The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) will mark its 40th anniversary in 2010 by expanding its student prize program, with a new awards intended to cultivate the next generation of numerical software talent worldwide.

The SAP Australian User Group (SAUG) has launched a CIO Council to provide a forum for CIOs to network, knowledge share and be a collective voice for CIOs in communicating with SAP.

FreeBalance recently released a white paper titled "Embracing Government 2.0: Leading Transformative Change in the Public Sector". This white paper outlines the skills needed to lead government social collaboration.

This case study elaborates on the road taken by the South Korean government towards the planning, development, rollout and continuing innovation towards achieving a collaborative environment between government and the public.

Most organizations would agree that their most valuable IT assets reside within applications and databases. Most would probably also agree that these are areas that have the weakest levels of security, making them the prime target for malicious insiders. This is a difficult problem to address, but it's not impossible.

Karen Copeland, an industry principal with SAP's public sector practice, discusses the history of e-government in Australia. She shares her views of the role of e-government as a transformational tool for enabling the Australian government to not only communicate with citizens but to actively engage the public in policy-making, resulting in innovation that extends to its processes.

Statens Innkrevingssentral collects money for the Norwegian Department of Finance. The legacy mainframe application was slow and expensive to maintain. This case study reviews the department's deployment of the SIRI system built around Software AG's webMethods Enterprise Service Bus suite.

This case study looks at how the U.S. Department of Defense streamlined its procurement processes through a new emall built around Software AG's webmethods suite.