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- Sourcing Governance Framework Bundles Demand and Manages Supply
- In a Dutch ministry the minister forced the four main directorates to join forces and share common resources and scarce competences. As a side result, a 10% reduction of headcount is experienced. In the effort to reorganize IT Services demand and supply, the ministry asked Quint to assist in designing...
- Tags: Sourcing, Ministry, Information Technology, It Services, Strategy, Management
- Case studies
- Portuguese Ministry Migrates Security Communications to Single Infrastructure
- The Portuguese Ministry of Homeland Security is responsible for civil protection and border control, two branches of the police, fire, and rescue services, and road safety. Traditionally, its branches have been highly independent, with separate communications networks. In 2005, the ministry decided to rationalise the investments by enlisting help from...
- Tags: Security, Ministry, Microsoft Corp., Portuguese Ministry Of Homeland Security
- Case studies
- UAE Ministry Cuts Worker-Permit Processing Time by 95 Per Cent With New Portal Solution
- The Ministry of Labour has full responsibility for employment and labour relations in the United Arab Emirates, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. With more than 2 million expatriates from 202 different nationalities needing to work there, the ministry wanted to automate work-permit and visa processing to...
- Tags: Ministry, Ministry Of Labour, Portals, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Enables Unattended Installation of Operating System and Applications in Less Than an Hour
- Taking advantage of Remote Installation Services RIS and Group Policy features in the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system, the Corporate Services Division Information Technology Management Branch ITMB, serving two British Columbia environmental ministries, was able to perform a completely unattended installation of both the operating system and applications in...
- Tags: Ministry, Operating System, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Software Upgrade, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software
- Case studies
- Seychelles Unites Three Main Islands Into Single IT Infrastructure in Just Four Years
- In 2001 the Republic of Seychelles found that it needed an automated electronic patient records system for its 81,000 citizens who live on 115 islands. At that time, the Ministry of Health and Social Services lacked IT skills and equipment, and used mostly paper-based systems. First, the government gained funding...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Patient, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Seychelles, Ministry, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Danish Foreign Ministry Selects Windows Vista and 2007 Office System as IT Platform
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark has selected Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system as its new IT platform to help support its approximately 2,400 employees at home and abroad. New communication possibilities as well as increased mobility and flexibility were crucial to the ministry's decision. The...
- Tags: Ministry, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites
- Case studies
- Oracle Case Study: Ministry of Health
- The Ministry of Health of the province of Buenos Aires is responsible for the public health of more than 13 million people who live in the 307,600 square kilometers area of Buenos Aires. The ministry wanted to update their database and development tools to provide quicker, more effective and structured...
- Tags: Ministry, Oracle Corp., Health Care, Productivity, Software Development, Healthcare, Storage, Databases, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Bulgarian Ministry of Transport and Communications Deploys IP-Enabled Disaster Recovery Centre
- Cisco Systems was selected to provide the network infrastructure at a new disaster recovery centre for the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport and Communications. The centre will rely on Internet Protocol IP networking to ensure critical government communications can be maintained across the nation's capital, Sofia, in the event of a...
- Tags: IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Ministry, Disaster Recovery, Networking, Data Management
- Case studies
- French Health Ministry recommends using moderation with cell phones
- According to a recent warning by the French Health Ministry, people -- particularly young people -- should avoid excessive cell phone use. While studies haven't proven any adverse health affects from mobile phones, the ministry recommends using caution and moderation when it comes to talking on these handheld devices. ...
- Tags: Ministry, Phone, Cell Phone, French Health Ministry, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Japanese bureaucrat gets reprimand for Wikipedia contributions
- A Japanese bureaucrat was so obsessed with the popular animated series Gundam that he contributed 260 times to the Japanese language Wikipedia page on the topic. He has been reprimanded for shirking his duties in favor of the Wikipedia contributions about the robots, officials said. Here's an...
