cloud computing

Emerging Technologies Point To New Potential For Innovation

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The convergence of several rapidly evolving technologies is creating new potential for innovation at federal agencies, a group of senior government officials said at a technology and innovation forum held in Washington, D.C., April 24.

The accelerating adoption of cloud computing strategies, the consumerization and commoditization of IT, the integration of mobile devices and applications in the workplace, the rise of social media, and the need to process exponentially greater volumes of data are each unleashing new and more cost effective ways to work, the officials said. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 26, 2012 at 1:33 PM

Kundra: Social Enterprises Are Defining Future Organizations

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Former Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, speaking in his new role as an executive for Salesforce.com, told the IT community today that powerful social networking applications are helping organizations interact with employees and customers in new dimensions, spurring a worldwide social enterprise revolution.

Kundra, who served as master of ceremonies for a two-hour presentation at a cloud computing event in Washington, D.C., showed an audience of about 2,000 gathered at the Washington Convention Center how leading corporations are incorporating applications that tap into a variety of social networking platforms to engage employees and customers. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 25, 2012 at 3:00 PM

New Age Data Centers Pivotal To Microsoft’s Cloud Future Says Ballmer

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The epic shift to cloud computing and need to process massive volumes of data are spurring a high-stakes race to build global data center capacity while making information available on whatever kind of device consumers want it, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a group of Northern Virginia technology executives Thursday.

“We need to think of data center capacity in real time,” he said, as part of Microsoft’s broader bet that businesses and government will use a combination of public and private clouds in the future, Ballmer said. He made comment in a series of wide ranging remarks about how technology is changing and the implications that will have for individuals, businesses, and government during an industry breakfast in McLean, Va., hosted by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 19, 2012 at 1:31 PM

The Cloud And The Courts

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In mid-March 2012, a German court took a first step toward judicial regulation of the cloud. A court in Hamburg ruled that the file-hosting site Rapidshare must proactively filter the content uploaded by its users.

The ruling may well be the first of its kind. In America, for example, as long as sites that host content take down any uploads that infringe a copyright when they receive notice, they are under no obligation to filter content as it is added to the site. In contrast, the Rapidshare decision (which came as the result of a lawsuit by German booksellers) requires the site to filter out infringing content before it is posted to the Web. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM

NARA’s 1940 Census Launch Delivers Lessons In Big Data, Cloud Computing

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When it comes to big data and high public demand, the cloud can be a federal agency’s salvation.

That’s what the National Archives and Records Administration learned during the recent and long-anticipated 1940 census launch — the largest-ever release of publicly available data in the federal government. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 16, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Federal CIOs: How To Gear Up For FedRAMP

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Federal CIOs say agencies and government contractors must become completely familiar with FedRAMP security controls and how they relate to each agency prior to the cloud computing service program’s launch this summer.

Richard Spires, CIO of the Department of Homeland Security, was one of several CIOs who spoke about FedRAMP at a trade group breakfast Friday. He told the packed breakfast meeting that contractors and agencies alike have to remember that FedRAMP is “not just an optional thing we can elect to do,” it’s mandatory. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 13, 2012 at 1:30 PM

Federal Cloud Computing – Three Markets, Three Fates

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Given the hype around cloud computing, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone in the government contracting market agrees on what, exactly, it is. They don’t. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM

FOSE: Big Data, Social Media Pose New Hurdles For Records Managers

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The explosion of records across the government, including those generated by emerging technologies and social media, is putting new pressures on federal information managers.

The primary challenge is managing the onslaught of records in a new environment, Alan Linden, a senior technology consultant at Electronic Image Designers, said Thursday at the annual FOSE convention in Washington, D.C. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 6, 2012 at 11:44 AM

Cloud Tools Could Level Campaign Playing Field

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Officials at ElectionMall Technologies Inc. are counting on cloud computing to help achieve company’s the goal of giving candidates-from those running for national positions to candidates in school board elections-the tools they need to manage efficient and effective political campaigns.

The company, founded in 1999, has migrated its suite of Web-based campaign and election applications to Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform and formally released Version 2 of the suite, called Campaign Cloud, this week. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 6, 2012 at 10:00 AM

FOSE Panelists Predict ‘Cloud Supermarket’ In 21st Century

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Several panels of technology experts at the annual FOSE convention in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday predicted the present hodge-podge of cloud deployments in government will eventually lead to more agility, mobility and big changes in the business model.

“Cloud computing is…increasing the agility of [government] IT,” said Ravi Kumar, group marketing director at VMware, whose virtualization products are designed to build cloud infrastructures. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 5, 2012 at 9:00 AM
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