Slashing school energy costs paves way for state grants in Arlington, MA
School pilot of ICONICS fault detection technology, deployed on Azure, expands to other buildings and communities.
Microsoft Industry Blogs: Government
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From potholes to personalization: What Abu Dhabi is teaching us about AI-powered smart cities
City governments are embracing generative AI to modernize services, empower employees, and personalize citizen experiences.
Government cloud adoption: Certifications are speeding progress
As more government agencies vet and certify top cloud providers, cloud adoption will accelerate exponentially.
How “mobile-first, cloud-first” can help protect our most vulnerable citizens
Human traffickers use the anonymity of the Internet to exploit the vulnerable populations on which they prey.
Understanding the external challenges in the public safety landscape
Public safety organizations face quickly-changing external challenges that require them to rethink their daily operations by harnessing new technologies such as social media, mobility, and the intelligent cloud.
Spurring entrepreneurs to do more and achieve more
Michael Donlan explains how Microsoft Cloud for Government helps governments become more efficient in delivering new or improved services.
Office 365 approved for purchase by the DoD
The U.S. Army PEO EIS has awarded 50k seats of Microsoft Office 365 to Microsoft and Dell for Cloud Services, including e-mail and calendaring, Office Web Apps, unified capabilities like Microsoft Lync, and collaboration tools like SharePoint. The Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is available to any Department of Defense (DoD) Service, agency and mission partner without additional competitive process.
The IT arsenal available to us in the fight against human trafficking
The battle against human trafficking needs to use technology to mobilize the communities and alter the risk-benefit equation for this sinister trade.
Laying a sound foundation for cybersecurity
Much cybersecurity news today focuses on the emergence of new and complex threats and the widespread damage they can inflict on our society.
Microsoft and NOAA collaborate to enable data access and innovation across government and industry
As the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) works to fulfill its mission—to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment and to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources—it collects a lot of data. In fact, NOAA gathers more than 20 terabytes of data every day—more than twice the data of the entire print collection of the U.S. Library of Congress.
Engineering mobility for international fire brigades
Firefighters face crises on a daily basis, with lives-their own and the public’s-in the balance with every run they make. And as with all government services, they are faced with static or shrinking budgets with which to perform their missions.
Mobility means productivity for clinicians
This week Microsoft is showcasing solutions for health organizations at the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, where we’re talking with industry leaders and IT professionals about the difference that data, devices and cloud services can make in the industry.
Winners of the 2015 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards
The winners of the 2015 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards were announced at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15). Each year, Microsoft acknowledges forward-thinking health organizations and their technology solution partners that are using Microsoft technology to innovate and improve healthcare. It’s a great opportunity to showcase how industry leaders are taking advantage of modern devices and services to advance patient care, reduce costs, and streamline clinical and business processes.