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Role of Artificial Intelligence for Government

Introduction 

For the last 20 years, the research on artificial intelligence has been very aggressive, which has resulted in great innovations. Big data, robotics, medical research, and autonomous vehicles are some of the applications that emerged from AI development.

Government interest in AI has picked up in recent years as many government departments started to invest in AI in the form of pilot programs for various AI-based applications. AI adoption acts as a lever for transformational change in the way government services are conceived, designed, delivered, and consumed. It helps the government to provide integrated services to its citizens through the seamless flow of information across government departments. In addition, the adoption of AI helps in redesigning government processes, frees up staff, increases productivity, and improves citizen interactions.   

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Apache Kafka in the Public Sector – Part 3: Government and Citizen Services

The public sector includes many different areas. Some groups leverage cutting-edge technology, like military leverage. Others like the public administration are years or even decades behind. This blog series explores how the public sector leverages data in motion powered by Apache Kafka to add value for innovative new applications and modernizing legacy IT infrastructures. 

This post is part 3: Use cases and architectures for Government and Citizen Services.

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Apache Kafka in the Public Sector – Part 2: Smart City

The public sector includes many different areas. Some groups leverage cutting-edge technology, like military leverage. Others like the public administration are years or even decades behind. 

This blog series explores how the public sector leverages data in motion powered by Apache Kafka to add value for innovative new applications and modernizing legacy IT infrastructures. This post is part 2: Use cases and architectures for a Smart City.

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Use Cases for Apache Kafka in the Public Sector

The public sector includes many different areas. Some groups leverage cutting-edge technology, like military leverage. Others like the public administration are years or even decades behind. This blog series explores how the public sector leverages data in motion powered by Apache Kafka to add value for innovative new applications and modernize legacy IT infrastructures. Life is a stream of events. Therefore, examples include a broad spectrum of use cases across smart cities, citizen services, energy and utilities, and national security deployed across the edge, hybrid, and multi-cloud scenarios.

Blog Series: Apache Kafka in the Public Sector and Government

This blog series explores why many governments and public infrastructure sectors leverage event streaming for various use cases. Learn about real-world deployments and different architectures for Kafka in the public sector:

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Using Git in Business and Government

Synopsis: Git is the best we have right now for a "History-retaining Merkle tree" (when force-push is turned off), and stands to be utilized more outside of software development - in business at least.

A £200m "Garden Bridge" project was canceled when it had accrued £50m in costs and before construction started. It is difficult to pick it apart. See this Tortoise Media article and Reddit discussion.

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Using IoT and Serverless: Tackling Global Issues

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“The Internet of Things is an industry that has not exploded the way many thought it would”, is the opening line of Matt Werner’s reputed article DZone’s 2019 Guide to Internet of Things (IoT). Werner, who is now publications manager at Devada, most aptly describes the industry as one that brought along with it a lot of hope but failed to deliver on them at the scale anticipated almost a decade ago. One of the major expectations of IoT was its ability to solve pressing social and economic issues of humanity. That was because of IoT’s ability to incorporate technological aid with governmental and institutional efforts in tackling issues impaling global societies.

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Alexa: What’s the Future of Cyber Security?

Did you utter the words “Hey, Siri” or “Okay, Google” today? Did you ask Alexa about today's weather or news headlines? Connected devices are everywhere, regardless of how comfortable you feel chatting with them.

Just below the surface, there are the technical components that make these and every other everyday tech tool possible: open-source software.