Tag: Public-private partnership

Leveraging Centralized Data to Benefit Residents

by on July 9, 2017 8:42 pm
California’s Deputy CIO, Chris Cruz, provided an illuminating account of the State of California’s efforts to modernize its IT systems and attract innovators to the public sector. One area that he discussed was the state’s efforts to reduce unnecessary waste (ex. eliminating separate servers for each state board, commission, or department by centralizing data storage… Read more Leveraging Centralized Data to Benefit Residents

Public Private Partnership and Gov Data Sharing

by on July 7, 2017 11:54 am
Last week’s guest lecture by Chris Cruz was a very useful intro into how the government is leveraging technology, data analytics and cloud computing specifically, to better serve the public and manage their central database. In the past, I have been especially interested in, for example, how the private sector players work with government in various… Read more Public Private Partnership and Gov Data Sharing

Leveraging local know-how through public-private partnerships

by on July 6, 2017 10:44 pm
Coming from Finland, where Nokia has been at the very core of a successful national innovation policy, I was surprised by the limited collaboration between the State of California and the tech giants in the region. I used to live a mile from Nokia’s HQ. When others dreamed about becoming ballerinas, I wanted to be… Read more Leveraging local know-how through public-private partnerships