Tag: Government

Why Banks are Being Slow to Invest in Cloud Computing

We are in the midst of a new technological revolution, but its progress is being halted by outdated data protection laws, and the reluctance of governments to adapt in light of these new opportunities. Cloud computing poses massive benefits across the board – to businesses, governments and individuals. Benefits include greater flexibility, disaster recovery, automatic… Read more Why Banks are Being Slow to Invest in Cloud Computing

Online Voting: Political Science Fiction

  Enable people to vote online (e-voting) can potentially increase the voter base. Security challenges are preventing states from implementing e-voting. E-voting has to be verifiable for the individual (voter) and universally (ballot). Casting votes online for big scale political elections and votes is still far away.   “Online voting will come” says Chris Cruz,… Read more Online Voting: Political Science Fiction

How Open is Your Government?

The presentation by Mr. Chris Cruz, the Deputy Director and Deputy State Chief Information Officer of State of California, gave me valuable insights into a number of initiatives of technology utilization in the State of California. Here, I would like to explore more on open data topic. I totally agree with Mr. Cruz that providing… Read more How Open is Your Government?

Comparing IT Trends in California and the Department of Defense

Chris Cruz, Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Technology (CDT) and Deputy State Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the state of California, presented a thought provoking look at the emerging information technology (IT) developments in his state. He highlighted three key trends for the state: Utilizing open source and open data environments to… Read more Comparing IT Trends in California and the Department of Defense

Law Enforcement Agencies

As the world gathers this weekend in Singapore for the Annual  Interpol  World Congress to discuss law enforcement cooperation, we are all reminded of the impact of AI/IoT/Cloud/Big Data technology in advancing law enforcement. The policing landscape is changing very fast: the summary below looks at covering some of the emerging trends in law enforcement.… Read more Law Enforcement Agencies

Government & IoT: End user, Regulator or Infrastructure provider?

Imagine Pandora sitting and staring at her box. In a few moments, she will open its bronze lid and release fear, death, and plague into the world . . . but right now she is wracked with uncertainty. What’s inside? The box might contain untold riches to help her new kingdom—but Zeus warned her never… Read more Government & IoT: End user, Regulator or Infrastructure provider?

Leveraging local know-how through public-private partnerships

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

Opening our data – is it worth the risk?

Big data and its analysis is a hot topic, but it is not just reserved for the world’s leading tech companies. Big data is creeping into business all over the world, into the way cities run, and even into the way governments go about their business. The potential uses for analysis of large data sets… Read more Opening our data – is it worth the risk?

California's open data endeavor

Chris Cruz, deputy director and deputy chief information officer for the state of California, talked about the current technology-wise projects the state has, such as the consolidation of the state’s many data centers into only a few, the implementation of cloud technology, cybersecurity, and the open data and transparency initiatives. In this post, I will… Read more California's open data endeavor

California emulating the approach to adopt the industry trends of enterprise world

The discussion from Chris Cruz, Deputy Director & Deputy State CIO of the State of California revealed and validated a government approach to the current emerging enterprise infrastructure in bringing innovation, simplicity and secure access to the end users. DC consolidation initiative This is the global trend now in most of the enterprise world where… Read more California emulating the approach to adopt the industry trends of enterprise world