Here are some stats: there are 28 million corporations in America. 60% are small businesses. Women own 30% of small businesses. That number has grown exponentially in the past few years, to become the fasting growing segment in the corporate world. One of the keys to that growing number is getting women owned businesses involvedRead… Read more »
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Are Big Data and Cybersecurity a Perfect Match? Plus Your Weekend Reads!
We all know by now that cyberspace is the next frontier and that attacks are getting more sophisticated and effective. But the key to keeping your network may be big data. Teradata and Ponemon Institute have looked at the results in their report: Big Data Analytics in Cyber Defense. Sam Harris the Director of EnterpriseRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: April 26, 2013
Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week: Securities. On HowTo.Gov, Justin Herman exhorts his fellow govvies: “Government Must Rapidly Respond to Social Media Hacking“ FedTech reports that “Mobile Security Is Top of Mind for Government IT Professionals” which is important, becuase “For Defense Department Agencies, Mobile Technology Can Save Lives, Property and Time“ GovLoop and Symantec put “CyberRead… Read more »
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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Ubuntu 13.04 Review: Linux for the average Joe or Jane Learning Pool Proud Sponsors of BlueLightCamp 2013 Digital Housing Hub welcomes it’s thousandth member! Building a network of trust around the Digital by Default Standard You should check out our Hangout tomorrow: Cloud, Big Data, IntegratedRead… Read more »
Turning Data into Decisions – Why Metrics Matter
The best way to maximize performance is to make data based decisions. But that process is easier said than done…or is it? John Salamone is the Vice President at Federal Management Partners. Salomone and Rick Hartman have written a new guide, Catching the Social Media Wave: Using Data to Drive Decisions. He told Chris DorobekRead… Read more »
An Interview with Ron Yaggi of IO
By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast I interviewed Ron Yaggi, SVP of IO Federal. IO is the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services designs, engineers and delivers cloud enabling data center infrastructure and software for the world’s largest enterprises, governments and service providers. Ron spoke a bit about his history (aRead… Read more »
Boston Manhunt Proves the Power of Interagency Collaboration
“Last week was a very dark week for the country, you had what happened in Boston, West Texas and the ricin letters sent to politicians here in DC. But in the midst of those tragedies there was a bright spot and that was the work of the public servants,” said Tom Fox. Fox is theRead… Read more »
Exploring Software-Defined Storage for Organizations
In today’s world, government agencies are collecting data like never before. As agencies continue to be challenged to manage the volume, velocity and variety of data, agencies are looking at new ways to unlock the power of data to transform service delivery and find new business efficiencies. This has led to advances in the wayRead… Read more »
Change the Game Once . . . Then Wash, Rinse and Repeat
Realize the Value (& Advance the Mission) – Agilex’ Weekly Blog on Hot Topics in Government IT In my last blog – It’s Not Email, It’s Your Mission – I talked about the importance of mission-focused applications and how they can change the way federal agencies do business through cost savings, empowering field workers, creatingRead… Read more »
Profiling a Data Breach – Where Should You Spend Your Cybersecurity Resources?
In the 2014 budget request the White House sent to Congress one of the few areas to not get cut dramatically was cybersecurity. But before we pour resources into protecting our networks from cyberattacks it is important to know from where and from who these attacks are coming. That’s where the annual Verizon 2013 DataRead… Read more »