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California Smartphone Kill-Switch Law: What It Means
Do you understand the consequences of California's new smartphone anti-theft law? Our FAQ will clear up the confusion.
NIST Drafts Mobile App Security Guidelines
National Institute for Standards and Technology issues first draft of guidelines intended to help federal agencies balance benefits and risks of third-party mobile apps.
Workday Q&A: COO Talks Oracle, SAP
Workday COO Mike Stankey claims his firm has a three- to five-year tech lead on Oracle and SAP because the cloud is "more than a destination and a pricing model."
Social Media Bites Its Tongue
Pew Research finds that social media users are less likely to voice opinions face-to-face if they believe their Facebook followers would disagree. Call it surveillance fallout.
Former Acting HHS Cybersecurity Chief Guilty Of Child Porn
Timothy DeFoggi faces 20 years to life after jury takes two hours to convict him in federal court.
Dropbox Expands The Box
Dogged by competition, Dropbox now gives subscribers 1 TB for $10 a month, but backing up data to an external hard drive is still cheaper.
HealthCare.gov Names Counihan Its First CEO
Kevin Counihan, who ran Connecticut's successful state-based health insurance exchange, becomes HealthCare.gov's leader.
Who Wins In Cloud Price Wars?
Short answer: not IT. Enterprises don't want bare-bones IaaS for the same reasons they don't buy $299 PCs at Wal-Mart. Providers must focus on support, not undercutting rivals.
Ohio State Agencies Embrace Private Cloud
Ohio forced state agencies to consolidate IT infrastructure and coordinate IT goals, resulting in fewer staffers and lower costs.
Steerage To The Stars: The Cheapsat Revolution
As the cost of putting small digital satellites in orbit continues to fall, what can these little explorers do? Businesses, agencies, and scientists want in.
Windows Threshold May Merge Windows Phone, RT
Microsoft's upcoming Windows Threshold operating system reportedly will merge Windows Phone and Windows RT into one user interface for ARM-based mobile devices.
GE Powers Internet Of Agriculture
GE helps grain-equipment company TempuTech put sensors, big-data analysis, and cloud-based reporting to work with an Internet of Things service.
Why Federal Agencies Lag Behind On Mobile Tech
Dearth of government-wide mobile policies hurt agencies' rollout of new mobile technologies, says Defense Information Systems Agency chief.
Mobile Health Apps Have Role In Ebola Crisis
Mobile health apps could play a bigger role than they have to date in speeding the response to a global health crisis.
Analytics For All, No Data Scientists Needed
While there's a role for Ph.D.-level experts, the real power is in making advanced analysis work for mainstream -- often Excel-wielding -- business users. Here's how.
Navy's CANES Contract: Network Virtualization At Sea
US Navy Awards CANES contracts, valued at $2.5 billion, begins network consolidation, cyber defense upgrades.
What Civic Innovation Contests Teach Tech Companies
Creative, new ideas can come from unexpected places. Tech companies should look outside the usual places for inspired, important products.
Android Flaw Might Also Affect iOS, Windows
Sandboxing flaw let researchers hijack Gmail 92% of the time, and could also affect iOS and Windows.
Todd Park To Exit Federal CTO Role, Says Fortune
Fortune Magazine is reporting White House CTO will leave that post but may help with Silicon Valley recruiting.
Oregon Sues Oracle Over Failed Healthcare Website
Oracle first sued Oregon, and now the state responds with lawsuit claiming the company's "shoddy" performance is to blame for health insurance exchange website debacle.
US Military To Launch Open Source Academy
Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Mississippi will offer open source training and Linux certification for military personnel and civilians in groundbreaking new program.
ICD-10 Delay: An Opportunity To Change Course
Instead of just delaying the new medical coding system, we should be rethinking the necessity of it.
Public Sector IT Compliance The Private Sector Way
Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to mimic private-sector accountability practices. Compliance will require private sector discipline.
BYOD: California Ruling A Wakeup Call
California's Cochran v. Schwan court case casts a pall over BYOD plans, but clear corporate policies can eliminate liability concerns.
State & Local Agencies Push Mobility Initiatives
Here's how S&L government can emulate successful federal mobile efforts.
