GTEC 2011 - Showcase Province

Connect, Collaborate, Create: Explore Manitoba’s Technology Solutions

Manitoba’s Commitment to Modernizing Government

The Manitoba government is committed to continuously improving the way it operates and delivers services. Modernizing government has paved the way for:

• improved service delivery for citizens and businesses
• greater control and management of public resources
• increased capacity of our civil service

The Manitoba government continues to transform internal processes, delivering greater efficiencies and innovations directly or through the development of ICT methods and tools. Consider a few of our recent success stories:

Enabling collaboration through innovation, ICT planning and governance

• Effective governance reporting councils and proven project management and organizational change management methods are used on all ICT projects.
• Application Portfolio Management Initiative (APMI) strategically determines future application investment decisions and management of the application life cycle.

Extending the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution capabilities across the enterprise

• Through an online self-serve portal, employers and citizens can create a profile, apply, register and pay online.
• Through a new client relationship management (CRM) system, employees can manage interactions with clients to meet or exceed their service expectations.
• Through a single integrated automated system, student loan fund disbursement and student loan payment collection has been streamlined, providing the provincial government with a program design to manage the many grant-issuing programs pattern it offers.

Completing the service loop through innovative online service offerings

• Canada’s first province-wide, online child-care registry helps families find and apply for licensed child care.
• A first-in-Canada online tool helps doctors quickly find the right specialist for their patients, improving service delivery and reducing wait times.

Reducing risk and enabling a more responsive infrastructure to support innovation

• Through our server consolidation efforts, the government stabilized the existing server environment and physically co-located the servers to a central location, resulting in better manageability, reduced costs, and reduced risk of hardware failure.
• Centrally managed ICT services provide the Manitoba government with a standardized infrastructure that spans network, desktop and hosting, providing a strategic platform for ERP, security, online services, APMI and mobility and other ICT initiatives.

Manitoba is honoured to be the Showcase Province for 2011. Visit the Manitoba booth and meet our staff, our industry partners and others who share your interest in technology and innovation. We want YOU to be part of our growing slate of ICT success stories. Get ready to explore the possibilities.

About Manitoba

A showcase province in more ways than one, Manitoba features pristine nature, majestic wildlife, vibrant culture and friendly people. Over 1.1 million people call this province home, with more than half living in its capital city, Winnipeg.

Manitoba's stable, diverse economy is built on a unique combination of traditional resource sectors and emerging high-technology industries, fueling a thriving business community. Manitoba offers:

• a dedicated, highly skilled multilingual workforce
• low operating costs
• abundant energy resources
• excellent research and communication facilities
• a sophisticated telecommunications and information technology infrastructure

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