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(3/6/2008) Sometimes a technology idea is too good to be true. A flexible keyboard, Internet voting and watching feature films on your smart phone are examples. Today, these concepts are still evolving, but they're broken right now. Read on to find out why and what can be done to fix them once and for all. | (3/6/2008) Sometimes a technology idea is too good to be true. A flexible keyboard, Internet voting and watching feature films on your smart phone are examples. Today, these concepts are still evolving, but they're broken right now. Read on to find out why and what can be done to fix them once and for all. | (3/3/2008) A Markham, Ont.-based hardware reseller has been charged by the RCMP for allegedly selling large quantities of counterfeit Cisco Systems Inc. networking equipment. Last February, the RCMP Greater Toronto Area Federal Enforcement Section searched Network IT offices, seizing approximately 1,600 counterfeit parts, worth an estimated $2 million. | (2/27/2008) Northwest Territories joins the list of eight provinces and territories that have joined BizPal, an online business that helps Canadian businesses identify which permits and licences they require and how to obtain them. | (2/21/2008) Organizations in both the public and private sector are tightening the screws on their Internet usage policies and enforcement procedures. The rise of social media such as Facebook and bandwidth-gobbling video sites such as YouTube is prompting many to revisit and tighten their rules, says Daniel Lublin, a Toronto-based employment lawyer. | (2/14/2008) The province of Newfoundland couldn't have handled a recent data breach any better, according to security expert, Rian Wroblewski. Wroblewski is the director of open source intelligence with New York-based Tony Joseph and Sons Investigation Inc., the private investigation agency that notified the Newfoundland government last month of a data breach in which a total of 694 files containing personal information were exposed. | (2/13/2008) HM Revenue and Customs has admitted that its Pensions Scheme online filing service was hit recently by technical failures similar to those that had previously stopped large numbers of users from filing their tax returns. | (2/4/2008) There is still a lot of work to do before even well connected countries realize the full economic benefits of ICT, according to a study ranking governments worldwide on their use of communications technology and infrastructure. | (1/25/2008) Governments have been taking tentative steps towards establishing a presence in the virtual world. And while the business case may yet to be proven, there is potential for the public sector to utilize virtual applications such as Second Life, says analyst Alison Brooks. | (1/24/2008) Video surveillance in public places is growing at a rapid clip across Canada. City after city is introducing or expanding it, even in smaller municipalities such as St. Catharines and Brockton, Ont., says Michelle Chibba, policy manager at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of Ontario. | (1/21/2008) A strong endorsement for software as a service has been given by a top official with the U.S. White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who said it can help federal agencies cut development costs. |
  | |  | | 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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