County IT Department, Help Desk, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Productivity, Government, Networking, Security, It Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2008-01-30

The Windows week that was

The last seven days have been, well, quite a week -at least for cheerful "I told you so"s. Most visibly, Windows 2000 users had a problem. Here's a bit from Daniel J. Chacón's write up in yesterday's San Diego Union-Tribune: An Internet worm that crashed computer systems nationwide wreaked...

Tags: county government, computer

Blog posts 2005-08-18

Additional Resources

Google hit again with Street View privacy concerns - in Switzerland

It is NOT up to Google to insure your privacy in public places. These are places it is perfectly legal to be in and take pictures of, then publish the pictures. Just because the pictures are taken automatically, does not suddenly make them illegal. If you want to restrict the...

Tags: U.S. Military, Google Inc., photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Snowe and enemies push health reform forward

Of course . . ."But the story is not yet told, and the trolls below will have their day."Of course. Your way is so right and everybody else is so wrong.at this point If they SO against the health reform let them have it there way since they...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Regional Government Speeds Deployment, Reduces Costs With Operating System Upgrade

Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune is a county council in rural Norway that provides regional services and owns 15 high schools. As part of its project to improve IT efficiency, the council decided to upgrade to the Windows 7 operating system on its 2,000 computers. As a result of the upgrade,...

Tags: Information Technology, Operating System, Council, Microsoft Windows 7, Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management

Case studies 2009-10-01

Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate

Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Motorola's big Android bet kicks off

They have no choice.....they have to make a move.But I wouldn't call Android unproven in the market. I don't think you have to eclipse IPhone sales to prove yourself. The phones that are out are selling and just about every handset maker is racing to put their handset on the...

Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Motorola Inc., handset

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Telecoms don't want broadband bucks with strings attached

4.7 Million? Million with an "m"?Seems to me, that wouldn't be enough money to get Verizon's trucks out of the parking lot. Are you sure it's not 4.7 BILLION?Right...Bill Cosby, your a very funny guy!It?s time for telecoms to accept net neutrality, and it?s time for the FCC...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical industries, Verizon Communications Inc., telecommunications, broadband, government

Discussion threads 2009-08-15

England rolls out online flu pandemic service; Crashes after 8 minutes

The UK Government has rolled out the National Pandemic Flu Service in England today. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have decided to opt out of the service as demands in numbers are significantly less than that of England. According to the BBC, the UK may have over...

Tags: Health Care, Site, England, H1N1 Flu, Service, UK Government, Flu Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-23

DocuLex and Ricoh Clean Up Document Handling and Preservation at Lake County Water Authority

As a government agency, the Lake County Water Authority is required to retain critical records according to retention "Schedules" issued by the US Government. Thousands of large maps, extensive tables and lengthy reports are among the commonplace documents to be found at Lake County water Authority. To archive these documents,...

Tags: Document, Ricoh Corp., DocuLex, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Copiers, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Case studies 2009-06-25

What Obama can do for and to open source

What Obama can do for and to open sourceSorry we let you down.It doesn't surprise me though. We are very focused on our agendas. The Obama Administration presents a large field of issues. The only thing I can say so far is that his choice to fill...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, open source

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition

Sun Microsystems' shareholders have filed three separate class action suits to block the $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shareholders allege that "the consideration offered in the proposed transaction is unfair and inadequate." An excerpt...

Tags: Shareholder, Acquisition, Oracle Corp., SEC Filing, Sun Microsystems Inc., SEC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-08

As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the rise

As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the riseThe Internet is the future of mediaWe dropped cable 6 months ago. We found a local ISP and got 12M down, 2M up for $50 a month and kicked $110 a month of Time Warner out the door. A decent...

Tags: Network technology, Satellite TV, TVs, TV & Home Theater, cable, TV, satellite, satellite television

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

End of tax-free Internet shopping may be near

End of tax-free Internet shopping may be nearYou have provided a prime exampleof why the so called "Fair Tax" is so grossly unfair and only a "Flat Tax" can be made truly progressive, by placing a large (2 times the annualized minimum wage) personal deduction into the code. RE: End...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, WTF, tax, Vender, tax-free Internet shopping, Internet shopping, sales tax, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Telecommuting and the Federal Government

Beyond the broader trends, individual agencies are adopting telework programs with multiple motives. Seeking savings on real estate and greater efficiency, Loudoun County, Virginia, has issued notebook PCs to building inspectors to allow them to handle inspection duties without returning to the office. When current leases expire, the county hopes...

Tags: SonicWall, Telecommuting, Capital Structures, Government, Federal Government, Real Estate, Notebooks, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

White papers 2009-04-01

IT Manager Webcast: County Government Cuts Costs 91 Percent With Mainframe-to-.NET Migration (Level 100)

The mainframe for the property tax system in Marin County, California, was outdated, expensive to maintain, and tough to integrate with other systems. So, the county migrated its existing COBOL code to an environment running Windows Server and the Microsoft .NET Framework. To accomplish this, it turned to Tiburon Technologies,...

Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Business Application, Government, Migration, Taxes, .Net, Microsoft Windows, Free Trade, Servers, Financial Planning, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-03-27

Lawmaker wants Google Maps to blur certain buildings

Lawmaker wants Google Maps to blur certain buildingsThe Mumbai Attackers did NOT use Google Street ViewAny argument involving the Mumbai attacks is completely specious. Whatever the Mumbai attackers used, it could not have been any more detailed than an overhead satellite image. Google Street View is NOT available for India.Although...

Tags: Dude, Google Inc., Google Maps, Google Street View

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Legislator wants to smudge online maps

Legislator wants to smudge online mapsBlurry bitsIf they did blur some of the map bits. I wonder how long it would be before somebody noticed that all the blurry bits looked a lot like little targets that were already identified and then of course the images would have to be...

Tags: online map, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

America's lag-time in alternative energy

I just blogged about San Francisco applying for a permit to build an offshore wave farm to generate electricity. That's but the second step after deciding to try this tech. It's many more steps before anything is actually placed in the Pacific. And this is San Francisco, positioned next...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Portugal, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-01