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(1/3/2008) As we welcome the New Year, it's also a time to reflect and look back on the news that resonated with our readers in 2007. The most-read stories run the gamut of topics, from free WiFi scams and hot public sector IT trends to the realities of Facebook for the government. Read on for the top 10 stories of 2007. | (12/14/2007) Microsoft Thursday released the first public beta of its virtualization technology, shipping the bits ahead of its previously planned date in early 2008. The Hyper-V virtualization beta originally was scheduled to ship when Windows Server 2008 was completed. | (12/4/2007) Increasing service delivery while driving down per unit cost is the goal that the Ontario government wants to attain through a common infrastructure and information technology strategy. Ontario CIO Ron McKerlie outlined this vision and the role that private partners play at an ITAC-hosted forum in Toronto this week. | (11/28/2007) Service Canada has opened a new service centre in Kuujjuaq, located in northern Quebec, to better serve the needs of the Inuit population in Nunavik, Quebec, according to a statement issued by the federal agency. | (11/23/2007) The U.K government has come to the defence of the security measures for their UK $5.6 billion ID cards scheme as the result of the data loss crisis at the U.K government's HM Revenue and Customs. | (11/9/2007) It's that time of the month again as Microsoft gets ready to issue November's monthly security update, which fixes known flaws in the company's Windows operating system. Don't be surprised, however, if the list of security updates is unusually short this time around. | (11/7/2007) Mississauga, Ont.-based Credit Valley Hospital embarked on a $300-million expansion program that saw the hospital doubling its size. That also meant increased demand on the IT department for enhanced communication services. How the hospital is alleviating some of its IT department's woes. | (10/29/2007) The Greater Toronto Airports Authority embarked upon a massive renovation several years ago, and decided to double up on its improvements by implementing an infrastructure management system that has now paid off in the form of improved efficiency and streamlined maintenance.
| (10/19/2007) The UK's NHS Connecting for Health is seeking interest from local authorities to pilot system to share information between social services departments and the planned NHS National Care Record Service. The electronic record service is at the heart of the NHS's US$25 billion National Programme for IT, but has been the subject of much controversy. | (10/12/2007) Mobile devices are everywhere these days, and people everywhere have greater expectations. Coupled with the heightened expectation of service delivery from the private sector, citizens expect something similar from their governments. Solving these challenges is not and has not been cheap. It's about balancing the cost against the need to implement policy. | (10/12/2007) Mobile devices are everywhere these days, and people everywhere have greater expectations. Coupled with the heightened expectation of service delivery from the private sector, citizens expect something similar from their governments. Solving these challenges is not and has not been cheap. It's about balancing the cost against the need to implement policy. |
  | |  | | Blog Spotlight: Sandford Borins |  | As Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, Sandford Borins brings InterGovWorld.com readers exclusive insights into how and why the public sector is changing. You'll find new perspectives and questions, observations and objectives, lessons and answers. Cover to Cover, the blog by Prof. Sandford Borins, appears every Thursday. Inside Cover to Cover | |
| | | Unified Communications |  | Unity is a word often heard in the public sector, with myriad agencies and departments looking to foster collective thinking around some of today's most pressing issues. The word, however, doesn't usually get mentioned in the same breath as technology. That's a situation, though, that might soon be changing, thanks to a new software platform known as unified communications.
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