DECEMBER 2024CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8CXO InsightsIN MY VIEWhe City of South Bend's workforce has come to rely heavily on technology as an essential component of day-to-day job functions -- whether it be optimizing solid waste retrieval routes, monitoring public safety camera feeds at a festival through the Real Time Crime Center, or sharing budget plans on the City's Open Data Portal. The challenge of working in a world with ever-evolving technology is determining how to balance deployment of new hardware technologies with a limited budget. Municipal government is charged with being good stewards in spending, while investing enough in technology to supplement and complement a lean workforce.The City's Department of Innovation & Technology took note of trends in technology hardware value and purchasing, including the likely depreciation of value over THE BENEFITS OF LEASING TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTTSHAWN DELAHANTY, DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE SERVICES & SOFTWARE (INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY),CITY OF SOUTH BEND
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