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Jumpstarting a Smart Region

See the original article posting on CIO Review. Jon Walton, Chief Information Officer, County of San Mateo   Unlike neighboring counties such as San Francisco or Santa Clara, San Mateo County’... View moreView Jumpstarting a Smart Region

County Launches First-of-its-Kind 'Smart Region' Innovation Center

In an effort to foster borderless technology innovation, the County of San Mateo opened SMC Labs, a “smart solutions” innovation center, at its main campus in Redwood City as a way to brin... View moreView County Launches First-of-its-Kind 'Smart Region' Innovation Center

The County of San Mateo Selects Commvault Hyperscale™ Appliances to Simplify Hybrid Cloud Data Management

See the original posting of the press release here: https://www.commvault.com/news/2018/april/county-of-san-mateo-selects-commvault-hyperscale-appliances-to-simplify-hybrid-cloud-data-management... View moreView The County of San Mateo Selects Commvault Hyperscale™ Appliances to Simplify Hybrid Cloud Data Management

Time for a Regional Approach

San Mateo County CIO Jon Walton contributed an article to State Tech Magazine, which is being published in their Winter 2018 issue, which is entitled "Time for a Regional Approach." In this... View moreView Time for a Regional Approach

Commvault GO: Vendor 'HyperScales' data management strategy

TechTarget published another article about the recent Commvault GO conference and particularly the focus on its integrated HyperScale appliance.... View moreView Commvault GO: Vendor 'HyperScales' data management strategy

The County of San Mateo Uses Data to Blaze a Path to Remarkable Smart City Projects with Commvault

TINTON FALLS, N.J. and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct.... View moreView The County of San Mateo Uses Data to Blaze a Path to Remarkable Smart City Projects with Commvault

Cloud Backup Strategy Tips

Jon Walton, San Mateo County Chief Information Officer, was featured in an article published in TechTarget based on his presentation at the Commvault GO user conference this week.... View moreView Cloud Backup Strategy Tips

Jon Walton Profiled by Joint Venture Silicon Valley

In September, Joint Venture Silicon Valley profiled County of San Mateo County CIO Jon Walton and highlighted his work at the County as well as his role as co-chair of the Joint Venture Wireless Commu... View moreView Jon Walton Profiled by Joint Venture Silicon Valley

ISD's John Ridener named one of the 20 Open Gov Leaders You Need to Know

The County of San Mateo is proud to announce that John Ridener, the Open Data Community Liaison working for the Information Services Department (ISD), has been named by State Scoop as one of the 20 Op... View moreView ISD's John Ridener named one of the 20 Open Gov Leaders You Need to Know

San Mateo County a winner in the 15th annual Digital Counties Survey

In July, the Center for Digital Government (CDG) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) announced the winners of the 15th annual Digital Counties Survey.... View moreView San Mateo County a winner in the 15th annual Digital Counties Survey

San Mateo County Celebrates World Wi-Fi Day and the Two-Year Anniversary of SMC Public WiFi

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Redwood City –Exactly two years after launching the County of San Mateo’s free, public WiFi network, the County’s Information Services Department (ISD) today unveiled its 30th SMC Public WiFi location... View moreView San Mateo County Celebrates World Wi-Fi Day and the Two-Year Anniversary of SMC Public WiFi

Modern Interconnectedness Demands Regional Solutions

CIO Review published an article from Jon Walton, CIO of San Mateo County, on the changing role of government in our changing and increasingly interconnected world.... View moreView Modern Interconnectedness Demands Regional Solutions

County of San Mateo partners with JVSV to form the Smart Region Initiative

Press Release from Joint Venture Silicon Valley The County of San Mateo has recently announced that it has worked with Joint Venture Silicon Valley and other regional governments to form the Smar... View moreView County of San Mateo partners with JVSV to form the Smart Region Initiative

California to clean up messy open data with metadata

A very interesting article on State Scoop about how the State of California is using metadata to ensure their open data portal is providing clean, reusable data that is focused on user needs.... View moreView California to clean up messy open data with metadata

Marin County joins San Mateo County and others in Bay Area in Open Data Movement

Article on GovTech.com: http://www.govtech.com/civic/Whats-New-in-Civic-Tech-Activism-Sites-Rise-Under-Trump.html (second article on pages reference San Mateo County) MARIN COUNTY, CALIF., SHARES... View moreView Marin County joins San Mateo County and others in Bay Area in Open Data Movement

Article about Community Vulnerability Index and Open Data in San Mateo Daily Journal

The Information Services Department (ISD) along with the County Managers Office have been working to create the county’s first Community Vulnerability Index.... View moreView Article about Community Vulnerability Index and Open Data in San Mateo Daily Journal

Bay Area stalled in a wireless traffic jam

Published in the Mercury News on December 30, 2016, featuring San Mateo CIO Jon Walton (Listen to a related story on KCBS Radio where CIO Jon Walton is interviewed) ----------------------- As wir... View moreView Bay Area stalled in a wireless traffic jam

SMC Public WiFi now up to 28 Sites

For the latter half of 2016, the County of San Mateo has added four new SMC Public WiFi sites, including ones in Loma Mar, Pacifica, Redwood City, and Portola Valley.... View moreView SMC Public WiFi now up to 28 Sites

California Post-Primary Analysis: San Mateo County

Here's a post from a blogger who used the newly launched Map and Spacial Data Open Data Site to do an analysis of the primary election in every community in San Mateo County:https://medium.com/@ha... View moreView California Post-Primary Analysis: San Mateo County

New York Times Article References Data Set in San Mateo County Open Data Portal

New York Times September 5th article on low Bay Area housing inventory links to San Mateo County's Open Data portal (Single Family Home Sales Inventory by Year 1998 - 2014) -- http://www.nytimes.c... View moreView New York Times Article References Data Set in San Mateo County Open Data Portal
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