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Michigan Data Center Consolidation: How Did They Pull It Off?
The state of Michigan has almost completed a massive data center consolidation effort which has reduced 17 mainframe data centers to two and will save an estimated $79 million in its first five years of operation. The effort started five years ago and incorporated a chargeback revolving fund that
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Atlanta's Fingerprint ID System Not Just For Criminals
Atlanta's Fingerprint ID System Not Just For Criminals
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N.Y. DMV Awards Contract for International Registration Plan
N.Y. DMV Awards Contract for International Registration Plan
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Preparing for Battle With the Private Sector
California's move to divest itself of its tangled network infrastructure is a victory of common sense in an environment of runaway network growth soaring costs and too many dotted lines on the organizational chart. John Thomas Flynn the state's CIO should be applauded for a plan that brings order t
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NEW TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS IN THE CIVIC SECTOR
Enhanced 911 Solutions to Local Governments
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John Thomas Flynn's California Network Nightmare
In the battle for the RJ11 jacks of California state workers John Thomas Flynn never had a chance.
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Pierce Co. Automates the Justice System
In Pierce County Wash. justice is blind and bitstreamed. The county anchored by the city of Tacoma and home to some 600 000 people may have the most sophisticated court system in the United States thanks to LINX the Legal Information Network eXchange. The system which eventually will network the l
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ALERT, THE NEXT-GENERATION PATROL CAR
In police work time and technology are often partners in the game of criminal pursuit.
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California, Ohio Add Intermec Corp. Products to Schedules
California, Ohio Add Intermec Corp. Products to Schedules
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Pinellas County, Fla., Ties Together Resources in Vision 2000
Pinellas County, Fla., Ties Together Resources in Vision 2000
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No more free rides on the community network
Has your jurisdiction been asked to participate in a community network?
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CAN YOU OUTSOURCE IT ALL?
As the cost of providing information technology services escalates and IT budgets shrink local governments are increasingly turning to outside contractors to achieve the efficiency and cost controls they have been unable to produce on their own.
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Keeping the police out of the office and on the street
With a population of 1.1 million spread across 908 square miles, police officers in Michigan's Oakland County were often in pursuitof paperwork.
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Desktop GIS
Geographic information systems (GIS) combine the analytical power of databases with the geographic capabilities of maps to produce reports that showat a glanceanything from demographic trends to the most appropriate site for a new hospital. GIS programs have long been used by engineers transporta
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