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,…
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,…
From IBM’s Center for the Business of Government. InterAct and I are mentioned on pages 21 and 34.
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…
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…
Capital must protect itself in every way…Debts must be collected and loans and mortgages foreclosed as soon as possible. When through a process of law the common people have lost their homes, they will be more tractable and more easily…
McCain’s move: Putting priorities or politics first? – CNN.com: “Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, called McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign the ‘greatest single act of responsibility ever taken by a presidential candidate.”
Wall St. Moral Rot: Spreading To Politics, Main St.? : NPR
Feature Bloat Epidemic Threatens Public Safety Systems
Based on this informal Linkedin poll, 70% of us agree with the proposition that we could live with half the features in our applications, and that performance and reliability are more important qualities. This is not a surprising result.…