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(10/2/2007) Nearly nine in 10 IT managers fear the security risks caused by remote working practices, new research has revealed. The main concerns stem from the fact that hackers can use remote connections as a "back door" into the company network or to the risk of the corporate network by the use of unauthorized software and Internet access. | (9/26/2007) The Ministries of Transportation and Community Safety & Correctional Services went home last night with two Diamond Awards each from Showcase Ontario. While law enforcement was a common theme in Transportation's awards, Deputy Minister Shelly Jamieson talked earlier today about some of the other "intelligent transportation" initiatives on the go. | (9/25/2007) Information technology is all about service, according to Ron McKerlie, corporate chief information and information technology officer, Ministry of Government Services. In addressing Showcase Ontario attendees at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre today, McKerlie's keynote stressed this year's service theme. | (9/25/2007) Google Inc.'s Street View application, which has raised privacy concerns because of the street-level images of locations it provides, will respect the local laws of the countries wherever it is available, the company's privacy counsel said yesterday in a company blog. | (9/25/2007) A new university program has been launched to address the need for a more holistic approach to privacy, identity and security management. The Identity, Privacy and Security Initiative (IPSI) was created by the University of Toronto in the spring of 2007 to develop new approaches to security that maintain privacy, freedom and safety of the user and the broader community. | (9/24/2007) The process of aligning people's hearts and minds is a difficult one that requires ongoing group discussion, and wrangling. The acid test of strategy is whether it informs and constrains decision-making by compelling leaders to align their functional goals and day-to-day decision-making to the goals of the enterprise. | (9/21/2007) If we want more women to choose technology careers, it'd only be fair to ask why women should want to be in IT. Much of the work capitalizes on women's greatest strengths, but CIOs admit the industry suffers from an outdated image, inadequate promotion and misperceptions about what exactly the work is. | (9/21/2007) If we want more women to choose technology careers, it'd only be fair to ask why women should want to be in IT. Much of the work capitalizes on women's greatest strengths, but CIOs admit the industry suffers from an outdated image, inadequate promotion and misperceptions about what exactly the work is. | (9/21/2007) InterGovWorld.com readers write back | (9/20/2007) More than a year after the federal government first proposed legislation allowing law enforcement to monitor mobile phones, e-mail, SMS and voicemail messages without a warrant, the amendments have finally reached the Senate with fiery debate expected to follow its introduction into the Upper House of parliament. |
  | |  | | 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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