The Department for Work and Pensions' Government Connect project has just issued an alert to councils 'strongly advising' them to review any Windows Mobile deployments for security reasons.
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Mobile Working: Gov Connect Pulls the Plug
June 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Councils are being forced to turn off devices or meet the cost of purchasing and installing new IT equipment used for mobile working because they breach Government Connect's security standards.
A significant number of local authorities are finding current systems for running a mobile workforce aren't compliant with requirements set out [...]
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Links of the Week - 11 June 2009
June 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The Next Big Thing, VRM is Vendor Relationship Management (think the flipside of CRM) which is essentially about people power - giving customers control over their data. It's a concept attracting interest for how it would play for public services. (think personalisation, change-of-address services). Read the FAQ, check out a one-pager, follow Doc Searls' VRM [...]