A new Deloitte study has highlighted the five elements of a smart health community based on interviews conducted by the company’s Center for Government Insights and the Center for Health Solutions with over 12 innovators.
Read More »Symantec’s Aubrey Merchant-Dest Calls for Adoption of ‘Defense-in-Depth’ Cybersecurity
Aubrey Merchant-Dest, federal chief technical officer at software company Symantec, wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday on Fifth Domain that approaching cybersecurity from a client-server perspective is no longer tenable due to the increasing civilian and military use of cloud services and mobile technologies. In the client-server model, cybersecurity is determined …
Read More »DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for Mobile Warfighter Health Analytics Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on May 16 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that aims to develop mobile technology to assess warfighters’ health condition and combat readiness. DARPA said May 2 the Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health program seeks to use data from cellphone sensors …
Read More »Microsoft Signs MoU to Help Jharkhand, India, Adopt Cloud Tech for Citizen Services
Microsoft‘s India-based subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian state of Jharkhand to explore cloud technologies that will work to address the state’s digital transformation goals. The company said Friday it will help Jharkhand explore cloud, machine learning and mobile platforms in a push to optimize citizen services and update education and agriculture facilities under the …
Read More »Parsons to Update Southern California Transport Data Exchange System
Parsons ha received a contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to modernize a system that works to facilitate transportation data exchange between approximately 125 agencies across Southern California. The company said Wednesday it will provide technologies with big data analytics and reporting features for the Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation System project. “Southern California …
Read More »Oceus Networks Unveils Mobile 4G LTE Products for Various Deployment Scenarios
Oceus Networks has launched three additions to its family of mobile 4G LTE products in efforts to support size, weight and power needs of different deployment scenarios. The Reston, Virginia-based mobile technology company said Wednesday its new Xiphos Micro, Xiphos Macro and Xiphos Mid platforms are designed to aid on-the-move teams, large deployments and both large and on-the-move deployments, …
Read More »Esri-Leica Partnership to Award Grants for Gov’t Field Mobility Projects
Esri and Leica Geosystems have collaborated to offer $143,250 worth of grants in goods and services to 10 U.S. government entities that submit project proposals on mobile technologies for field data collection. The Smart Communities Innovation Challenge calls for projects that demonstrate the value of integrating geographic information system and GPS technologies to support field mobility workflows, Esri said …
Read More »Appian’s Chris O’Connell Points to Gap Between Federal Enterprise Systems, Mobile Tech
Chris O’Connell, vice president for federal sales and public sector at Appian, believes there needs to be a closure to the gap between mobile technology and enterprise systems. O’Connell wrote in an opinion piece for GCN published Friday that government agencies and commercial users could use mobile devices to collaborate …
Read More »SolarWinds Report Examines Federal IT Mgmt Practices
A SolarWinds study indicates that some federal information technology professionals have trouble managing security risks due to an increased adoption of mobile devices and shadow applications. SolarWinds said Tuesday it collaborated with Market Connections to poll 200 federal IT leaders regarding their concerns over mobile technology, shared services and shadow …
Read More »Accenture Survey: 50% of US Adults Seek Mobile Access to Social Services
A survey conducted by Accenture indicates almost half of social service recipients in the U.S. would download and use mobile applications to seek assistance from caseworkers. The research also found that telephone and in-person visits are the primary methods for human services agencies and their clients to communicate, Accenture said …
Read More »Verizon Partners With Univ. of Texas to Promote Mobile Tech for STEM Learning; Justina Nixon Saintil Comments
Verizon and a teacher-preparation program at the University of Texas at Austin have introduced an initiative to train educators on how to integrate mobile technology into science, technology, engineering and math subjects. The company and UTeach Institute launched the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Higher Education program in September for science …
Read More »Verizon Unveils BlackBerry 10 Enterprise App for Healthcare Clients; Mike Ross Comments
Verizon has rolled out BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 for healthcare providers to use when accessing medical data and addressing patient privacy and security regulations. The BES10 regulated offering works to protect data, minimize risks and simplify deployments through Verizon’s 4G LTE network, Verizon said June 10. HIMSS Analytics says two-thirds …
Read More »Dell, Siemens Team to Provide Clinicians Cloud-Based, Archiving Solutions
Dell and Siemens formed an alliance to deliver cloud-based vendor-neutral image archiving and sharing solutions for healthcare clinicians. Dell said Siemens will incorporate Dell’s clinical data management software into its healthcare solution for image sharing and archiving. Dell said its cloud clinical archive solution will support Siemens’ healthcare cloud computing …
Read More »Airlines Soup Up Technology to Court Business Travelers
In attempts to tap into the recovering business travel industry, airlines across the United States are adding cutting-edge technology to their offerings. American Airlines recently added a mobile check in option, preventing the need to print boarding passes before going to the airport or waiting in long lines. Customers at …
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