Office 365 helps customers with IRS 1075 regulatory compliance
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month—a great time to discuss how state and local governments keep taxpayer data secure and private.
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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.
Microsoft Embraces an Open Cloud for Digital Government
The government’s Cloud First strategy has identified some $20 billion in savings available as a result of moving traditional IT to cloud services. In light of this, and recognizing that the future of IT is in the cloud, the Federal government has begun to make some bold moves to advance a modernization agenda. This includes
Cities & cybersecurity: Why trust Microsoft?
By 2020, it’s predicted that more than 50 billion objects—everything from built-in automobile sensors to health monitoring devices—will be part of the IoT.
Cities and sustainability – joining forces and expertise at Microsoft and around the world
Investing in information and data as a resource will allow cities to be able to service increasing populations more efficiently and with less waste.
FedRAMP, Akamai, and Microsoft: Better together
Multiplying the value of its cloud strategy must be at the top of the list for every Federal agency today.
The era of ambient intelligence for cities
The best strategy for cities today is to begin to explore and experiment with the IoT—using vendors that you know and trust.
NYC Office of Emergency Management
The CityNext Team recently caught up with James McConnell, the Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Data at the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), to ask a few questions about the agency’s new big data solution. Here’s what he had to say.
Digital policing evolves in a new era of cyber crime
The threat picture for law enforcement is changing rapidly – and in a borderless, constantly evolving society, new trends require new solutions to ensure the protection of citizens. At the first ever World Innovation Conference on The Future of Law Enforcement Information Management (WICLEIM 2014) , held last week in Amsterdam, global leaders gathered for multifaceted discussion on the future of law enforcement innovation and the paradigm shift happening across the industry.
The County of Los Angeles ensures cost savings, modernization and compliance with Office 365 deployment
The County of Los Angeles is moving 100,000 users to Microsoft’s cloud solution to better meet the needs of citizens and county employees.
Microsoft social listening delivers more for open source intelligence
Public safety officials hold a breadth of tremendous responsibility. From overseeing citywide events to responding to natural disasters to anticipating and responding to manmade threats, officials are constantly seeking innovative ways to get the information they need to protect their communities.
Climate change: Its your move
If any doubt remained, a spate of new reports makes it clear that climate change is real and our efforts to rein it in are falling short. In fact, a report released by a United Nations panel in April reveals that greenhouse gas emissions are growing faster than ever.
Enabling police on the front lines
Police investigations depend on data, and ensuring that the data is accurate and readily available to police in the field is a powerful way to make officers more productive and help them in ensuring the safety of our communities. Forces can no longer continually spend their IT budget on ‘keeping the lights on’, or delivering monolithic IT programmes.