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, ...
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
Analytics for Achievement Understand success and boost performance in primary and secondary education
[ Source: IBM ]
March 2012-
Few would dispute that education paves the way to personal and societal prosperity. Education has the power to lift people out of poverty, it also helps us live fuller lives, make wiser choices and contribute to our communities in more meaningful ways. Education creates equality by opening up opportunities to everyone, not just those with privileged backgrounds.<br><br>
Most countries recognize the importance of investing in high-quality education. The United ...
Improve your buildings IQ with IBMsolutions forSmarter Buildings: Better buildings for a better bottom line
[ Source: IBM ]
March 2012-
In today's building management environment, organizations are stretching out capital improvement projects and delaying upgrades. At the same time, they still must maintain their existing assets and ensure tenant satisfaction. They are looking for ways to consolidate space and improve space planning.<br><br>
Concurrently, energy costs are rising. Commercial buildings consume more electricity than any other type of physical asset or structure -- and they generate approximately 10 percent of all ...
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 ...
Got Strategy? How to Capitalize on the Mobile Revolution
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
November 2011-
Companies know they need mobile strategies but where should they begin? Mobile can change how your business operates and create strategic advantage but firm's need a strategy to capitalize on this opportunity. This presentation will discuss the three components that any mobile strategy should have, which includes deciding what goes mobile, understanding how to mobilize applications and services, and designing a framework for managing mobility.
Gamification for the Enterprise: Learn How to Supercharge Employee Motivation and Encourage Community Contributions
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
November 2011-
Rewarding behavior to increase productivity and engagement is just as applicable for enterprise companies as it is for the consumer space. Badgeville?The Behavior Platform?works with dozens of enterprise customers including Deloitte and X.commerce (the developer community of PayPal and eBay), Keas and The Active Network (for corporate health programs), and large technology companies across the globe to strategically apply gamification techniques to reach and exceed behavior-based business goals.
Social Channels: Engagement, Integration and Response
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
November 2011-
Increasingly, the customer doesn't really care which twitter handle is your official support or marketing channel or where the appropriate place on Facebook is to engage with you. This puts serious strain on organizations that have traditionally broken out functions by sales, marketing and support. Social Channels require that we rethink how we engage and route the right discussions to people with the best answers - be those in traditional customer touch point roles or ...
What's Next: Goal-Oriented Social Software
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
November 2011-
In an emerging trend, social software and social business principles are increasingly being applied to accomplish specific objectives. Measurable objectives. This is a change from the roles traditionally associated to social software: knowledge management, conversations, transparency, ermergence. These social principles have in many ways been the "end" themselves, or the means to a squishy, ill-defined end (e.g. "more collaborative"). What's changing is these principles are now the catalyst to achieving ...
Building a Rock Star Community Team
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
November 2011-
Whether you are inheriting a community or starting one from scratch, having the right community team is critical to your success. Learn best practices for determining the size team you need, organizing your team, aligning with business units, budgeting, maintaining consistency across the team and the skillsets you should be hiring for.