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Street Smarts: Jacksonville Forges a High-Tech Future in Mass Transit

State Tech Magazine

Roughly two years after Nathaniel Ford became Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO in 2012, JTA launched what Ford refers to as “a very aggressive approach related to technology.” We have a very well-developed highway network here; commuting to and from work is rather easy and comfortable,” he says. There's also the cultural…

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UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since the database opened in 2012, more than 30,000 researchers from 90 countries have registered to use UK Biobank. UK Biobank hopes to see the development of complementary biobanks in more countries, as these are essential for capturing detail about disease progression in diverse demographics and environments.

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How an open source EMR system has transformed patient healthcare in more than 50 countries

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Thoughtworks team first created Bahmni in 2012 for a charitable hospital in a remote part of central India, Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS), through our social impact program. To support the growing community and its needs, Thoughtworks formed the Bahmni Coalition of open source developers and implementation partners.

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Street Smarts: Jacksonville Forges a High-Tech Future in Mass Transit

State Tech Magazine

Roughly two years after Nathaniel Ford became Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO in 2012, JTA launched what Ford refers to as “a very aggressive approach related to technology.” We have a very well-developed highway network here; commuting to and from work is rather easy and comfortable,” he says. There's also the cultural…

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LocalGov Drupal on AWS serves as a digital transformation resource for local governments

AWS Public Sector Blog

In this post, I explain how councils used collaboration and shared resources to develop this digital public infrastructure which has reduced the cost of building council websites by up to 80 percent and delivered better services. website, launched in 2012. You select the pieces you need, then build your own add-ons.

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Accelerating the secure exchange of public health data with AIMS, powered by Ruvos and AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Originally developed to exchange flu data, AIMS expanded in the following years to enable laboratories, hospitals, government agencies, and public health jurisdictions to trade information about many public health threats.

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How NPOs and NGOs embrace digital transformation for sustainability with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Additionally, these organizations contribute to environmental sustainability through research and innovation, providing data and developing new solutions. WWF Netherlands developed Forest Foresight , a predictive tool on AWS that identifies potential illegal deforestation before it occurs.