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It's a jungle in there. Today's data center is highly complex and hard to manage. That drives up costs, power and cooling requirements and provisioning time, makes the entire network inefficient, and ...
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White House Issues Open Government Directive
December 8, 2009The Obama administration outlines steps that federal agencies must take to become more open, participatory, and collaborative, including release of "high value" data.
Government Technologist: States As Cloud Service Providers
December 7, 2009As state CIOs devise cloud computing strategies, they must assess whether their teams can provide services with the same skill and efficiency as commercial providers.
VA Eyes Sweeping Tech Initiative
December 4, 2009Veterans Affairs is seeking input on a proposed IT contract that would cover the "entire spectrum" of systems and applications.
Bill Requires Treasury To Create TARP Database
December 3, 2009The House of Representatives is calling for the Treasury Department to build a standard, Web-accessible database of bank bailout information.
Government CIOs Must Focus On Results, Not Data Centers
November 30, 2009Data center proliferation entails unacceptable cost and risk, says the former CIO of the U.S. Postal Service. With cloud computing as an option, it's time to pursue a more sustainable strategy.
NIST Drafts Cybersecurity Guidance
November 23, 2009The National Institute for Standards and Technology is urging the government to continuously monitor its own cybersecurity efforts.
Air Force To Expand PlayStation-Based Supercomputer
November 20, 2009The cluster of PlayStation 3 consoles is already being used for research into high-def video processing and systems with brain-like properties.
Obama Administration Defends Its Data Quality
November 19, 2009Inaccuracies in stimulus-tracking data on Recovery.gov do exist, but overall the transparency effort has been a success, says a special advisor to the President.
Texas' Data Center Consolidation Project Under Scrutiny
November 16, 2009A commissioned report finds a range of problems with a seven-year, $863 million outsourcing contract with IBM.
RFID Makes Slow And Steady Progress
November 13, 2009RFID isn't changing the world, but it's being used strategically in government and business to track animals, stock products, and tag documents.
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