- Tags: Ministry, Bureaucrat, Wikipedia, Agriculture Ministry, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Italian Education Ministry Doubles Efficiency, Halves Costs With New System
- The Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research MIUR wanted to improve the organisational and technical architecture of the national school system. It appointed a consortium, led by Microsoft Gold Certified Partner EDS, to undertake one of the largest public sector contracts in recent history. EDS deployed a software framework...
- Tags: Ministry, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Servers, Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-03-01
- Czech Portal Handles 10 Million Online Forms and Frees Officials From Paper Systems
- The Ministry of Informatics in the Czech Republic wanted to create a single solution for individuals and organisations to conduct online transactions with government ministries and public-sector agencies. It also decided to create a clearly defined interoperability standard for local software developers to write their own applications for direct communication...
- Tags: Ministry, Microsoft Corp., Czech Republic, E-government, Portals, Government, Internet
- Case studies 2007-02-01
- Calvary of Albuquerque (widget)
- Calvary of Albuquerque, keeping you up to date on all the latest information, including the latest news at Calvary, including the daily Solomon's Porch special. The Happenings all the details about upcoming events at Calvary. Daily Schedule view the ministry schedule for everyday of the week. Daily Photo view today's...
- Tags: Ministry, Photograph, Podcasts, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-07-06
- Greater Access to Data Helps Danish Foreign Ministry Resolve Network Issues Quickly
- For state security reasons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark uses two separate computer network environments. Multiple management groups in Microsoft Operations Manager MOM 2005 and Microsoft Systems Management Server SMS 2003 track the performance of the two environments. The ministry wanted a way to consolidate reports from these...
- Tags: Ministry, Microsoft Access, Network, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Networking
- Case studies 2006-04-01
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- Danish Foreign Ministry Enhances IT Security and Efficiency With New Operating System
- Recent expansion by the Danish Foreign Ministry challenged its need to operate under secure conditions, while using often limited and inconsistent connections. The Ministry urgently needed to adopt new workstation operating systems that offered enhanced security features, communication potential for remote users, and centralized administration. The Ministry upgraded 2,100 workstations...
- Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Operating System, Remote Access, Workstations, Telecommunications, Security
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Technological Innovation Improved, Move Completed Issue-Free With Service Plan
- For more than 15 years, the Ministry of Finance in the Netherlands has operated in a Microsoft IT environment. To ensure it was experiencing the full benefits of this infrastructure, the Ministry engaged with Microsoft Premier Support Services. The personalized assistance enabled by the service offering, including an assigned technical...
- Tags: Innovation, Microsoft Corp., It Services, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2006-11-01
- Networking and Operating System Training Increases Employment Rate for Korean Ministry of Information and Communications
- The Korean Ministry of Information and Communications is the Korean government's arm responsible for all IT related events, forecasts, needs, and preparation to drive and gain competitiveness as the world's leading IT country. The Ministry needed to find a way of meeting its objective of increasing the IT skilled labor...
- Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Network, Information Technology, Operating System, Training, Strategy, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Ministry of Urban Development Protects Critical Data
- The Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for formulating, sponsoring, and supporting housing and urban-development programs in India. The Ministry wanted to automate all processes involved in the allocation of residential units to make the procedure as transparent as possible and facilitate maintenance and ensure records are updated promptly. It...
- Tags: Accommodation, Oracle Corp., Allocation, Ministry Of Urban Development, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
- Case studies
- Belgian Ministry of Finance Improves Training Efficiency With IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning
- The Belgian Ministry of Finance had been relying on classroom-based education to train employees with some waiting lists of 15 months or more. To improve employee productivity and speed education delivery, the Belgian Ministry of Finance wanted to modernize its educational system by introducing e-learning. As the organization considered how...
- Tags: Workplace, IBM Workplace, Training, Finance, IBM Corp., E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2006-11-21
- Danish Ministry Saves U.S.$500,000 on Deployment, Speeds Updates by 75 Percent
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark needs increasingly effective and cost-effective ways to manage a growing technology infrastructure. Its solution: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. The solution is enabling the Ministry to save almost U.S.$500,000 in labor and expenses to send personnel worldwide to deploy Windows Vista, to...
- Tags: Deployment, Solution, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Case studies 2007-11-01
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