DTI Team Wins 2012 Governor's Excellence Award
1/9/2013Governor Jack Markell announced that the 8-member Department of Technology and Information Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) Team is the 2012 recipient of the Governor's Team Excellence Award.

Delaware Wins Another National Cyber Award
11/13/2012The Department of Technology & Information for the State of Delaware has had a stellar year for cyber awards. Adding to their list, they recently won a 2012 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for creating a statewide information security officer certification program.

Data Management
11/10/2012In January 2012, DTI created a Data Management Council to promote effective management and sharing of data for more efficient government and services to citizens. This Council is made up of all Executive Branch agencies and places greater focus on the management and governance of data within the state.

Thomas Jarrett, Delaware's First State CIO, Passes Away
10/17/2012Thomas Jarrett, Delaware's first state CIO and former president of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), passed away Tuesday, Oct. 16.   Appointed Delaware CIO in 2001 by then-Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, Jarrett was tasked with creating the state's Department of Technology and Information.

Delaware Website Honored with Best of Web Award
10/15/2012Secretary of the Department of Technology and Information, James Sills, has announced that Delaware has been awarded first place in the 2012 Best of the Web Contest. DTI's website was voted the best state government site for promoting cyber security awareness and information.

Delaware Wins 2012 Best of the Web Award
10/03/2012On September 25th, MS-ISAC announced Delaware as the winner of the 2012 Annual Best of the Web Contest, State Government category. The Center for Internet Security conducted its 4th annual Best of the Web contest to recognize state and local governments that use their websites to promote cyber security.

Information Security: Race with No Finish Line
10/02/2012In a recent interview with Information Security Media Group, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell says that Information security is "like a race with no finish line". He further details the efforts being made to improve the cybersecurity posture in Delaware.

On the Job Training for ISOs
09/28/2012In an interview with Information Security Media Group, Delaware's Chief Security Officer, Elayne Starkey, discusses the Delaware Certified Information Security Officer program (DCISO), a homegrown certification program that boosts IT security skills.

Infosec's Cheerleader-In-Chief: Governor
09/20/2012 When it comes to cybersecurity in Delaware, Gov. Jack Markell sees his job as being the state's head cheerleader. In an interview, Markell discusses his role and the state's cybersecurity accomplishments.

Use Your Own Smartphone and Get Paid To Do It
08/20/2012 Federal information technology executives are issuing guidance on how to launch and promote "bring your own device" programs, where employees replace their government-issued blackberry with their personal smartphone for conducting work-related calls and email, for which they get reimbursed. The State of Delaware is already profiting from such a program.

DTI Receives International Award of Excellence
07/11/2012Delaware has been selected to receive the "Strategy of the Year" Award for their Statewide COOP Program. This is an International Award of Excellence, sponsored by DRI, a global education and certification body that serves the business continuity community.

Bill Hickox Speaks at MeriTalk Cyber Security Exchange Event
06/27/2012The elected officials and the panel of government IT and private industry leaders at the MeriTalk Cyber Security Exchange event agreed that the state of government cyber security is lacking.

With Eye on Public Health, Delaware, Michigan Roll Out Clouds
05/29/2012Several states are currently pursuing this first measure of action by laying the groundwork for cloud-based programs that could, in turn, expand and streamline the IT capabilities of their health departments. Delaware and Michigan are two such states.

Girl Power: Delaware Promotes STEM Careers
05/02/2012Aiming to spark girls' interest in careers of science, technology, engineering and math, Delaware state agencies held a Digigirlz event on Tuesday, May 1. Sponsored by the Delaware Education Department, the Department of Technology and Information, the Delaware Center of Educational Technology, and Microsoft, the event was attended by 150 girls in the 8th and 9th grades.

Delaware First for Full Statewide Health Record Partipation
02/20/2012The Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) announces that Delaware has become the first state to enroll all acute care hospitals in a Statewide Community Health Record.

The Rise Of Employee-Owned Mobile Devices
08/15/2011Fourteen states let employees use personal devices for work, according to a survey last year by the National Association of State CIOs.

Comcast, Delaware Bring Internet to Low Income Children
08/12/2011Comcast and the state of Delaware announced a partnership to bring computers and state-of-the-art Internet service to children from low-income families at low prices during a press conference at the Wilmington PAL Center off North Market Street.

Ambitious Broadband Adoption Experiment for Delaware
08/04/2011Internet essentials provides low-cost internet service, affordable computers, and digital literacy training to families with children eligible for a free lunch under the national school lunch program.

Delaware CIO Jim Sills Discusses Enterprise Data Management
08/01/2011Government Technology spoke with Sills in May at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers Mid-Year Conference in Washington, D.C.

Redundancy is the Key to Voice Over IP (VOIP) in Delaware
07/28/2011Unifying communications via an IP network is a little like putting all of your eggs in one basket: It is convenient as long as you can rely on the basket. The key to making voice over IP reliable? "Redundancy," said Mark Cabry, lead telecom engineer for Delaware's Technology and Information Department.

Delaware Gives One Voice to VOIP
07/28/2011As states go, Delaware is not that big. But it operates a large, distributed enterprise with a fragmented telephone system. For several years, the state has had islands of voice-over-IP telephone service riding on a statewide backbone. Now it is moving to take fuller advantage of VOIP by enabling centralized management and unified communications.

Spanning the Miles - Spotlight on Unified Communications
07/27/2011"Delaware's unified communications deployment aids telework, allowing employees to continue to be productive while working remotely."
- Bill Hickox, chief operating officer, Delaware Department of Technology and Information

Future Cybersecurity Workforce Heads to Summer Camp
06/30/2011Colleges in five states are hosting more than 200 students in cyber boot camps this summer as part of a program to relieve a critical shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals.

State of Delaware Turns to Acme Packet for Telephony Network
05/31/2011The State of Delaware sought a state-wide end-to-end IP communications infrastructure, to reduce expenses and improve collaboration. The state's Department of Technology and Information (DTI) turned to Acme Packet's high-capacity Net-Net Enterprise Session Border Controllers to address their demanding scalability and performance requirements

Delaware Relies on Verizon for Advanced Communications
05/31/2011When Delaware needed to expand services to residents and businesses while providing state employees with advanced unified communications tools, it turned to Verizon for a managed solution that will serve as the essential platform for a range of new applications and programs.

The First State Moves Forward With Verizon
05/31/2011Delaware is known as the first state because Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution in 1787. Now, more than 200 years after those momentous times, Delaware is making a case that it may be the first state in communications, and one of the nation's leaders, in government technology.