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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the EIS, AWS operations will add an estimated ZAR 68 billion more to South Africa’s GDP by 2029. AWS’s investment impacts other parts of the South African economy as well, helping develop the next generation of workforce, digitally transform businesses, and promote sustainability throughout the country.

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Electronic waste: Blockchain improves customer experience and drives sustainability

Open Access Government - Technology News

million metric tons generated in 2019 alone. These discussions covered topics such as sustainable mobile devices, incentives for second-life devices, supply and demand challenges and the importance of collaboration in creating a more circular economy. billion smartphones this year.

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Highlights from the 2024 AWS Public Sector Symposium Canberra

AWS Public Sector Blog

With cloud as the new operational foundation, governments can fully embrace innovation to revolutionize constituent services and operational effectiveness. Sustainability and renewable energy Levy shared how a recent study that was commissioned by AWS and conducted by Accenture estimates that AWS infrastructure is up to 4.1

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Don’t Wait to Modernize: A Q&A on Preparing for The MGT Reform Act

Government Technology Insider

It features changes to the repayment/reimbursement requirements and new criteria for evaluating project proposals with a stronger focus on bolstering security, privacy and protecting against operational risks. One of the things I love most about this opportunity is that its not just about upgrading systems.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Over a 10-week period in 2019, TfL’s team fielded proposals for the RoadLab programme to cut congestion. City transport networks are data-rich, but often the data is locked into proprietary systems operated by different parts of the organization, and public sector leaders often find it difficult to get value from the data.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

They apply that frugal approach to IT: they build and operate only what they need to pursue their mission, and constantly innovate both to meet mission objectives and optimize cost. In another Medium post from 2019 , Graham MacDonald, Urban CIO, wrote, “Researchers should always choose the right programming language for the right job.

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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

Open Access Government - Technology News

of the population lived in an urban area in 2019, which is increasing all the time. However, these applications will not operate smoothly unless IoT-based strategies for developing smart cities have a database as their foundation. It enables data-driven governments and insight-driven policies that can improve operating efficiency.