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(4/24/2006) It's all about connectivity. Connecting citizens with new technologies provides opportunities that impact every aspect of the community, according to Carolyn Purcell, director, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group.
| (4/21/2006) A lack of political recognition and big business backing threatens to stunt the growth of Toronto's $35 billion information and communication technology (ICT) sector, according to a report released Wednesday. | (4/13/2006) There's more to NASA then flying shuttles to outer space. In fact, there's a whole lot going on behind the scenes now that the rocket scientists are simplifying their IT infrastructure management, including the outsourcing of desktop services.
| (4/12/2006) Scott Rourke, president, OneCleveland vividly recalls the morning of January 17 when he opened his Inbox, and saw the e-mail he had been waiting for. It had Congratulations in the subject line, but this time it wasn't spam! | (4/10/2006) A teenaged programming wiz who wrote his first DOS command at the age of four has joined software companies in calling for simpler and updated intellectual property laws. | (4/7/2006) An IBM supercomputer directly related to the famous Deep Blue that battled chess grand master Gary Kasparov in 1997 has recently been recruited to aid Canadian researchers in the fight against cancer. | (4/7/2006) Although there have been numerous incidents of lost or stolen data storage devices dangerously exposing thousands of confidential and private information files, a fiasco that came to light in British Columbia in March came with a twist: this time, the data was neither lost nor stolen; it was sold, albeit unknowingly, by the B.C. government through an auction of over 40 data tapes. | (4/4/2006) Anticipating fierce opposition from operators, the European Commission Monday opened a six week-long consultation about its plans to slash the cost of using a mobile phone on the move. | (3/30/2006) In many remote communities in Northern Ontario, there are seasons when the main link to the outside world is a phone box. The KNet network has changed that for more than 60 communities in the region. | (3/30/2006) Over the past three years, homeland security has been a major priority for North America and around the world. On a daily basis, people have been tuning in to hear the most recent information on the war on terror and determine the latest national threat level. |
  | |  | | 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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