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Posts Tagged: data
Publishing Government Data That Developers Will Actually Use
Despite increasing public support (as well as a number of executive mandates) publishing public data in a machine-readable format is not as simple as pressing the “publish” button. Why? Equally important as exposing the information itself is fostering a vibrant developer ecosystem around it. By making the publishing agency, not the public, responsible for makingRead… Read more »
More Virtuous Examination of the Big Data Construct: TechAmerica Foundation Announces Leadership for “Big Data” Commission
We recently wrote about TechAmerica and their activities related to Big Data in the Public Sector. A Big Data Task Force in TechAmerica’s public sector group has kicked off a collaborative activity in a Big Data Task Force. There has been a new development in domain. The foundation arm of TechAmerica, which is the groupRead… Read more »
Moldova Re-Invents the Hackathon
Note: this article is cross-posted from its original location. This last weekend saw the first hackathon ever to occur in the country of Moldova, and they definitely made it their own. For a country that is just starting to build its civic hacker community, the results were nothing short of remarkable: 85 participants set toRead… Read more »
Default Open Data: White House Launches New Digital Government Strategy
On Tuesday the Obama administration laid out their ambitious Digital Government Strategy. Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel and Federal CTO Todd Park unveiled the strategy at the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC that took place in New York. “It’s a roadmap to transform government to be an enablement platform. Open data will be the new default. On topRead… Read more »
New Survey at CTOlabs.com: How do you define “Big Data”?
More thank likely you have been studying Big Data. I wonder what you mean when you use the term? I believe many of us are using that term in similar ways now. I just updated the Wikipedia entry on Big Data to capture an increasingly common use of the term: ”For the enterprise CTO, BigRead… Read more »
TechAmerica And Big Data in the Public Sector
TechAmerica is a great association of companies driving innovation worldwide. They are a leading voice of the US technology industry with over 1000 member companies worldwide. Member companies span the entire spectrum of technology, from software to semiconductors and from start-up to multi-national. Their companies are key drivers of economic growth and job creation. InRead… Read more »
GovBytes: Cyber-Crime Grew in 2011
Crime on the Internet is trending up, which is no surprise with the explosive growth of the Internet. Cyber-crime complaints were up 3.4 percent in 2011 from 2010 according to the latest latest Report on Internet Crime by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 is a partnership between the FBI, White Collar CrimeRead… Read more »
Update on Splunk Live DC: 15 May 2012
Splunk Live DC will be held Tuesday 15 May 2012 at the Ronald Reagan center in downtown DC. This will be a great event to exchange lessons learned on the use of Splunk capabilities for Big Data analysis. Lessons learned and use cases on government related topics will be a key feature. The agenda includesRead… Read more »
Big Data: Are You Ready?
We love buzz words in government. Cloud, SOA, and now Big Data. There is certainly a lot of hype around the buzz. “Keeping Afloat in a Sea of ‘Big Data”, ITBusinessEdge, “The promise of Big Data” Intelligent Utility, and “The challenge-and opportunity-of big data” are just a few of the headlines contributing to the bigRead… Read more »