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Cloud Of Government Data Grows Over Chicago
Source: Information Week | Author: Elizabeth Montanalbo | Date: March 26, 2012
“With the help of cloud service provider Socrata, the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago, and Cook County have developed and launched the Metro Chicago Data Convergence Cloud as part of a transparency effort connecting data from each jurisdiction via a cloud-computing environment.”
Chicago, Cook County and Illinois Start ‘Convergence Cloud’
Source: Digital Communities | Author: Jim Shilander | Date: March 21, 2012
“We are collaborating with our partners, the city of Chicago and Cook County, to not only break down the barriers between us and increase government transparency, but
also to apply the lessons learned in the world of information technology to create new opportunities for entrepreneurship, foster creativity and create jobs,” said Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.”
Is the Civic Cloud the Next Big (er, Small) Thing?
Source: Wired | Author: Mike Barton | Date: March 26, 2012
“The cloud is many things to many people, but to end users it’s all about making previously arduous tasks as easy as Dropbox is compared with previous methods for storing and sharing files online and between any device. With low approval ratings for the government spanning local, state and federal, it seems the cloud is set to deliver some good will.”
