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Colorado Springs Continues Quest to Be ‘Smartest of Smart Cities’

State Tech Magazine

has pushed to adopt emerging technologies to become smarter, safer and more sustainable. Then came a 2018 proclamation to execute a… Since 2017, Colorado Springs, Colo.,

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

Fast forward to 2018, when AWS announced plans to launch data center infrastructure in the country. AWS’s investment in South Africa from 2018-2022 has contributed ZAR 12 billion in gross domestic product (GDP), while supporting an estimated average of 5,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs locally on an average annual basis.

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Reimagining person-centered health and care with cloud-enabled technologies

AWS Public Sector Blog

The report presents cloud technology as a key enabler for more efficient and person-centered care, a population-based approach to health, research that drives innovation, and building resilient and sustainable healthcare systems. Since 2018, more than 2.4 PB of data were created from MLL’s analysis of more than 4,200 patient genomes.

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Inclusivity and Sustainability in Education

Public Sector Future

In this episode we speak with Stefania Giannini, who was appointed UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education in 2018, becoming the top UN official in the field. Discover her goals for inclusion and sustainable development in education. Click here for transcript of this episode. microsoft/podcasts

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Inclusivity and Sustainability in Education

Public Sector Future

In this episode we speak with Stefania Giannini, who was appointed UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education in 2018, becoming the top UN official in the field. Discover her goals for inclusion and sustainable development in education. Click here for transcript of this episode. microsoft/podcasts

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How cities can use transport data to reduce pollution and increase safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

Improving air quality through co-creation In 2018, the Mayor of London set an ambitious goal : 80 percent of the 31 million daily trips in the city should be made on foot, by bicycle, or public transport by 2041. By the end of 2022, 63 percent of journeys fulfilled these criteria.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In a 2018 Medium post , Jessica Kelly, Urban’s senior director of research and web technology wrote, “Organizations like Urban often have many complex models in older programming languages that would be time-consuming to rewrite in a more ‘modern’ language (e.g., By adopting a frugal discipline, they continue to innovate sustainably.

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