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.
Websites accused of copyright infringement, rightly or wrongly, may soon be harder to find. It is a bad idea, and Google should leave law enforcement to the police.
In a sign of progress for SAP's fledgling cloud strategy, SAP improves its Business ByDesign suite, scores a big customer over Workday and Oracle, and prepares a cloud-based financials product.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency built a bigger data center than it needed. Now the potential federal IT boondoggle is being turned into a storage center for data generated by remote sensors and cloud computing.
Campaign jabs at Mitt Romney notwithstanding, the evidence suggests the President wants to use outsourcing to boost ties with India and level the global playing field.
As Spokeo gets fined $800,000, FTC tries to enforce differences between consumer-reporting services and people-search services, which gather and sell large amounts of publicly accessible personal data.
Emerging trends such as FedRAMP, community clouds, and single-source contracts point to the start of phase two for cloud computing in federal government.
Some lawmakers accuse Obama administration of failing to manage its secrets, but Stuxnet now stands as a warning of America's cyber-warfare capabilities.
Certain HTC smartphones have been blocked at U.S. Customs, putting the hurt on AT&T and Sprint. Does Apple care that its patent war is damaging its own customers?
U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop wants to bar the development agency from using public funds to help train offshore workers. Here's why lawmakers from both sides of the aisle should support the initiative.
Some hospitals and doctors oppose giving patients electronic data as quickly as required by proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations. Consumer groups want more speed--and the compromise likely won't please either side.
What can IT leaders learn from the visualization techniques NASA used to create the Blue Marble earth images? Check out our video interview with one of the project's key developers.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health uses Microsoft's
customer relationship management platform to rapidly develop niche
health-related apps when off-the-shelf doesn't fit.
Blame the Street View data collection practices on a "more is more" engineering mindset. And rethink your notions about privacy for unencrypted Wi-Fi data.
Federal agencies in lean startup mode? It's one of the ideas being floated as government CIOs look for ways to deliver new technologies and services despite flat IT spending.
Commentary: Government
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Jonathan Feldman
Unlocking Big Government Data: Whose Job Is It?
October 01, 2012 10:13 AM
It's not just a good idea for private-sector organizations to help open up the treasure trove of government big data. It's a necessity.
Mathew J. Schwartz
The Case For A Cyber Arms Treaty
August 24, 2012 08:32 AM
In the wake of Stuxnet, could an international 'cyber arms' agreement forestall U.S. cyber warfare with China and other countries?
Thomas Claburn
Google Joins Copyright Police Force
August 13, 2012 09:15 AM
Websites accused of copyright infringement, rightly or wrongly, may soon be harder to find. It is a bad idea, and Google should leave law enforcement to the police.
Thomas Claburn
Google $22.5 Million FTC Fine Has No Teeth
August 10, 2012 09:12 AM
FTC privacy fine represents less than a day's profits for Google. But if you care about privacy, you have options.
John Foley
FBI's Sentinel Project: 5 Lessons Learned
August 03, 2012 08:40 AM
Agency used agile development and private sector know-how to finish its long-delayed digital case management system.
Doug Henschen
SAP's Ugly (ByDesign) Baby Gets Prettier
July 30, 2012 08:21 AM
In a sign of progress for SAP's fledgling cloud strategy, SAP improves its Business ByDesign suite, scores a big customer over Workday and Oracle, and prepares a cloud-based financials product.
Cindi Howson
MicroStrategy Bets On Visualization, BI For Facebook
July 23, 2012 09:22 AM
MicroStrategy's latest release counts on warming interest in cloud-based business intelligence and hot demand for social data analysis.
John Foley
How Not To Plan A Data Center
July 12, 2012 02:44 PM
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency built a bigger data center than it needed. Now the potential federal IT boondoggle is being turned into a storage center for data generated by remote sensors and cloud computing.
