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This non-technical manager’s plain-English guide delivers in-depth interviews with over 50 administrators, executives, line-of-business managers and IT directors who have implemented applications. A wealth of 20/20 hindsight from both the public and private sectors enable local governments to maximize the return from their investment in muni networks by executing effective mobile applications.
Mr. Settles sees three categories of municipalities as the muni broadband success stories of 2008, and the subsequent beneficiaries of his book: 1) those actively building business cases for using muni networks to increase productivity and improve management of mobile government workers and assets; 2) cities such as Minneapolis, MN and Riverside, CA that never subscribed to the “free” muni wireless myth and will roll out government-focused networks this year; and 3) those looking to build regional rural networks where maybe 10 to 20 towns with tiny populations band together to build one network for all of them.
Each chapter of After Muni Wireless Comes to Town takes a step in the mobile application deployment process, from making the decision to move forward to full implementation and final benefits analysis, and offers tips and insights for that part of the project. Topics include:
The success of municipal broadband rests entirely upon the applications that run over those networks. Government organizations, particularly mid-sized and smaller municipalities, often do not have access to the level of technical expertise of their commercial counterparts. The range of expertise represented in Mr. Settles’ book helps bridge this knowledge gap.
After Muni Wireless Comes to Town is published by Hudson House and has a suggested retail price of $29.95 US. This is Mr. Settles’ second book addressing municipal broadband, and his fifth on the topic of mobile and wireless applications. A business strategy consultant and president of Successful.com, Mr. Settles’ books, workshops and client services help organizations use technology to cut costs, increase revenues and run a better business operation.
