The Whizbang Weekly

  • Will the Internet of Things need the “Clapper” ?

    Happy New Year !   With the new year comes economic worries with world oil prices dropping: good news for the consumer but not good for global economies it would seem. Which led me to thinking about the trending discussions.  One in particular: The Internet of Things, in that more and more sensors, devices, machines,…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Transformation and Innovation in Public Sector has new hope

    I have seen many “transformations” throughout my work with governments: from punch-card Fortran programming to client-server computing, to web, to mobile and social media. Almost every presentation I have seen over the past twenty years speaks to the government’s need to transform: to do more with less and to innovate. So far there has been…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Contextual Computing

    Campbell Robertson

  • Lions and Tigers and CAM: Oh My !

    With the excitement of the 3rd Platform (Cloud, Mobile, and Big Data) everyone is always discussing about where the information will be kept and managed and how the information will be accessed and analyzed. All-important aspects of innovating and developing Systems of Engagements vs. Systems of Record are hotly being argued. People also talk about…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Cloud Computing issues for the long haul

    Governments are beginning to experiment with Cloud computing, but unlike other industries they must deal with more regulations and policies. Governments of all sizes must be very stringent on their requirements for cloud providers. Namely, in-country or in-territory hosting security is a primary concern. Additionally, most governments want their employees at the same site as…

    Campbell Robertson

  • The importance of being Ernest: with e-mail

    I see it almost weekly now that some investigation or inquiry into a scandal or political wrongdoing relies more and more on email as evidence. Either the emails can’t be found (for obvious reasons) or when they are found they illuminate a further chain of evidence that the guilty party can’t hide.  All in all…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Can new ECM technology ease the complexity of document declassification

      Hidden complexity in document declassification  The explosion in digital records has made declassification a challenge, but recent document-leak events, including WikiLeaks, have heightened the pressure to ensure that all government documents and records being considered for declassification are managed securely prior to release. Typically, only the agency that creates classified information can declassify it.…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Access to information under pressure

    In 2013, over 704,000 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests were submitted to the United States Federal government, and roughly 95,000 remained backlogged at the end of the 2013 fiscal year. According to FOIA.gov, many requests were answered in an incomplete form and were usually missing information. Almost half of those requests were considered incomplete…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Update and Observations May 2014

    I have been meeting with government and healthcare organizations over the past few months and it apparent that there is a general frustration with existing work based technology and applications.  I have discussed this earlier; that we are technically “rich” in our personal lives and technically “poor at work. ERP, HRMS and CRM systems that…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Smart and Safe Cities: Command Centres a

    Smart and Safe Cities: Command Centres and Predictive Analytics http://ow.ly/w8f3v

    Campbell Robertson