12,427 miles on a motorcycle: Open Government Tour
Posted by Openness Team This summer, Richard Pietro, a member of the Make Web Not War Community (MWNW), is hitting the road for a 90-day motorcycle trek across Canada to raise civic awareness and...
View ArticleUK government saves by running Windows and Linux loads on Hyper-V
FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Services provides IT services, primarily to the UK Government. FCO Services upgraded to Windows Server 2012 R2 to gain better support for the Linux operating...
View ArticleCity of Barcelona deploys big data BI solution to create a Smart-City template
Barcelona wanted better insight into government effectiveness—it needed a solution that could collect and analyze data from its systems and public sources such as social media, software log files, and...
View ArticleHow to hack for a cause
There is a sea of information out there just waiting to be turned into actionable insights. Oftentimes, even tidbits that appear irrelevant can, with fresh context, suddenly bring new insight to your...
View ArticleRealizing the potential of open data
Big data. Small data. Open data. There is an ever-expanding volume of data that can be used to deliver higher-quality, more affordable products and services. Governments worldwide have now opened up...
View ArticleCity of Ulm uses the cloud to engage citizens on community development
The former Hindenburg Barracks in Ulm, Germany, had long been unavailable to the public. When the German Federal Armed Forces moved out, the barracks were to be converted to public use, and the City of...
View ArticleEgypt’s Ministry of Youth and Sports engages youth with cloud solution
“To achieve our targets we need a strong hosting platform, one that is reliable, flexible and scalable and one that can support our open source architecture. Azure provides all this and more.” —Tarek...
View ArticleAdvancing digital government with open and trusted cloud services
The open technology movement has evolved to create an ecosystem of interoperable platforms and solutions that enable customers to share code and maximize value of their IT investments. Microsoft has...
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