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(9/13/2007) High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smart phones, voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call, the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring. | (9/12/2007) The tragic collapse of a Minneapolis bridge over the Mississippi River in early August received a lot of media attention. But there was a story behind that story that got very little airtime, if any at all: The story of the role of the cityb s municipal Wi-Fi network in the response to and after the disaster. | (9/11/2007) Judge Victor Marrero, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruled that the Patriot Act provision that allows the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain ISP and telecom subscribers' billing, calling and Web surfing records without court approval violates the U.S. Constitution. | (9/10/2007) It would appear that the German government is sending mixed messages when it comes to computer hacking. After passing antihacking legislation earlier this year to crack down on the sharp rise in computer attacks in the public and private sectors, the government is now floating a plan to develop and smuggle its own spyware on to the hard drives of suspected terrorists through e-mail messages. | (9/8/2007) InterGovWorld.com readers write back | (9/7/2007) China has denied allegations that its military hacked a Pentagon network in June, the second time in as many weeks that the country has responded to charges of sponsoring computer attacks. | (9/7/2007) Canada's deputy ministers for service delivery have targeted a pan-Canadian framework for identification and authentication among their top 12 priorities for collaboration. William Stallings, co-author of the new book, Computer Security: Principles and Practice, offers his take on how identity management has evolved to a more federated, enterprise-wide model, and what it takes to get there. | (9/6/2007) Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Version 3 is a move to tie IT and business functions closer together, according to Ottawa-based chief architect Sharon Taylor. The result of a two-and-a-half-year development process, ITIL Version 3 looks to build on a thorough set of guidelines presented in previous releases by concentrating on the life-cycle management of IT services, rather than merely the execution of processes. | (9/5/2007) Rumours that Microsoft Corp. may purchase Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. are likely just that because of RIM's high price tag, although there would be benefits for both parties if a deal were struck, according to industry analysts. | (9/4/2007) For those in IT seeking to beef up their leadership skills, University of Fredericton's new online executive MBA program could be beneficial, according to the head of a Canadian association of IT professionals. The executive MBA, which focuses on leadership and relationship management skills, is set to begin its inaugural term this fall. |
  | |  | | 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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