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The Internet of Things: It’s all about the data 

The emerging Internet of Things brings the opportunity for local, regional, and national governments to discover relationships in seemingly unrelated data and proactively provide more efficient services to citizens - but the challenge is in managing the data, not the devices and sensors.

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Governments worldwide embracing IoT 

By connecting the people, processes, and assets already at work in government, the Internet of Things (IoT) can help governments tackle their most pressing problems.

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Beyond EMRs: What’s next for health IT? 

In October, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit. Titled “Memory. Mood. Movement,” and focusing on the future of neurosciences and the overall state of healthcare innovation, it was an incredible learning and sharing experience.

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Hospital saves time, improves EMR access control—Part 2 

This is part two of a two-part blog series covering the highlights from my conversation with Sean O’Connor, Executive Director of Information Services at Grady Health System. In part one, I covered how Grady is using a Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) solution that works with its PeopleSoft human resources (HR) system and Epic EMR to improve access control and increase efficiency.

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How Delphi Automotive transformed its business model with connected-car services 

Over the past year on this blog, my team and I have talked a lot about the exciting opportunities today’s technology innovations are creating in the manufacturing world—the opportunities for manufacturers to improve operations, to reinvent productivity, to more quickly bring products to market, and even to completely transform business models.

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Toward a Twenty-first-Century Digital Government 

Recognizing that too many government websites and mobile services aren’t working as they should, take too long to develop, or are delivered over budget, last year the White House launched the U.S. Digital Service as a way to improve digital government.

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Fighting crime with big data analytics 

As law enforcement officials gear up for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference and Exposition this weekend, they are focusing on how they can use technology to make their communities safer. One area in which technology can help is big data analytics.