Microsoft Azure Adds NoSQL, Search & HBase Services
Microsoft brings DocumentDB, Search, and HDInsight HBase services to Azure, boldly entering the NoSQL arena and rounding out its cloud-based data platform.
Google Drive For Work: Unlimited Storage Tempts Businesses
Cloud-based storage is attracting business customers, despite security concerns amplified by Edward Snowden's revelations.
Wanted: Cloud Brokers
Do you know the ins and outs of cloud software stacks and security? Got the finesse to break through cultural resistance? Then you may have found your next career.
Hybrid Cloud: All About The Network?
When a database must stay tucked away in an enterprise data center, running a dependent service in the public clouds spells "latency." Or does it?
US House Inspector General: IT Audit Activist
At the 2014 GRC Conference, House IG Theresa Grafenstine argues internal auditors must be more forward looking -- and explains why being exempt from regulations just makes her job harder.
4 Tips: Protect Government Data From Mobile Malware
Mobile malware continues to proliferate, particularly on Android devices. These four steps help counter the threat.
Data Driven: Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications Coming Soon
For proposed V2V safety systems to work in the real world, a free flow of data between connected cars is essential. Naturally, the devil's in the details.
Google's Public Decade: 10 Search Innovations
Google's Amit Singhal looks back at 10 years of search improvements.
9 Technologies That Power New York City
From space exploration robotics to subway subsystems, New York has technology to cover everything. Check out some cool examples near the Javits Center, home to Interop New York -- and beyond.
Cybersecurity: How Involved Should Boards Of Directors Be?
Security audit groups ISACA and IIA weigh in on what role the board of directors should play in an enterprise's cybersecurity strategies.
3D Mapping Data's Future: 8 Examples
Federal agencies, academia, communities, and the private sector are collaborating on advanced US mapping data as part of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). Look what these maps can do.
Internet Of Things: Limitless Dumb Possibilities
Many of the "improvements" to ordinary household objects promised by SmartThings, a software company just acquired by Samsung, are already available elsewhere or seem like overkill.
Indiana Analysis, Open Data Efforts Use SAP Hana
After pilot involving infant mortality data, Indiana adopts SAP Hana in-memory database as foundation of new management reporting system, plans open data website for citizens.
Apple Bans Two Toxic Chemicals
For the first time, Apple has published its list of regulated substances for manufacturing.
US Digital Service: Key To Making Government Agile?
Effort to apply the lessons of HealthCare.gov is praiseworthy, but may not get at the root cause of problems with digital government services.
Presidential Records Management Directive: It Takes A Village
Agencies will need to draw from varied resources to meet the deadline for digitally archiving federal government records by 2019.
Amazon Local Register: Friend Or Foe?
Mobile payment service prompts concerns about ulterior motives.
Government iPad Activations Up 5%
State and federal customers are ramping up iPad use, says enterprise mobile software firm Good Technology.
Microsoft Delays ActiveX Blocking In IE
In response to customer concerns, Microsoft won't start blocking ActiveX controls in IE until September.
Hybrid Cloud Security: New Tactics Required
Interested in shuttling workloads between public and private cloud? Better make sure it's worth doing, because hybrid means rethinking how you manage compliance, identity, connectivity, and more.
NASA Mission: Cloud Governance
Here's how the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory addressed governance, risk, and compliance for its critical public cloud services.
Gartner Magic Quadrant: NetScout Says Secret Is Green
After Gartner analysts rank NetScout only a "challenger," Netscout files lawsuit alleging Gartner's rankings involve pay for play. Let's examine both sides of this street.
Apple's Dominance Of Enterprise Mobility Slips
Android is gaining acceptance in business at the cost of Apple's iOS popularity while Microsoft languishes at the bottom.
Rosetta Spacecraft: Treacherous Challenges Ahead
The Rosetta Spacecraft's successful rendezvous last week with the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gersaimeno was a breeze for mission control compared to its next task: landing on the comet.
Cyber Risk Dashboards: False Sense Of Control?
Federal programs promoting the use of risk dashboards can boost real-time visibility, but only if they are used correctly.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
Download this report to compare how cloud usage and spending patterns have changed in 2020, and how respondents think they'll evolve over the next two years.
2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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