Contributed Solutions

Government Technology works with industry-leading technology companies to highlight innovative solutions to state and local government challenges. The following are vendor-contributed solutions case studies and whitepapers.

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Managed Network Services for State Government Agencies
February 2012, Sponsored by Hughes
This white paper presents an overview of Hughes’ new Converged Broadband Architecture (CBA) with patent pending ActiveQoSTM technology which overcomes the inherent performance challenges associated with running your data, voice and video applications over a broadband network. CBA represents a truly new networking paradigm by providing even faster performance than MPLS, over affordable broadband for the distributed government network.

Asset Management for Local Government
February 2012, Sponsored by IBM
When individual departments use separate systems to manage their own assets, the result can be a complex, multi-layered enterprise. Local governments need to look at enterprise solutions that allow them to take an enterprise asset management approach to maintain their assets, deliver services and improve performance of the government as a whole.

Open Government Analyst Briefing
January 2012, Sponsored by OpenText
Check out the newly released open government analyst briefing by the Government Business Council, the research arm of Government Executive magazine, and OpenText . The report includes a high-level overview of the current state of open government, what it means, and how it can improve operations. Government employees share how they’ve improved internal processes and public services.

The Mobility Advantage: Reduce cost, generate revenue and increase operational efficiency
January 2012, Sponsored by Motorola
This white paper will explore how mobility can help state and local government agencies contain costs and increase revenue by eliminating the hidden inefficiencies and opportunities for error in today’s business processes, enabling dramatic increases in productivity, data accuracy and revenues- without impacting quality of services.

State and Local Government Data Management Challenges
January 2012, Sponsored by Dell
Government Technology recently surveyed state and local government leaders on their challenges around data storage. Read this executive summary to see how prepared government agencies feel they are in combating complex data management and rising costs – and the projects and plans they have for the future.

Toward Citizen Services and Collaboration: e-Government in the 21st Century
December 2011, Sponsored by Kofax
Creating a coherent “e-government landscape”, requires substantial changes in the way government agencies handle their information assets — particularly data and document management and archiving. This paper explains how software solutions automating data entry and capture driven business processes let you master the necessary transitions.

Understanding Total Costs of Ownership (TCO) for Mobile Computing Devices
October 2011, Sponsored by Motion Computing
While tablets are powerful productivity tools to access, input, transmit and act on data from the field, the TCO of these devices includes much more than the initial purchase price. Learn how other factors, including downtime due to device failure and unauthorized changes made by end users, can lead to diminished productivity and higher TCO for your mobile devices.

Top 10 Reasons to Automate Your Government AP Processes
September 2011, Sponsored by Kofax
Government finance organizations are charged with reducing costs, improving performance, achieving regulatory compliance, increasing visibility and transparency, and enabling the agency’s strategic initiatives – all at the same time. You know these challenges. You’ve addressed many of them. But how do you capture the elusive AP automation best practices that will take you to the next level of efficiency? Download this whitepaper, grab a cup of coffee and count down the top 10 ways to justify, plan and execute your path to AP automation, from “Complete and Clear Visibility” to “Maximize the Ever Dwindling Budget”.