I attended the cloud conference keynote by Ryan Berg, a Senior Architect for Security Research at IBM. The presentation, titled “Cloud Security – A Business Transformation Nirvana or Security Nightmare?” examined the move towards the cloud and the associated implications and opportunities for security. Berg began his presentation by looking at the environment in whichRead… Read more »
This week, HP is attending the National Postal Forum in Orlando, discussing ways that technology solutions can help improve the USPS, and in turn how the USPS can help businesses and governments accomplish their business objectives. I know GovLoop members have debated in the past about the best ways to improve the postal service, withRead… Read more »
Check out Tom’s Newest book: Cloud Surfiing Thomas Koulopoulos gave a very interesting discussion that examined invention and innovation through time – and how it affects the way we will be using cloud capabilities. Mr Koulopoulos is the author of eight books, and has recently released “Cloud Surfing.” as well, he is the founder ofRead… Read more »
Tomorrow brings us to the Final Four and I still have a chance to win my office pool (I have Kentucky and Ohio State playing in the final Monday night). More importantly, from our perspective, it marks the end of the Coalition’s first business quarter and the beginning of the second. The first quarter hasRead… Read more »
Government Mobile IT Infrastructure will be a huge part of spending in the next few years Mobile is the wave of the future, and it’s not just because the PC is dead. It is because we have to more work, more places, just to keep up with business. This is true of government as expectationsRead… Read more »
Salary: $84,804 – $117,036/Annually Apply on-line at www.bellevuewa.gov not later than: April 20, 2012 General InformationThe City of Bellevue, WA is currently recruiting for a seasoned communications professional to develop and execute communication plans, branding initiatives, and public relation strategies for the City that positively shift perceptions and land appropriate messages to the right audiencesRead… Read more »
By Andreas Muno More convenience for motorists and virtual queueing were some of the topics of last week’s post. We shall stick with traffic today for starters: As the time spent commuting increases with congested roads during rush-hours, costing Chicagoan and Washingtonian car commuters 70 hours of their lives every year, and $1,166 on averageRead… Read more »
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel started off what promises to be a great FOSE 2012 Steven VanRoekel kicked off FOSE 2012 with a bang. He gave an intriguing, educational and creative presentation that gave good insight into what the federal government is doing right now, and how they are solving the problem of innovating on aRead… Read more »
***Join me and CivicPlus in Joplin, MO on April 27-29th to participate in the City of Joplin hackathon where teams will compete to redesign the city website to be released the week before the 1-year anniversary of the tornado. Teams must RSVP by this Friday, April 6th.** This is a wild guess but I betRead… Read more »
Check in for updates on FOSE 2012 FOSE starts soon, and I, for one, can’t wait. It will be jampacked with some excellent speakers and the expo floor will be filled with innovative technologies. Now many of you probably can’t make it, so for you, I will be live-blogging here and providing some wrap-ups onRead… Read more »