Wednesday, May 07, 2003

Homeland Security is Local, Local, Local. Hap Cluff is the CIO for the City of Norfolk. Norfolk has established a local disaster preparedness and emergency response plan. Their model for collaboration has gotten some publicity. Hap's primary point: local government and local CIOs are on the front lines in Homeland Security. The problem is bridging data silos, not only inside local government, but with other government agencies at the county, state, and federal level, as well as volunteer organizations like the Red Cross and Salvation Army. Unless you bridge these silos, first responders won't have the resources that they need to do their job. [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog] 4:10:29 PM

Fiorina Touts Adaptive Enterprise Strategy. Hewlett-Packard's strategy has shown its mettle over the past 12 months, said Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] 4:09:46 PM

Microsoft plans error reporting tool for enterprises. Microsoft plans to offer corporate customers a version of its Dr. Watson error reporting tool to help administrators pinpoint and solve software problems, a Microsoft executive said Tuesday. [Network World Fusion NetFlash] 4:09:27 PM

PeopleSoft Aims To "Offload" Tech Manager Tasks. Software maker pitches taking every day tasks away from corporations' technology staffs, so that constrained budgets could be spent on new software products rather than maintenance and operation of existing systems. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] 4:08:21 PM

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