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Modernize public finance with AI: Informed budgeting for economic growth
To make every budgeted dollar count towards economic growth, finance leaders should shift towards informed budgeting. Informed budgeting uses performance metrics, citizen needs, and economic forecasts to allocate resources more effectively. Here’s how this approach can benefit public finance agencies and economies.
Create innovative, transformative improvements with the Internet of (Your) Things
Microsoft and our partners believe IoT starts with your things; where “your things” are what matter most to you.
Glasgow City Council
With a population of approximately 600,000, Glasgow is Scotland's largest city and the commercial capital of the country. It is the UK's second largest retail centre and one of Europe's top 20 financial centres.
Open Data/Open Government- What Should Cities Really Focus On?
At the highest level, it is about government posting their data online for consumption, which leads to more transparency and more value to citizens and organizations.
Achieving resilience against modern cyberthreats
Our whitepaper explores how you can protect, detect, and defend against modern cyberthreats in your enterprise. As our use of mobile computing and social media grows, so does our exposure to risk.
Measuring city performance
Across the globe, people continue to flock to cities. Today, in fact, more than half the world’s population lives in an urban area. And according to a 2013 report by the United Nations, more than 75 percent of people will be living in cities by 2050.
HP ElitePad healthcare tablet steals the show at HIMSS Asia Pacific
icrosoft was thrilled to support HP’s presence at the event, which was centered on the theme “HP Digital Healthcare Solutions: Harness the power of mobility to deliver improved patient care.”
“Civic Tech” in Government: Vectoring the collaborative, open and transparent ethos, platforms and processes of the civic technology movement into government
Jeff Friedman discusses the experiences in his career with working in and around city government and the increasingly used technology to cultivate civic participation and innovation.
3 ways to fund smart-city initiatives
There’s no shortage of new ideas to help cities address the challenges of urbanization. But city leaders, who are still making do with limited budgets, tell me they don’t have a lot of options to pay for these ideas. What they’re searching for is a solid business model, a blueprint for bringing together the right funding
Moving state IT to Microsoft’s Cloud for Government
See why major governments across the U.S. are modernizing their state IT operations with Microsoft Cloud for Government.
100 Resilient Cities and Microsoft partner to build city cybersecurity strategies
100 Resilient Cities (100RC) has announced Microsoft as their newest Platform Partner.
3 top areas for cloud investment
As governments worldwide become cloud-first environments, they’re wondering where to place their bets for fastest impact. Here are the top three areas.