Cloud computing

EU: Open Forum Europe: Cloud computing a way out of vendor lock-in

Mon, 30/01/2012 - 19:56 — Anonymous
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ePractice.eu
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European public administrations can avoid being locked-in by IT vendors when moving to cloud computing that is firmly based on principles of transparency, open access and open standards, says Open Forum Europe (OFE), an organisation advocating the use of open standards in ICT.

 

Cloud Computing in the Public Sector II: the EGB Masterclass

Wed, 07/12/2011 - 10:14 — Anonymous
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E-Government Bulletin
In the wake of the government’s new cloud computing strategy published last month, how far and fast is the public sector likely to move, and what results can we expect? Andrew Carr (pictured), sales and marketing director at Bull UK & Ireland, has the answers. EGB: What are the benefits of cloud computing for the public [...]

FR: Ile-de-France region to provide cloud version of LibreOffice

Thu, 27/10/2011 - 09:03 — Anonymous
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ePractice.eu
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The government of the Ile-de-France region teamed up with The Document Foundation to provide a 'Software as a service' (SaaS) version of LibreOffice - the Foundation's free office suite - to a wide range of upper secondary education actors, it was announced at the LibreOffice Conference held in Paris on 12-15 October 2011.

Fast and Flexible Customer Service in the Cloud

Mon, 03/10/2011 - 16:41 — Anonymous
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E-Government Bulletin
Sponsored Case Study: South Ribble Borough Council and Firmstep. It’s unfortunate but true that many councils’ customer relationship management (CRM) systems are over-engineered and under-used. In other words, money is being wasted: and these days, that is hardly acceptable. This was certainly found to be the case at South Ribble Borough Council back in 2009 when a [...]

Cloud Computing in the Public Sector: The EGB Masterclass

Tue, 14/06/2011 - 15:06 — Anonymous
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E-Government Bulletin
More than a third of public sector bodies have already entered the cloud – at least partially. But cloud computing still holds risks and fears for government and local government. What is the best way forward? In the latest in our series of masterclasses, Lawrence Jones (pictured, above), founder of hosting specialist UKFast, has the [...]

UK Government Set To Publish New Cloud Strategy

Wed, 01/06/2011 - 12:14 — Anonymous
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E-Government Bulletin
The UK government is set to publish a cloud computing implementation strategy in the next three months, Joe Harley, the UK government’s chief information officer (CIO), told this month’s meeting of the Parliamentary IT Committee (PITCOM). “I believe we are moving towards a cloud environment that is going to radically change how services are delivered,” Harley [...]

EU: Commission seeks views on how best to exploit cloud computing in Europe

Wed, 01/06/2011 - 10:09 — Anonymous
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ePractice.eu
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The European Commission is seeking views from citizens, businesses, public administrations and other interested parties on how to fully benefit from 'cloud computing'. The online public consultation will run until 31 August 2011.

CZ: New figure to symbolise cloud computing

Tue, 26/04/2011 - 08:48 — Anonymous
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ePractice.eu
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On 5 April 2011, the Czech Ministry of the Interior presented Klaudie, a female cartoon figure, as a new symbol of eGovernment in regard to the phenomenon of cloud computing.

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