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IT Consolidation for Government Agencies
White Papers Taming server sprawl and co-locating infrastructure resources are important steps in simplifying IT environments and decreasing TCO, but it can be a much tougher sell in government agencies, where red tape often surrounds purchase decisions.
[April 24, 2006, 16:03]
State and Local Government Agencies Use VMware for Consolidation and Energy Efficiency
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn more about how state and local government agencies are using VMware virtualization solutions to consolidate datacenters, resulting in increased productivity and reduced energy consumption.
[August 1, 2009, 1:21]
An e-Government Cooperative Framework for Government Agencies
White Papers This paper presents an e-Government Framework that allows the cooperation among applications of different Government Agencies in order to supply new added value services (Event of life services) tailored to citizens and business needs.
[July 14, 2005, 6:00]
The IMPACT of ITIL, IT Service Management: A Best Practices Framework for Government Agencies
White Papers But is the federal government ready for ITIL? IT is being challenged to run as a service to the business it supports. The challenge facing most IT shops is how to best leverage ITIL and implement these best practices given they are maxed out just...
[March 14, 2006, 23:00]
Vontu Response to NIPP Framework: Vontu Data Loss Prevention Solution Enables Government Agencies to Demonstrate Compliance With DHS Directives
White Papers Vontu's Federal Risk Assessment Program and Data Loss Prevention software solutions help agencies prevent malicious and unintentional data breaches regardless of whether data is stored on the network or on a disconnected endpoint, as well as...
[August 5, 2009, 1:21]
SAP Helps British Government Agencies to Improve Efficiency, Deliver and Develop Modern, Effective Public Services
White Papers The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) facilitates road safety and general law enforcement in the United Kingdom by maintaining registers of drivers and vehicles and by collecting vehicle excise duty (automobile tax).
[September 14, 2007, 1:00]
US report urges slow road to XML
News But the GAO, Congress' investigative arm, did recommend that the government develop an overarching policy so agencies could take advantage of the new technology. Another potential problem the GAO pointed out was that, in the absence of overriding...
[April 9, 2002, 9:15]
Australian gov't calls on experts over DDoS attack
News Security experts from Australia's Department of Defence have been called in to assist federal government agencies that were targeted by a denial-of-service attack on Wednesday night, with sources predicting further attacks.
[September 10, 2009, 10:18]
Home Office wins Internet Villain award
News Only the UK government could win the Internet Villain award at ISPCON Europe 2002 because the the "evil axis" of UK government agencies -- to use the organisers' words -- had scooped the nominations. Under RIPA, law enforcement agencies can force...
[February 14, 2002, 13:12]
US Army orders Microsoft to stop sending free software
News Microsoft has been mailing free copies of its pricey Office productivity software to government employees, but CNET News.com has learned that at least two federal agencies are warning recipients to return the gifts or risk violating federal ethics...
[March 10, 2004, 13:10]
Microsoft accelerates public sector offensive
News Under the Security Cooperation Program, Microsoft will advise participating government agencies on network security issues in an effort to try to anticipate or mitigate security lapses, said Gerri Elliott, corporate vice-president of Microsoft's...
[February 2, 2005, 12:30]
An Integrated COTS Solution for Enterprise Correspondence Management
White Papers Government agencies and departments are receiving increasingly large volumes of correspondence in the form of letters, memoranda, administrative forms, e-mail, phone messages, faxes and others. The correspondence may be from members of Congress...
[June 11, 2009, 1:20]
UK govt investigates Linux savings
News The British government and IBM are kicking off nine Linux test programs in an effort to see how much money government agencies can save by switching to open-source software. Intellect, a trade group partly backed by Microsoft, issued a report...
[October 9, 2003, 10:40]
South Korean boost for Linux
News The South Korean government is to provide over £1.5m to government agencies to encourage them to adopt Linux and other open source software, according to reports. The Asian country is to launch a government-wide campaign to increase the use of open...
[March 29, 2005, 17:05]
Data retention: Who's watching you?
News Numerous government agencies are already requesting communications data from ISPs, even though the relevant parts from two laws designed to regulate the practice have yet to come into force. The scale of the situation was revealed during an inquiry...
[December 13, 2002, 16:03]
Oracle does UK government deal
News Oracle has inked a three-year agreement to supply government agencies of the United Kingdom with database software and other products at a discount. It also calls for Oracle to help the government develop standard computing systems across its...
[February 7, 2003, 9:42]
MPs say snooping laws need ring fence
News MPs have warned that government agencies must stop using a range of laws to demand access to records of people's surfing activities if ISPs are not to be forced out of business. In a report on its inquiry into data retention, the All-party...
[February 3, 2003, 16:41]
Forum: The fate of wireless security
News Academics, business executives and members of government agencies will join forces to discuss their concerns about wireless security. About 20 academics, business executives and members of government agencies begin meeting behind closed doors in...
[May 14, 2002, 9:46]
Singapore mulls biometric data in passports
News Several Singapore government agencies have joined forces to study the feasibility of embedding fingerprints or eye scans onto computer chips planted inside the country's passports. Singaporean government bodies including the Immigration and...
[July 29, 2003, 9:38]
Emergency services turn to IM
News IBM and a consortium of government agencies in the Washington, D.C.area are creating a wireless emergency network that will allow approximately 40 police, fire and safety agencies to communicate in real time via instant messaging and access one...
[August 22, 2002, 14:20]
