By RyanKamauff This Black Friday please don’t wait in line to buy garbage gear (via Plastic Jungle) If you are out shopping this Friday, it’s likely you’ll see some awesome tech deals, but how can you know what are really deals? Here is a list of our favorite smartphones and tablets this holiday. Smartphones –Read… Read more »
By BobGourley Public-Private Information Sharing, or a varient of that concept, has been a part of federal government strategic plans for as long as I can remember. Every cyber security related study I know of, including the famous 1966 President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, has made public-private information sharing a key strategy. Federal agenciesRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. EU and U.S. Sign Joint Declaration to Make the Internet Safer for Kids – The European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano signed a joint declaration in London yesterday. This joint campaign also hasRead… Read more »
By BobGourley The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established to highlight innovative solutions and facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and creative ideas for addressing Big Data challenges. The Top Five Nominees of 2012 were chosen for criteria that included: Focus on current solutions: The ability to make a difference in governmentRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff via GigaOM Here are the top tech news and stories of the day. New York City replaces 250 public pay phones with iPad-like screens – after the effects of Superstorm Sandy, regular phone booths were suddenly hubs for communication. NYC will be installing smart screens that will “provide city information, emergency broadcasts andRead… Read more »
By BobGourley FutureCast is a series of technical discussions between ASG CTO, Mark Teter, and Russ Kennedy, VP of Product Management at Cleversafe. The discussions are posted online at YouTube so you can watch on your schedule. The first of the series is embedded below. It dives into the explosive growth of data and howRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff I recently (finally) received the Google Chromebook in the mail. After over 2 weeks of intense waiting, it is here, and has absolutely matched all of my expectations. The device is thin and light and amazing looking. It is quite and never gets hot, even after extended use. The battery life has easilyRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Cisco Systems to buy Meraki for $1.2 billion – Cisco announced on Sunday that it would be buying Meraki, a cloud solutions provider, for $1.2B. This purchase is intended to help Cisco reach $1B in annual revenue, as well as prop upRead… Read more »
By MollyJust Education 2.0 – Massive Open Online Courses What is a MOOC anyway? MOOCs are massive open online courses. As opposed to traditional courses that have tuition and limited enrollment, MOOCs are free and open to the masses. How are MOOC’s structured? The large numbers associated with MOOCs mean that instructors can not possiblyRead… Read more »
By MollyJust “We believe that the number of deaths being reported by the government, police, and media is grossly under reported. We also don’t think we have a true picture of what is really going on – reports that all have us have heard from family and friends in affected areas suggests that things areRead… Read more »