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USPS Webcast: Simplifying and Streamlining Communications for Government

Microsoft Unified Communications technologies use the power of software to help local government organizations streamline communications, regardless of medium, platform, device, or location. By empowering people with a familiar set of tools, Microsoft Unified Communications breaks down communication silos and extends existing communications investments, while enabling government process innovation. At...

Tags: Webcast, Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Postal Service, Government Organization, Government, Collaboration

Webcasts 2009-03-11

How Collaboration Solutions Help Government Organizations Securely and Effectively Share Information

Government organizations are under pressure to deliver increased services with shrinking resources. To become more effective, government employees need better collaboration tools that allow information to be securely shared between organizations. This means government employees travel less, have fewer meetings, communicate more effectively, and make better decisions. The attendee of...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Government Organization, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2009-01-30

A Local Government Organization Develops a Privacy Architecture to Protect Sensitive Information and Lays the Foundation for Future Automation of Online Privacy

The Office of the Corporate CIO OCCIO needed to develop a technology blueprint that would provide consistent privacy guidance for all stakeholders involved in any government IT initiative. The ideal solution would be a privacy architecture that functioned as an extension of the existing enterprise architecture. The OCCIO engaged IBM...

Tags: Sensitive Information, Online Privacy, Government Organization, IBM Corp., Automation, Privacy Architecture, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

Case studies 2008-01-01

Government Organization Improves Help Desk Responsiveness With New Automated System

The Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica INEGI, a government organization in Mexico responsible for national statistics and geographical information, relied on a paper-based, highly manual, time-consuming process for fielding internal customer support requests. Customer response times were slow and it was difficult to measure Help Desk performance or...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Government Organization, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations

Case studies 2007-03-01

The Role of Open Source

Government organizations are increasingly interested in open source computing solutions. Proprietary vendors are exerting considerable pressure, through new and more onerous licensing policies, to lock into their systems and foot the bill for frequent upgrades. Moreover, today's popular proprietary computing platforms raise concerns about security, reliability and performance. Open source...

Tags: Government Organization, Open Source

White papers

Discover True Costs: Implementing ABC in Government

With budget constraints government organizations are being asked to do more with less. But how can a person allocate limited resources effectively if he or she doesn't know the true costs of running the programs? Increasingly, government organizations are implementing Activity-Based Costing ABC to help them identify what is driving...

Tags: ABC Inc., Activity Based Costing, KPMG International, Government Organization, Managerial Accounting, Government, Finance

Webcasts

Government Organization Improves IT Efficiency With New Operating System

To improve its employee productivity and IT efficiency, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografia e Informatica INEGI of Mexico is upgrading its computers to the Windows Vista Enterprise operating system. INEGI expects to reduce time spent troubleshooting computers by approximately 90 percent in many instances, and also anticipates an 80...

Tags: Information Technology, Operating System, Government Organization, INEGI, Operating Systems, Software

Case studies

Additional Resources

AOL: Will Armstrong get any honeymoon?

Time to send out some free AOL signup disks ntntGood Bye AOLThe sooner AOL is just a shadow in the rear-view-mirror of technological history, the better.Since day one they were a success because of aggressive marketing not due to providing anything of any value to their customers.When they bought Time...

Tags: Transportation, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

An interesting exchange on politics and IT

Was just thinking about thisExcept I was thinking about what I've heard Linux advocates say in the past, that most consumers make dumb technology choices, and whether this squares with advocating for free markets? Yes, I think it does. People will buy products that they can relate to and feel...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, Linux, computer, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations

In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...

Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-11

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

What the DoD now says about open source

I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

What EuroCloud means for SaaS in Europe

A new industry organization to promote cloud and SaaS launches in seven European countries today. EuroCloud will help European providers build a network and speak with a common voice to government and business. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Government, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Beware the allure of Fool's Cloud

no securityNo one in their right mind would send theircritical apps off to the cloud.Another pie in the sky to dream up getting ridof expenses only to make more expenses.Still no Security or...Public clouds are not secure. They are just like the regular Internet. Only put on the public cloud...

Tags: Strategy, cloud provider, Clear, public cloud, security

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

McCarran-Ferguson and a cross-state health market

Las Vegas?"But if you?re going to let New Yorkers buy from Vermont why not let them buy from Las Vegas?"Uh, because Las Vegas is NOT A STATE.We are the united states of america and not the united cities of america.I could have written Nevada, trueBut Las Vegas is funnier and...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Vertical industries, Corporate governance, Insurance, Delaware, health care, health insurance

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

With AppSense, making sense of managing the virtual desktop user experience

As more enterprises turn to virtual desktop infrastructure to save money and leverage the infrastructure they already have, managing the user experience has become critical. But how do you maintain standardization across large organizations while keeping the user happy at each log on? AppSense...

Tags: AppSense, Virtual Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem

I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

LCROSS (Gallery: NASA ready to shoot the moon)

so whatFortunately the next manned moon flight has been canceled. It was worthwhile to go to the moon in order to find out that it is not worth going to the moon. Myself a scientist I found that one should never give politicians, the military or scientific organization blank checks....

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, LCROSS, NASA, Gallery

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Apple deletes the US Chamber

the liberals are sabotaging USASuccombing to Green Peace like echo terrorists can doom this country in a few years.We must throw out all these polar bear hugging liberals ASAP.omg..(-.-)always the first to troll the government-related blogs, eh?What is it with ZDNet. Recent Liberal money pouring in?I mean, suddenly we have...

Tags: Blogging, Apple Inc., Chamber, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)

Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...

Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-06