IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities
[ Source: IBM ]
May 2012-
What if cities could improve services for their citizens without increasing costs? Cities are complex organizations, with numerous departments in charge of a wide range of essential functions, from water management to public safety. Collaboration across those groups is critical for addressing crises, successfully completing projects and enhancing the efficiency of daily operations.<br><br>
IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities offers a centralized, real-time collaborative environment for planning, organizing, ...
Government by design - Using strategic planning to design the business of government
[ Source: IBM ]
May 2012-
Government by design is the concept of applying strategic planning for government in a form that gives a comprehensive view of your entire organization and the services your organization provides. With repeatable and analytical strategic planning capabilities, your government organization can analyze capabilities and resources to achieve goals consistent with your strategy and priorities.<br><br>
This white paper introduces the IBM Rational? solution for government by design and describes how ...
Smarter Cities: The Challenges in Overcoming Aging Infrastructures
[ Source: IBM ]
May 2012-
The modern city is a system of systems. To become smarter, a city must be transformed to optimize the use of largely finite resources. IBM Rational solutions help plan and deliver Smarter Cities by aligning city, business and citizen interests and by prioritizing investments with the ability to execute and govern for a smart future. This ebook describes the roadblocks which stand in the way of cities attempting to streamline operations, gain greater efficiencies and ...
Advanced Case Management: Making its Mark on Key Government Sectors
[ Source: IBM ]
April 2012-
National, regional and local government organizations have the unending responsibility to ensure that they are running their programs as effectively as possible, based on the strategies they adopt and the technology available to them. Government agencies are discovering new opportunities within their case management practices to improve case outcomes, reduce handling costs and enhance program performance. Learn more
Unleashing Cloud Performance
[ Source: Riverbed ]
April 2012-
Want to eliminate spiraling cost and complexity of your IT infrastructure? Riverbed can help by delivering cloud services with LAN-like performance across your organization. In this whitepaper, we explore how WAN optimization from Riverbed can deliver on the promise of accelerated cloud performance for widely distributed enterprises.
Opening up government
[ Source: IBM ]
March 2012-
The pressure on governments to make better choices, deliver results and demonstrate accountability is intensifying. Recent headlines reflect tensions on multiple fronts due to economic and fiscal uncertainty amid social and political change.<br><br>
They also highlight new dynamics in the relationships among citizens, organizations and their governments long in the making. "Open" principles such as accessibility, transparency, collaboration and participation lie at the heart of these expectations.
ROI Case Study IBM DC Water
[ Source: IBM ]
March 2012-
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) provides water, sewer, and wastewater treatment services to nearly 600,000 residents, 1.6 million annual visitors, and 700,000 workers in the District of Columbia and parts of Virginia and Maryland.<br><br>
Nucleus Research examined DC Water's adoption of IBM Business Analytics and found that the deployment enabled employees to utilize more information when making decisions, resulting in lower contract labor costs, the recapture of ...
IBM Rational solutions for smarter government services
[ Source: IBM ]
February 2012-
Leading in the face of global challenges in our tumultuous time, where many governments face budget shortfalls and looming devicits and where governments in emerging economies are expanding services to improve the quality of life for citizens, services organizations are facing intense challenges.<br><br>
Many government agencies serve as the frontline response to citizen needs and are experiencing significant increases in the demand for services. At the same time, agencies ...
Delivering stakeholder-centric services from strategy to execution
[ Source: IBM ]
February 2012-
This report describes the challenges that arise during a transformation to stakeholder-centric or citizen-centric service delivery. It highlights the crucial roles that key business and IT capabilities play for any public sector organization navigating those challenges.
Private Sector Cyber Security as a National Security Issue
[ Source: Bloomberg Government ]
January 2012-
In this revealing study, Bloomberg Government discusses the need for the U.S. government and corporations to plug cyber-security gaps that threaten the economy, sensitive data and military communications. Bloomberg Government defense analyst Rob Levinson examines the ongoing efforts to expand the government's role in securing non-government systems, and discusses concerns over costs and privacy issues.