Survey: Data warehouses in no danger from Hadoop
A recent poll finds that data warehousing is still considered a critical business component, despite its challenges of scalability and cost.
CIS offers pre-hardened resources for Amazon cloud
The Center for Internet Security’s Amazon Machine Images will enable organizations to reduce time, cost and risk in their cloud deployments.
Government Office 365 plans get free MDM tools
Government IT managers looking for mobile device management tools will get three new options with their Office 365 subscription plans.
Resistance to DCGS-A persists
Critics are increasingly vocal with their dissatisfaction with the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System and the military’s insistence that soldiers continue to use it.
IRS flips storage for virtualized cloud service offering
Unisys acquired the IRS’s storage systems, then converted them into a virtualized storage-as-a-service offering that allows IRS to pay for storage capacity as needed.
Concierge service for big data transfers
Argonne National Labs’ Globus offers cloud-based service that manages bandwidth and improves reliability in transferring very large datasets.
SSA fortifies data future with move to all virtual storage
SSA is embracing virtualization across all of its media – including tape – as it migrates to a new 300,000 square-foot National Support Center in Urbana, Md., which opened last September.
Huddle earns FedRAMP ATO from USAID
Huddle announced its government and enterprise cloud service has been granted FedRAMP Authority to Operate by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Data center balances storage and networking of five universities
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center has adopted a cloud-based approach for the petabytes of data it stores in a two-year-old facility in Holyoke, Mass.
Balance tape and flash in layered storage mix
Tried-and-true tape combined with emerging flash technologies give data center operators control over how they manage storage systems, speed backups and reduce costs.
Landsat 8 data free on Amazon cloud
Amazon’s AWS cloud will host up to 85,000 scenes from the Landsat 8 satellite.
U.S. Mayors to Capitol Hill: It's Time to Boost Transportation Infrastructure Funding
“We’re going to need a federal fix here,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said during a U.S. Conference of Mayors task force meeting.
IBM, Carnegie Mellon partner on smart building analytics
Carnegie Mellon University will use IBM’s cloud-based smart building analytics software to gauge energy consumption across campus buildings.
California OKs Azure Government cloud for criminal justice data
Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud is certified to handle criminal justice information in the cloud, the California Department of Justice said.
Who’s online now? 18F builds web analytics dashboard
Marking its one-year anniversary, 18F unveiled analytics.usa.gov, a public digital analytics dashboard for almost 300 executive branch government domains.
Google Nearline offers fast retrieval from cold storage
Google said its Nearline Storage service provides users with rapid retrieval of long-term storage at a low cost.
Microsoft beefs up Azure for Internet of Things
Microsoft’s Azure IoT Suite combines the business intelligence capabilities of Power BI using real-time data (Azure Stream Analytics) and Azure Machine Learning capabilities.
IT modernization strategy: Reuse rather than replace
Agencies can modernize by reusing, not replacing, core business assets, allowing for smart use of existing funds and faster time to market for new functionality and services.
Watch a Utah Construction Crew Demolish a Bridge in 32 Seconds
Also, watch the Michigan Department of Transportation “slide” a new bridge into place.
HP’s security software as a service gets FedRAMP OK
With the authorization of HP’s Fortify on Demand service, federal agencies have on-demand access to continuous monitoring and vulnerability detection without additional software.
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