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windfallmedia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:56:59 +0000

IBM unveils framework to help agencies improve citizen services

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:29:23 +0000

IBM has unveiled a software platform designed to improve the way local, state and national governments manage and deliver services to the public.

The IBM Government Industry Framework could help agencies of all sizes use technologies to transform their existing support and delivery processes, IBM officials said.

via Washington Technology.

IBM Unveils Government IT Framework

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:18:55 +0000

VARs and ISVs looking to enter or expand their presence in the government solutions marketplace now have an industry-specific IBM platform for building and deploying an array of public sector applications. On Oct. 30, Big Blue released its Government Industry Framework, a combination of software and services targeting the federal, state and local space…

via Channel Insider

IBM To Apply Analytics To War on Terror

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:48:22 +0000

So this article was found by Google Reader and aded to wordpress.com using the press this bookmark.

via NewsFactor Network

http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/ibm-launches-new-platform-for-government-services-2291

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:32:50 +0000

IBM announces a new Platform for Government Services

CYBER SECURITY IS A PRIORITY IN EUROPE

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:49:01 +0000

IBM hosted a superb conference for its defense clients in Europe this past week. The conference, held in Berlin, heard from several leaders of the European Defense arena, from such countries as the Netherlands, the UK, Finland, and Germany.

IBM Building Brain-Like Computer

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:46:44 +0000

It’s called ‘cognitive computing,’ a field that combines neurobiologists, computer and materials, scientists, and psychologists. In this case the scientists, from five US universities, are all coming together under the aegis of IBM to try and combine what they know about biological systems and supercomputer simulations of neurons. Then, theBBC reports, they’ll build a system that behaves like the simulations, with the long-term goal of building a computer with the complexity of a cat’s brain.

IBM To Apply Analytics To War on Terror

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:44:36 +0000

Following the war, IBM dedicated the new science to making the best use of its own industrial supply chain. Over the following decades, Big Blue and others embedded this expertise in software and sold it to industrial customers all over the world. In recent years, with the explosion of digital data, IBM has been scooping up analytics companies.

U.S Department of Defense takes a shine to open source

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:42:48 +0000

Open Source software has a role to play in the national interest and national security of the United States. That’s the gist of a new U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Memorandum providing clarifying guidance on the use of open source within the DoD.

Government Health and Social Services

windfallmedia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:34:33 +0000

Your citizens expect government to improve services, reduce waste and fraud, and increase efficiencies by streamlining processes. Without a safety net, the elderly, disadvantaged children, the sick, and others with real needs suffer. But policy changes, record management requirements, skyrocketing health costs, and system incompatibility is pushing current technology to its limit.