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Google To Sell Android Phones Directly
Google plans to take back control of its Android OS from wireless carriers and sell phones directly to consumers. What better way to get OS...

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SAP Streamwork: One Customer's Story
Prototype system helps Applied Materials organize approvals on complex custom product specs, but not without tradeoffs.

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Is Print Dead? No, But Mobile Is The Future
Online content sites face many hurdles if they are going to succeed in a world of aggregators and controversial advertising models. And there is...

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By The Numbers

What benefits do private clouds offer over public cloud services for federal government agencies?

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Data: InformationWeek Analytics and InformationWeek Government Federal Government Cloud Computing Survey of 216 federal government technology professionals, March 2010.

Blogs

Google To Sell Android Phones Directly
Google plans to take back control of its Android OS from wireless carriers and sell phones directly to consumers. What better way to get OS...

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SAP Streamwork: One Customer's Story
Prototype system helps Applied Materials organize approvals on complex custom product specs, but not without tradeoffs.

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Is Print Dead? No, But Mobile Is The Future
Online content sites face many hurdles if they are going to succeed in a world of aggregators and controversial advertising models. And there is...

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One Year ICD-10 Delay Just Right, CHIME Says
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives says the government's recommendation to postpone compliance with the new medical billing...

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Pure Storage Rolls Out Next-Gen Storage Array
FlashArray 300 Series features high availability, data integrity, and VAAI support.

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Next iPhone Display | Facebook's 11 Biggest Technology Bets

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Webcasts

InformationWeek Government Cloud Computing Webcast Series
Government agencies must develop cloud computing strategies. To help federal IT pros develop effective implementation plans, we are offering a series of editorial Webcasts to guide you through the process of creating private clouds, from drafting a business plan, to building a cloud platform, to offering cloud services.

Cloud Implementer's Checklist
available NOW on-demand

The Business Case for Government Clouds
available NOW on-demand

Cloud Platform Strategy
available NOW on-demand

These three webcasts will help government IT pros pursue a well-planned approach to the cloud. Register today for the series!

InformationWeek Reports

report Cloud Implementer's Checklist
Once your agency has completed the business case for a private cloud, how do you actually move ahead with your data center transformation? Our report provides a practical set of steps to get you there, including a "to do" list that will be helpful to anyone on your IT team who's involved in the project. By the time you're done, your data center should be home to a more flexible, on-demand IT services.

report Cloud Compliance in Government
Compute clouds created for government data centers must adhere to a range of specifications designed to support data and system security, privacy, and governance. FISMA, HIPAA, SOX, and SAS 70 are just some of the requirements that have to be taken into account as federal IT pros deploy a shared-services cloud model. In this report, we identify the key specs that need to be factored into any federal cloud architecture.

report Government Cloud Platform Strategy
This report analyzes the key IT infrastructure considerations that must be taken into account for implementing cloud services in federal data centers: software/hardware environment, multi-tenancy, security, virtualization, and management tools. We also explain the key important role that APIs play in supporting hybrid scenarios that tap into public cloud services.

report The Business Case for Government Clouds
This report assesses usage scenarios, barriers, and other variables that factor into the decision of whether and how to implement cloud computing in federal environments.

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report Secure Cloud Computing for Federal Government
Learn about Secure Cloud Computing, a flexible self-service solution that puts computing resources at your fingertips on-demand and only for the period of time required.

report Developing an Enterprise Cloud Computing Strategy
Learn how this strategy of growing the cloud from the inside out delivers many of the benefits of cloud computing and positions you to utilize external clouds over time.

report Securing Applications in the Cloud:
This paper outlines the 3 common cloud application delivery models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). We discuss security considerations, issues and implications to the software development lifecycle processes.

report Top Threats to Cloud Computing:
This paper provides needed context to assist organizations in making educated risk management decisions regarding their cloud adoption strategies.

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