Data Center Optimization: Federal agencies must increase server utilization and energy efficiency as they squeeze more computer processing into fewer data centers. We explore how the Army, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and others are doing that.
Future Cities: The world's urban centers are growing, creating a civic management challenge of unprecedented scope and complexity. Our exclusive survey reveals the opportunities and challenges for city planners and municipal IT pros.
Unlike the disappointing tech startups of the late 1990s, healthcare IT will continue to grow because it addresses problems the medical industry has yet to solve.
City planners and their IT teams are setting big goals -- and facing big challenges -- in the development of tech-enabled "Future Cities," our survey results show.
So-called security experts making basic information security errors isn't a new occurrence. Arguably, it even led to the rise of the Anonymous hacktivist collective.
Lawmakers, now reminded of their own vulnerability, need to strengthen email privacy protections. Companies need to do more to help customers protect content.
First four years of the Obama Administration were marked by the beginnings of significant changes in federal IT. Execution will be the name of the game during the next four.
NASA, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies are shifting toward more strategic and complex cloud applications, as they try to drive down costs amid flat IT budgets.
Apple's not been convicted of anything by a jury, even if a clever Swiss attorney could make up a color graphic that makes the two clock faces look exactly the same.
The U.S. is not the only country scrutinizing the security of Chinese-made telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. Without major changes, significant contracts are at risk.
Congress says U.S. companies should not purchase products from Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns. I say Congress is dealing more in fear than facts.
An almost comic war of words continues between advertisers and Microsoft regarding do not track technology in Internet Explorer 10. Funny thing: The only tracking option advertisers want is opt-out.
After toothless FTC judgment against rent-to-own PC companies in spying case, Congress needs to make surveillance of customers in their own homes illegal.
Many people will watch the debates on TV--plus follow along on social networking, candidate, and news sites. Here are some of the websites to hit for a satisfying "second screen" experience.
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Thomas Claburn
Google Escapes Antitrust Shackles
December 18, 2012 09:06 AM
FTC's antitrust case against Google appears to be winding down without Google being slapped with any penalties or restrictions. Be glad.
Mathew J. Schwartz
S.C. Security Blunders Show Why States Get Hacked
December 14, 2012 09:06 AM
Governor blames data breach on Russian hackers and the IRS, but states' by-the-book IT ethos shows rules and regulations are the real culprit.
Eric Lundquist
Health IT Bubble Is No Bubble At All
December 12, 2012 12:48 PM
Unlike the disappointing tech startups of the late 1990s, healthcare IT will continue to grow because it addresses problems the medical industry has yet to solve.
Mathew J. Schwartz
Should LulzSec Suspect Face Life In Prison?
November 29, 2012 03:02 PM
Computer hacking, identity theft, and fraudulent credit card charges could add up to 30 years to life for alleged Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond.
John Foley
Future Cities: IT Priorities For Urban Transformation
November 28, 2012 12:46 PM
City planners and their IT teams are setting big goals -- and facing big challenges -- in the development of tech-enabled "Future Cities," our survey results show.
Mathew J. Schwartz
Petraeus Mission Impossible: Cloaking Email, Online Identities
November 15, 2012 09:06 AM
So-called security experts making basic information security errors isn't a new occurrence. Arguably, it even led to the rise of the Anonymous hacktivist collective.
Thomas Claburn
The Petraeus Affair: Surveillance State Stopper?
November 14, 2012 09:33 AM
Lawmakers, now reminded of their own vulnerability, need to strengthen email privacy protections. Companies need to do more to help customers protect content.
J. Nicholas Hoover
Time To Deliver On Federal IT Reform
November 13, 2012 01:23 PM
First four years of the Obama Administration were marked by the beginnings of significant changes in federal IT. Execution will be the name of the game during the next four.
Tony Byrne
Small Data Beat Big Data In Election 2012
November 07, 2012 01:47 PM
The Obama re-election machine was really about small data--and enterprises can learn from that.
Eric Lundquist
5 Items Should Top Obama's Technology Agenda
November 07, 2012 10:18 AM
From infrastructure to tech education, here's what I want to see on the to-do list for the next four years.
Peter Rysavy
4G World: The Need For More Spectrum
October 31, 2012 09:28 AM
The wireless industry may run out of spectrum in three years, and it needs government help to find more to realize the promise of mobile broadband.
John Foley
How The Feds Drive Cloud Innovation
October 26, 2012 11:10 AM
NASA, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies are shifting toward more strategic and complex cloud applications, as they try to drive down costs amid flat IT budgets.
J. Nicholas Hoover
BlackBerry Loses Its Grip On Federal Government
October 24, 2012 03:26 PM
RIM's BlackBerry platform has maintained a strong following in government for years, but that is changing.
Charles Babcock
Apple Vs. The Swiss Railways Patent
October 20, 2012 09:07 AM
Apple's not been convicted of anything by a jury, even if a clever Swiss attorney could make up a color graphic that makes the two clock faces look exactly the same.
Thomas Claburn
What Huawei, ZTE Must Do To Regain Trust
October 17, 2012 11:06 AM
The U.S. is not the only country scrutinizing the security of Chinese-made telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. Without major changes, significant contracts are at risk.
Craig Mathias
Should You Buy From Huawei?
October 15, 2012 01:09 PM
Congress says U.S. companies should not purchase products from Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns. I say Congress is dealing more in fear than facts.
John Foley
Expect To Save Millions In The Cloud? Prove It
October 12, 2012 12:15 PM
Top government IT officials will discuss their plans to implement cloud computing and save money at the GovCloud 2012 conference in Washington.
Mathew J. Schwartz
Advertisers' 'Do Not Track' Protests Fail Smell Test
October 12, 2012 09:06 AM
An almost comic war of words continues between advertisers and Microsoft regarding do not track technology in Internet Explorer 10. Funny thing: The only tracking option advertisers want is opt-out.
Jonathan Feldman
Fix The Fear Factor In Government Innovation
October 10, 2012 09:07 AM
Fear of failure breeds failure. CIOs must help change this dynamic as private and public sector minds work together on unlocking government big data.
Mathew J. Schwartz
Weaponized Bugs: Time For Digital Arms Control
October 09, 2012 09:06 AM
Thriving trade in zero-day vulnerabilities means dangerous bugs get sold to the highest bidder, and that puts everyone else at risk.
Mathew J. Schwartz
Cyber Spying Justice: Unserved
October 08, 2012 09:06 AM
After toothless FTC judgment against rent-to-own PC companies in spying case, Congress needs to make surveillance of customers in their own homes illegal.
John Foley
Obama's IT Transformation Is A Work In Progress
October 08, 2012 08:00 AM
The president's record on IT strategy is long on vision but short on results.
Chris Murphy
6 Bright Ideas Found At A Tech Conference
October 08, 2012 08:00 AM
From working with the CMO to experimenting with clouds.
Eric Zeman
What T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger Means For Business
October 04, 2012 02:18 PM
Proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS will have far-reaching implications once the deal is complete. Here's what you can expect.
Debra Donston-Miller
Social Media Guide To The Presidential Debates
October 03, 2012 04:24 PM
Many people will watch the debates on TV--plus follow along on social networking, candidate, and news sites. Here are some of the websites to hit for a satisfying "second screen" experience.