So when the city of Rome made the bold move of posting election results online, it had to move quickly. Elections are an important part of roman life. Carlo Mazzola, head of technology services, city of Rome To further involve citizens in the political process and deliver election results in a timely fashion, the city decided to conduct the world's first elections in which results were computed in real time and made available on the Web immediately after the polls closed. The city achieved its goal by deploying Unisys Cool ICE, Web middleware that bridges the gap between the Web and mainframe data. Cool ICE lets organizations take existing mainframe data and make it available over the Internet in a highly secure manner.
Citizens can get the information they want in real time.
The challenge was in transforming our data to make it available online. This is made easier by the fact that Unisys understands our needs very well, and we consider them a close partner. Indeed, providing online election results is just the first of many electronic services the city hopes to deliver to its citizens. The goal is to deliver a higher level of service to all the people of Rome.