NSF wants to test-drive the cloud of the future
NSFFutureCloud prototypes offers researchers the ability to share information and explore resources regarding cloud computing architectures, software, design, networking, security and more.
Still on Windows Server 2003? Get out your wallet.
Agencies still depending on Windows Server 2003 will be looking at steep costs if they buy into a Microsoft Custom Support Agreement to cover updates to the software that will no longer be supported after July 14, 2015.
After FedRAMP: Trust, but verify
FedRAMP certification does not absolve agencies of responsibility for their cloud security. NIST and FedRAMP officials offer advice on how to truly understand what's behind that seal of approval.
Crime fighting data, software move to the cloud
IBM i2 COPLINK on Cloud gives police access to more than a billion law enforcement documents to help them uncover relationships and patterns when investigating crime.
NSA using OpenFlow for SDN
Spy agency says commercially available solutions are key to its network management.
Does New York State's ‘Energy Highway’ Plan Make Sense?
Approving the Hudson Valley transmission project could hinder the Empire State’s future in renewable energy, according to a new report.
Why aren’t we sharing more cloud applications?
Agency execs vent their frustration with the difficulty leveraging investments in common platforms.
Colorado Traffic Camera Footage Captures Canyon Rockslide
There wasn’t a “family of sasquatches” involved but the scene along I-70 was far more action packed.
California Labor Commission Ruling Could Upend Uber’s Business Model
The ride-booking service classifies its drivers as “contractors.” But a new decision could lead to big changes for the company.
Internet2 pilots SDN operating system
Internet2 has deployed an open source software defined networking operating system on a "virtual slice" of its national education network.
USDA, Microsoft cultivate food resilience tools
The Department of Agriculture and Microsoft are working to move agricultural data to the cloud where researchers can build tools to provide food reliance in the face of climate change.
How HHS and NASA are handling hybrid-cloud challenges
Both agencies have found valuable uses for hybrid cloud, but the security and standardization issues aren't easy fixes.
Watch PennDOT’s Quick Work to Demolish and Rebuild a Highway Bridge
Road construction can be very visually stimulating.
NASA puts 150 years of climate projections in the public cloud
The massive dataset is the latest addition to OpenNEX, a partnership with Amazon to make climate data more broadly available.
Nutanix offers native hypervisor in ‘invisible infrastructure’
The Xtreme Computing Platform includes a Nutanix developed open source hypervisor and one-click infrastructure management.
Indianapolis’ ‘Freedom Fleet’ of Electric Cars Is in Trouble
The city may not be able to save the contract of questionable legality.
Inconsistent cloud terminology muddies the waters
The ‘cloud’ has come to encompass goods and services well beyond the original definitions of infrastructure, platform and software-as-a-service.
Office 365 gets additional email protections
Government agencies running Office 365 can now take advantage of Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection, a new email filtering service that provides additional protection against malicious attachments and links.
Tracewell debuts military-grade converged infrastructure server
Built on the Dell PowerEdge FX converged architecture, the Tracewell T-FX2 provides modular storage, compute building blocks and unified system management capabilities in a single form factor.
HHS on a mission to liberate health data
The relaunched websites and open data pilots are part of agencywide efforts to make health information more accessible.
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