IBM

Tool Allows Researchers To Mine Piles Of Government Patent Data

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New analytics software and cloud-based services from IBM will let companies and their researchers more easily mine the Mt. Everest of documents contained in U.S. government and other worldwide patent and scientific databases, IBM officials said Thursday.

The company’s Strategic IP Insight Platform (SIIP) can help augment the performance of private-sector research and development programs, identify new market opportunities and drive innovation across an assortment of industries, officials said. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 9, 2011 at 1:00 PM

How Homeland Security’s CBP Turned $335 Million Budget Cut Into Cloud Opportunity

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When Wolf Tombe took over as chief technology officer at the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP), there were more than 3,000 deployed technologies, a major data center had run out of room and power, yet server utilization was only 10 percent, and almost every server in the agency had a different configuration and operating system.

That was 8 years ago. Keep reading →

 /  Published November 28, 2011 at 11:45 AM

Integrating Privacy And Security: The US Government Steps Forward

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The U.S. government recently took a noteworthy step toward strengthening security and privacy, issuing a roadmap for how to make such improvements real and achievable.

Security and privacy are often viewed as competing values, where more security means more surveillance and intrusion on individual freedoms. But in fact this is a false dichotomy; when security and privacy are designed into systems up front, they can serve both to protect people against unwarranted intrusions and also guard against other risks. Keep reading →

 /  Published November 23, 2011 at 10:59 AM

Patent Reform Elicits Cheers From Business, But USPTO Faces Big Challenges

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The passage last week of sweeping patent reforms may have finally given American businesses and innovators the boost they need to stay competitive in a global economy. But analysts and observers, including a former Under Secretary of Commerce, say it will take a lot more than the America Invents Act of 2011 to ensure the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can become a facilitator of growth in a stalled economy.

The Senate on Sept. 8 passed the America Invents Act by an overwhelming 89-9 vote, ushering in an era of patent reform that American businesses have been urging for the better part of the past decade. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 12, 2011 at 4:14 PM

Better Analysis of DOD Business Processes Key To Reducing Wasteful Spending

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A recent GAO report on Department of Defense business management systems found that the department has requested $17.3 billion to operate its business systems during fiscal year 2012.

It turns out the number of DoD systems in operation is rather staggering: According to the inventory information, those funds were to be used to operate 2,258 business, 335 financial management, 709 human resource management, 243 real property and installation, and 281 acquisition management systems. Keep reading →

 /  Published August 31, 2011 at 4:31 PM

What HP’s Restructuring Means To Federal IT

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Hewlett-Packard’s announcement on Aug. 18 that it planned to abandon tablets and smart phones, and explore a possible sale of its PC business in favor of software and services led many on Wall Street to question the company’s grand strategy and future valuation.

But throughout the federal government, where the world’s largest IT company is also one of the two most popular providers of desktop computers, the three main questions on the minds of IT managers are: will a decision by HP to sell its Personal Systems Group (PSG) impact my agency? Will my HP desktop investment look dramatically different in the near future? And, should federal IT decision makers be nervous about HP’s drastic change of course? Keep reading →

 /  Published August 31, 2011 at 9:01 AM
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