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In this video Dr. Wyld examines the entry of the cloud computing phenomena into the government. He avoids the technical language and focuses on the business and societal impacts of cloud computing. He examines how this concept has changed the expectations of both the public and of government executives and managers.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and ActiveHealth Management, an Aetna (NYSE: AET) subsidiary, today unveiled a new cloud computing and clinical decision support solution that will enable medical practices, hospitals and states to change the way they deliver healthcare, providing better quality care at a lower cost.

IBM and ActiveHealth Management worked together to create the Collaborative Care Solution that gives physicians and patients access to the information they need to improve the overall quality of care, without the need to invest in new infrastructure.

This video from IBM Center for the Business of Government outlines 4 reports available looking at Analytics and Risk Management and how it can be used.

More information and the reports can be downloaded from the IBM Center for The Business of Government.  

This video features interviews with an Client who has developed robust business rooted resilience that delivers commercial benefits and savings. 

The Company talks about how they have benefited from Risk Management and operational improvements to their services as well as better portability and access to data using a variety of resilience and virtualisation techniques 

Business Continuity Forum

IBM Receives Highest Scores in "Strategy" and "Current Offering" by independent research firm

ARMONK, N.Y., - 10 Jun 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it was ranked as a leader in "The Forrester Wave ™: Disaster Recovery Service Providers, Q2 2010" report published in June 2010, receiving the highest scores among all vendors in the categories of "strategy" and "current offering."  

The Forrester Wave ™: Disaster Recovery Service Providers report included six service providers in the assessment. Forrester thoroughly evaluated these vendors across 64 criteria, broken down into three main areas: current offering, strategy, and market presence.  

Business Continuity Forum 

A pillar for more than 75 years in the Gulf Coast communities it serves, St. Martin Bank & Trust Company has 11 branches located along hurricane prone Interstate 10. In spite of Mother Nature's efforts, and in a challenging financial environment, the bank has not only survived, but thrived - in the past year purchasing the American Bank of Welch and adding five new branches. However, while the institution's singular focus on the region has made it more important to the local community, it has also made it more vulnerable to the storms that repeatedly threaten the area.  

Faced with three major hurricanes since 2006 -- Katrina, Ike and Gustav -- St. Martin Bank & Trust needed a way to ensure its critical services remained operational and its customer data was protected in the face of potential disasters. Similar to many institutions its size, it did not have the resources to maintain and manage a facility in another geographic location, so the company looked to IBM Global Technology Services - Integrated Technology Services to implement a "hot site" in Boulder, Colorado. A customer of IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency services since 1990, IBM assisted St. Martin Bank in analyzing and updating its disaster recovery readiness and continuity strategy to include the new facility and capabilities.