Edmonton is the fourth municipality in Canada moving ahead with open government initiatives. The challenge is helping people understand ‘we are like the new city,’ says CIO Chris Moore, who made five major announcements at the Open Data Workshop
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Google, PayPal and Equifax are the first identity providers to offer access to U.S. government Web sites via a new trust framework operated by Open Identity Exchange.
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In their first appearance as co-CEOs Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott said the major change they bring is speed to act on creating offerings and bringing value to customers. An Info-Tech Research analyst says there is much more that fuelled the leadership change
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PayPal will open an applications store this year where developers can offer their wares, the latest step in the company’s multi-pronged strategy to deepen its relationship with external programmers.
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The Wind Energy TechnoCentre will use OSIsoft’s data collection and archiving software to determine how frigid temperatures impact wind power turbines. Find out why they’ve embarked on the project and who they hope will use the collected data
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When considering strategic business intelligence needs, would you put your faith in the cloud? Profiles of two companies draw a clear line between where the nascent BI-as-a-service offerings fit — and don’t fit — in business today.
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A new Web-based application will allow HR professionals to get access to real-time and historical hiring information from Wanted Technologies’ massive job ad database. Find out what the tool does and who it’s targeted at
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Business analytics vendor SAS Institute and consulting firm Accenture are joining forces to help customers manage business intelligence. Analysts think the move puts SAS/Accenture in competition with IBM.
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At a ComputerWorld Canada TechInsights event about driving business innovation with smart analytics, IBM Canada execs say they want to help IT pros deliver to ever-more demanding users as they catch on to analytics. Toyota Canada and T4G share their experience with analytics
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PayPal has suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in the country. The move may be related to new Indian rules on verification of clients’ identities.
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