The benefits of the Internet of Everything (IoE) may sound futuristic, but they’re happening today. Here’s how several government entities have converged resources to take advantage of IoE. For more, download our new report on convergence and the Internet of Everything. The Defense Department: DOD has a huge but stove-piped sensor network. For example, sensors thatRead… Read more »
The following is an interview with Kapil Bakshi, Distinguished Architect at Cisco. To learn more about how your agency can excel with big data, be sure to check out our guide: The Big Data Playbook for Government. According to a recent economic analysis by Cisco, the Internet of Everything (IoE) presents a $4.6 trillion opportunity for publicRead… Read more »
The following is an interview with Webster Mudge, Senior Director of Technology Solutions, Cloudera. To learn more about how your agency can excel with big data, be sure to check out our guide: The Big Data Playbook for Government. One of the challenges for any IT program is soliciting support from leaders and gaining executive buy-in. AlthoughRead… Read more »
Big data and analytics fields are growing rapidly as more executives have a need to make informed decisions in real-time. Transceivers are an important part of this transformation in corporate America. A large part of the transceiver market is attributed to purchases made for designs related to the promotion of big data and analytics. ThisRead… Read more »
As our Conversations on Big Data is a series of discussions about using analytics in creative and interesting ways, Lara Shane of the Partnership for Public Service and I speak to people who are already doing just that. Not surprisingly, these people all share a common vision of an end state where the power thatRead… Read more »
Esri’s annual Federal GIS Conference (February 9-10, 2015) gives government employees the chance to take advantage of GIS as an analysis, decision-making tool. At the conference, five “Immersion Summits” will be held that dive deeper into five different categories that GIS is useful in: Economic and Community Services: Focuses on improving American lives and jobRead… Read more »
For several years, the Partnership for Public Service and the IBM Center for The Business of Government have partnered to have Conversations on Big Data, a series of discussions designed to broaden the perspective about quantitative analytics and share lessons learned about what worked well and what did not. As I was reviewing the transcriptsRead… Read more »
To learn more about how your agency can excel with big data, be sure to check out our guide: The Big Data Playbook for Government. On August 31, 1854, the London district of Soho was struck with a cholera outbreak, and by September 10, the neighborhood had reported over 500 deaths. Curious as to howRead… Read more »
For most, the idea of logistics doesn’t reach much further than, say, planning for a dinner party. Call some people, get some groceries, and spruce up the apartment. In the world of defense logistics, however, your dinner party has now turned into the task of overseeing the manufacturing, distribution, storage, and upkeep of the productsRead… Read more »
…when coupled with the word “data”, “dark” is anything BUT sinister…