On Forrester Blogs, John Rymer writes about multitenancy: Despite resource sharing, multitenancy will often improve security. Most current enterprise security models are perimeter-based, making you vulnerable to inside attacks. Multitenant services secure all assets at all times, since those within…
From IBM’s Center for the Business of Government. InterAct and I are mentioned on pages 21 and 34.
RATHER THAN BEING A HAZY CONCEPT, THE CLOUD CAN BE AXIOMATICALLY DEFINED AND RIGOROUSLY ANALYZED THROUGH A NEW APPROACH CALLED CLOUDONOMICS via Cloud Computing – Cloudonomics: A Rigorous Approach to Cloud Benefit Quantification.
Incorporating use of a read-only historical archive reduces the risk that conversion will be a stumbling block in CAD and RMS projects. Conversions are a costly and error-prone aspect of acquiring new CAD and RMS systems. Both CAD and RMS…
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The 2012 NASCIO Survey includes the table shown here (I added the bar chart for clarity). Those describing themselves as “highly invested” only grew by 1%, but 65% more reported having some applications in the cloud and considering others. Furthermore, those…
“We don’t care what smart people think. there aren’t that many of them.” Dilbert comic strip for 10/21/2012 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive..
Everyone in the public safety software business knows The Tiers. Agencies are ranked by population served. Vendors are classified according to their customers’ tiers. Exact definitions of the tiers vary but the concept is the consistent. Big cities are usually Tier…
Cloud Benefits for Public Safety Cloud Bene fits for Public Safety Ironically, cloud adoption by public safety has lagged many industries for which the benefit are not nearly as great. The nature of public safety applications is such that the advantages…
What is the Cost of a Wrong Idea?
In a panel discussion at the 2012 International Association of Chiefs of Police conference, former San Jose Chief Rob Porter talked about a project: Our department made the decision that we were going to customize a report writing software program,…