Illinois DHS Digitizes Forms, Leverages Mainframe Technology

To most efficiently realize cost savings with an IT transformation, the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) decided against digitizing paper benefit eligibility forms the agency has been accumulating for years. Instead, starting early last year, the department started digitizing all new eligibility forms. DHS secretary Michelle R.B. Saddler said…

Posted on: March 16, 2013 1:00 pm

PAULCHIN : : SIGHTS & SOUNDS

Paul Chin returns to Kitch for an extra special DJ set! Sights & Sounds will not only be a night guided by Paul Chin through true school hip-hop & future bass, but will also feature VJing through the work of Beeple! Mike Winkelmann aka Beeple is a graphic designer &…

Posted on: March 16, 2013 8:00 am

Dimension Data To Highlight Mobility And Unified Communications …

NEW YORK, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Dimension Data, the $5.8 billion global ICT solutions and services provider, recently named a Leader in Gartner’s Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services and Cloud IaaS Magic Quadrants, announced today that it will showcase its leadership in enterprise mobility and unified communications and collaboration (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120402/NE80686LOGO)…

Posted on: March 16, 2013 8:00 am

MetLearn Chooses IOCOM to Educate Students About Meteorology

CHICAGO, March 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IOCOM, a leading provider of universal video conferencing solutions, today announced a partnership with MetLearn, a United Kingdom Meteorological Education Solutions Provider, for delivering meteorology sessions to students across the United Kingdom. The use of IOCOM Janet Connected Visimeet solution enables MetLearn to After 32 The…

Posted on: March 16, 2013 8:00 am

REA Group gets Jive talkin’

Melbourne-based REA Group (ASX:REA), operator of property website realestate.com.au, has used a collaboration software platform to help its employees participate in projects and cut down on the use of email. REA Group IT delivery service manager Damian Fasciani told Computerworld Australia that more than 600 employees use "The…

Posted on: March 15, 2013 6:00 pm

Jive Software gets serious about social

The first time Jive Software changed course, it was back in 2009. The company originally sold software for online discussion forums but after receiving $12 million in venture funding from Sequoia Capital, it expanded its focus to include social collaboration within businesses. Jive was a pioneer of the space, and one of…

Posted on: March 15, 2013 1:00 pm

The AfDB and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Launch Social Business in …

Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, delivered on March 13 a message of hope to Tunisians at a national conference on social business in Tunisia. The conference, which took place at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) in Carthage, was organized by the "No one…

Posted on: March 15, 2013 1:00 pm

Sega chooses Huddle to replace Sharepoint collaboration tools

Sega has replaced its Sharepoint system with Huddle’s cloud collaboration software, supporting the development of games such as its iconic Sonic the Hedgehog series. The software developer chose to implement Huddle to help improve collaboration tools between its UK and US teams, supporting communication between more than one hundred staff…

Posted on: March 15, 2013 1:00 pm

Global Unified Communications as-a-service (UCaaS) 2013 Market Report

The number of monarch butterflies migrating from Mexico to Canada has declined by almost 60% to the lowest level in 20 years. As a result, the population is now estimated at only a fraction of the number of butterflies that existed fifteen years ago.

Posted on: March 15, 2013 1:00 pm

Constructive Security Training For Application Developers That Works

Don’t believe the lie that developers don’t care whether their application code causes expensive vulnerabilities for their organizations. If the dev team is apathetic, then chances are that the security team and IT leadership aren’t giving them a reason or the means to care, application security pundits say. "If you…

Posted on: March 15, 2013 1:00 pm