On January 19, Carahsoft hosted a webinar on Big Data success in government with Bob Gourley and Omer Trajman of Cloudera. Bob began by explaining the current state of Big Data in the government. There are 4 areas of significant activity in Big Data. Federal integrators are making large investments in research and development ofRead… Read more »
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Salesforce.com as OpenGov PaaS – Digital Fuel for the 21st Century
As part 4 of our GovCloud series, we can build on the previous blog about PaaS (Platform as a Service) and highlight how one implementation option for this is Salesforce.com, via their Force.com service. * This is one of the key topics of our upcoming MaaS webinar. Salesforce.com recently declared their ambitions for the publicRead… Read more »
Public Kundra Goes Private
Change is one of the most reliable components found within the task of managing an $80 billion dollar IT budget for the US. Vivek Kundra exemplifies this as the former Public Sector CIO accepts the new role of EVP/ emerging markets for none other then the private sector, cloud-friendly app Salesforce.com. A longtime proponent ofRead… Read more »
I work in HR at the Department of Global Competitiveness.
Could this be you? Keep reading. In an effort to streamline government, the White House announced Friday their intent to consolidate federal agencies and offices with interconnected missions, including: Department of Commerce’s business and trade functions Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Small Business Administration Export-Import Bank Overseas Private Investment Corporation U.S. Trade and DevelopmentRead… Read more »
MLK & Freedom in Prison – Excerpt from “The Leadership Muse” — Chapter 27
Chapter 27. Freedom in a Prison “In the desert of the heart Let the healing fountains start, In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise.” – W.H. Auden, British poet Pastor and writer Rowland Croucher speaks about how the leaders who can teach us our mettle have spent time inRead… Read more »
Setting the Agenda for 2012 and Beyond
I’m looking at the Federal agenda for 2012 as set out a few weeks ago by Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel. This is what I see: Cloud Mobility Modular Development Cyber Security Nothing wrong with this, but it seems to me that for 2012 from a strategic perspective this is looking backward a little. The federalRead… Read more »
From Networks to Swarms
CTOs , CIOs, and technology reporters are very familiar with the idea of the network. Think of networks and tech and the terms network-centric warfare, netwar, social networks, the wealth of networks, and a host of other terms and ideas immediately roll off the tongue. The network is the defining metaphor of the information age.Read… Read more »
Sprint, Ideal Life Unveil Remote Health Monitoring Device at CES –
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Sprint-Ideal-Life-Unveil-Remote-Health-Monitoring-Device-at-CES-120182/ Remote health monitoring company Ideal Life is demonstrating a cellular device that sends patient data to the cloud over Sprint’s network. At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sprint and remote-monitoring device manufacturer Ideal Life are exhibiting a cellular device called the Pod to help consumers manage chronic conditions such as diabetesRead… Read more »
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Mobile Continues to Trickle in to the Military
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