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Let Stormy Session On Cloud Standards Be Your Guide
Mar 18, 2010
Posted by Charles Babcock
A panel was held Wednesday at Cloud Connect to talk about where cloud standards are going, with a set of experienced panelists at the front of the room. Whatever the script, all did not go as planned. It was if the audience came prepared to present its point of view, and the panel members were forced to listen.
Federal CIO Seeks Out Apple, Facebook, Google
Mar 16, 2010
Posted by John Foley
Vivek Kundra was on the West Coast last week, where his schedule included meetings with Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Mozilla, and other tech innovators. The federal CIO says that U.S. government employees are at a disadvantage when it comes to the technology they use, and he's looking for better ways of working.
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Controlling Wireless Costs With Any Connection Reporting: Supporting Three Dimensions of Mobile Intelligence
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Using Event-driven SOA to Stay Ahead of Today’s Business Velocity
The “velocity” of business-critical information is not in alignment with the speed of the business. This whitepaper uncovers key technologies and cases of companies that have tackled the problem succe...
The “velocity” of business-critical information is not in alignment with the speed of the business. This whitepaper uncovers key technologies and cases of companies that have tackled the problem succe...
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Cloud Connect: NIST Prepares 'Use Case' Site
March 18, 2010The National Institute of Standards and Technology will build a "use case" repository that may eventually give shape to cloud computing specifications.
Cloud Connect: U.S. IT In Forefront
March 16, 2010The Cloud Connect conference opens with a warning on how the rest of the world views the U.S.-driven cloud computing phenomenon.
White House Plans Innovation Prize Platform
March 9, 2010The government plans to release a Web-based platform for federal agencies to use prizes and challenges to crowdsource innovative approaches to government problems.
White House Backs Open311
March 4, 2010The Open311 standard allows developers to link cities' online information and other services together and make them accessible to residents via Twitter, and Facebook.
Q&A: Homeland Security CIO Outlines Key Challenges
March 3, 2010Eight months into the job, CIO Richard Spires discusses plans for creating a 'center of excellence' for program management, department-wide services, and other steps.
Time To Do The Math On Cloud Computing
March 2, 2010At the upcoming Cloud Connect conference, we will evaluate a variety of scenarios that determine where and when the move to cloud computing makes financial sense.
Cloud Security Alliance To Tackle Cloud Standards
March 2, 2010Members of the standards body include Novell, Microsoft, Dell, Rackspace, Qualys, HP, Intel, Cisco, McAfee, Salesforce.com, and Symantec.
GSA Shifts Cloud Computing Strategy
March 1, 2010The General Services Administration is responding to the rapid changes in cloud computing by writing new procurement documents, adding security requirements, and changing Apps.gov.
Army Launches App Development Contest
March 1, 2010Categories include mobile, warfighting, and data-driven apps. Developers may work in the military's private cloud computing platform.
DoD Loosens Social Media Restrictions
February 26, 2010Soldiers and other Department of Defense employees may now access and use sites such as Facebook and Flickr via unclassified Defense networks.
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Tape is still widely used, but advanced disk-based systems are becoming more affordable.
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Government agencies can secure data using encryption, data loss prevention, strong access controls, and more.
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