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J. Nicholas Hoover
BlackBerry Loses Its Grip On Federal Government
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
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...
Thomas Claburn
What Huawei, ZTE Must Do To Regain Trust
The U.S. is not the only country scrutinizing the security of Chinese-made telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. Without major changes,...
Craig Mathias
Should You Buy From Huawei?
Congress says U.S. companies should not purchase products from Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns. I say Congress is...
John Foley
Expect To Save Millions In The Cloud? Prove It
Top government IT officials will discuss their plans to implement cloud computing and save money at the GovCloud 2012 conference in Washington.
Mathew Schwartz
Advertisers' 'Do Not Track' Protests Fail Smell Test
An almost comic war of words continues between advertisers and Microsoft regarding do not track technology in Internet Explorer 10. Funny thing:...
Jonathan Feldman
Fix The Fear Factor In Government Innovation
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 Schwartz
Weaponized Bugs: Time For Digital Arms Control
Thriving trade in zero-day vulnerabilities means dangerous bugs get sold to the highest bidder, and that puts everyone else at risk.
Mathew Schwartz
Cyber Spying Justice: Unserved
After toothless FTC judgment against rent-to-own PC companies in spying case, Congress needs to make surveillance of customers in their own homes...
John Foley
Obama's IT Transformation Is A Work In Progress
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
From working with the CMO to experimenting with clouds.
Eric Zeman
What T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger Means For Business
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
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...
Jonathan Feldman
Unlocking Big Government Data: Whose Job Is It?
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 Schwartz
The Case For A Cyber Arms Treaty
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
Websites accused of copyright infringement, rightly or wrongly, may soon be harder to find. It is a bad idea, and Google should leave law...
Thomas Claburn
Google $22.5 Million FTC Fine Has No Teeth
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
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
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,...
Cindi Howson
MicroStrategy Bets On Visualization, BI For Facebook
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
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency built a bigger data center than it needed. Now the potential federal IT boondoggle is being turned...
Paul Cerrato
Obamacare Victory Spells More Work For Healthcare CIOs
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
Campaign jabs at Mitt Romney notwithstanding, the evidence suggests the President wants to use outsourcing to boost ties with India and level the...
Mathew Schwartz
FTC Sets Consumer Data Collection Limits
As Spokeo gets fined $800,000, FTC tries to enforce differences between consumer-reporting services and people-search services, which gather and...
John Foley
10 Developments Show Government Cloud Maturing
Emerging trends such as FedRAMP, community clouds, and single-source contracts point to the start of phase two for cloud computing in federal...
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