Intel helps digital communities
Santa Clara, Calif. — Intel Corp. is out to help municipal governments use wireless technology.
Under the Digital Communities initiative, Intel and a group of high-tech companies, are helping 13 pilot communities design, develop and deploy solutions and services for government efficiency, to promote economic growth, foster greater community satisfaction and try to bridge the digital divide.
The applications range from automating mobile workers such as meter readers and building inspectors to increasing the safety and enhancing resource management of first responders by remotely monitoring vehicle location to enhancing parent, teacher collaboration for improved student success.
Cleveland; Corpus Christi, Tex.; Philadelphia; Taipei and Westminster City Council, London, U.K. are among the worldwide model communities using technology industriously today.
So far none in Canada are planned.
Data on demand
ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM has brought out a new version of software that enables companies to use one simple method for transforming and integrating complex data from virtually any source, across mainframe and distributed systems.
The new technology is capable of integrating data on demand among different applications and services helps organizations use all of their data to support strategic business initiatives such as master data management, business intelligence, and regulatory compliance.
The introduction of IBM’s WebSphere DataStage TX version 8.0 reduces the complexity of data transformation across various enterprise data types and complex business processes that rely on relevant data for business decisions, according to IBM.
