Tweet Bob Gourley was recently interviewed for WashingtonExec’s New Series: WashingtonExec 2012 Prediction Issue: Execs Speak Out. 2012 is fast approaching, and with it comes big changes in the Federal IT industry. WashingtonExec is giving local executives the opportunity to share their thoughts on where they see the government contracting industry headed. Leaders of theRead… Read more »
Bob Gourley was recently interviewed for WashingtonExec’s New Series: WashingtonExec 2012 Prediction Issue: Execs Speak Out. 2012 is fast approaching, and with it comes big changes in the Federal IT industry. WashingtonExec is giving local executives the opportunity to share their thoughts on where they see the government contracting industry headed. Leaders of the industryRead… Read more »
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 and overall winner was announced at Hadoop World in New York City on November 8 2011. The Government Big Data Solutions AwardRead… Read more »
I was asked a very interesting question earlier today – A colleague asked me how many twitter accounts there are in Devon? To which my reply was (slightly paraphrased): “Hmmmm, I’m not sure to be honest…however we could provide a crude figure for the number of facebook users or potential reach using the advertising feature….weRead… Read more »
As some of you learned last night, Embassy Magazine broke the story that all of Statistics Canada’s online data will not only be made free, but released under the Government of Canada’s Open Data License Agreement (updated and reviewed earlier this week) that allows for commercial re-use. This decision has been in the works forRead… Read more »
My thoughts are a mess – this week has been intense both on and off the ice; invariably many thoughts have passed through my head, but I haven’t had the time I need to collect them. That said, I suggest you read the transcript from this year’s Gordon Osbaldeston Lecture given by Allan Gregg (aRead… Read more »
Open source software has historically had a hard time competing with its big budget proprietary rivals but, as Bob Gourley explains in an interview with Federal Computer Week, “Hadoop is totally unique in many ways.” There is currently no proprietary match for Hadoop in the realm of Big Data analysis across clusters of commodity computers.Read… Read more »
Workshfting is a term used by Citrix to describe the fluid movement of your workspace (projects, documents etc.) across the multiple modes and devices you have: Laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc. For example you work on your home PC and then travel to a client site, meaning you’re mobile for some time and then within aRead… Read more »
If you guessed me, you’d be wrong. Here is everything I have read thus far on the subject (presented in the order I read them): Address by Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, at PSEngage Guideline for External Use of Web 2.0 Guideline for Digital Oblivion (Jarius Khan) Web 2.0 Comes to Ottawa WithRead… Read more »
Vermont is moving forward on its managed care plan to deliver health care services to state residents. MVP Health Care and Vermont Managed Care have entered into an innovative partnership to provide Vermont residents with “Vermont First,” a managed care approach through a network of Vermont focused health care providers. Under the partnership, Vermont ManagedRead… Read more »