Paul Cerrato
Obamacare Victory Spells More Work For Healthcare CIOs
June 28, 2012 03:00 PM
CIOs and CMIOs can expect many more sleepless nights now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act.
Paul McDougall
Obama's Attack On Outsourcing Rings Hypocritical
June 28, 2012 11:06 AM
Campaign jabs at Mitt Romney notwithstanding, the evidence suggests the President wants to use outsourcing to boost ties with India and level the global playing field.
Mathew J. Schwartz
FTC Sets Consumer Data Collection Limits
June 27, 2012 11:32 AM
As Spokeo gets fined $800,000, FTC tries to enforce differences between consumer-reporting services and people-search services, which gather and sell large amounts of publicly accessible personal data.
John Foley
10 Developments Show Government Cloud Maturing
June 25, 2012 09:32 AM
Emerging trends such as FedRAMP, community clouds, and single-source contracts point to the start of phase two for cloud computing in federal government.
John Foley
What's The ROI On Federal IT Spending?
June 11, 2012 08:00 AM
Uncle Sam should develop an IT savings dashboard that shows the returns on its multibillion-dollar IT investment.
Mathew J. Schwartz
Was U.S. Government's Stuxnet Brag A Mistake?
June 07, 2012 11:39 AM
Some lawmakers accuse Obama administration of failing to manage its secrets, but Stuxnet now stands as a warning of America's cyber-warfare capabilities.
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Health IT Faces Eventful Summer
June 06, 2012 12:30 PM
Supreme Court's upcoming decision on healthcare reform and feds' Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rules add up to a heated summer for healthcare IT execs.
Eric Zeman
HTC Smartphone Blockade Racks Up Victims
May 16, 2012 11:39 AM
Certain HTC smartphones have been blocked at U.S. Customs, putting the hurt on AT&T and Sprint. Does Apple care that its patent war is damaging its own customers?
Thomas Claburn
10 Ways To Stifle Tech Competition
May 14, 2012 09:39 AM
Competition happens, unless you can avoid it. From Microsoft Windows RT to Google Chrome, here's how today's giants safeguard their turf.
Paul McDougall
Ban On USAID Outsourcing Programs Makes Bipartisan Sense
May 11, 2012 11:23 AM
U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop wants to bar the development agency from using public funds to help train offshore workers. Here's why lawmakers from both sides of the aisle should support the initiative.
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Compromise On Health Data Access May Be Ugly
May 10, 2012 05:35 PM
Some hospitals and doctors oppose giving patients electronic data as quickly as required by proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations. Consumer groups want more speed--and the compromise likely won't please either side.
Eric Lundquist
NASA Blue Marble Project: Visual Data Lessons
May 08, 2012 03:15 PM
What can IT leaders learn from the visualization techniques NASA used to create the Blue Marble earth images? Check out our video interview with one of the project's key developers.
Eric Lundquist
10 Lessons From Leading Government CIOs
May 07, 2012 11:30 AM
Under extreme budget pressure, federal IT leaders adopt shared services and build mobile app stores as they shift dollars where most needed.
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
CRM Platform Can Churn Out Customized Health Apps
May 03, 2012 04:49 PM
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health uses Microsoft's customer relationship management platform to rapidly develop niche health-related apps when off-the-shelf doesn't fit.
Cindi Howson
Oracle Makes Case For Exalytics, Data Discovery
May 03, 2012 08:53 AM
Oracle demonstrates how it optimizes queries, searches mixed data types, and "engineers" hardware to run its high-demand software.
Mathew J. Schwartz
Google Wardriving: How Engineering Trumped Privacy
May 01, 2012 10:50 AM
Blame the Street View data collection practices on a "more is more" engineering mindset. And rethink your notions about privacy for unencrypted Wi-Fi data.
John Foley
Busting Through The Federal IT Budget Ceiling
April 30, 2012 12:00 PM
Federal agencies in lean startup mode? It's one of the ideas being floated as government CIOs look for ways to deliver new technologies and services despite flat IT spending.