If it is January it must be time for Microsoft’s Government Leaders Forum Europe where Microsoft regales the assembled bureaucrats with the latest computer technology. This year, Microsoft is pushing the Citizen Service Platform (CSP) which is “an approach to help governments of all sizes more responsively deliver services to citizens via the Internet.”
The Citizen Service Platform doesn’t involve any new products - it is a collection of tools and templates that customize Microsoft’s Windows Live, Office Live, Virtual Earth, Windows SharePoint Services, Office SharePoint Server, and Dynamics CRM for government use. That approach is typical for Microsoft and most other large vendors targeting vertical markets.
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