Sea change at NIST aims to ease agencies’ tech adoption
Recent modifications to IT standards confirm a changing approach to security, interoperability, and performance metrics by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
5 ways to maintain a high-performance app stack
Today’s IT landscape has become a complex mishmash of end-user devices, connectivity methods and siloed IT; its simplification lies in monitoring all applications as a single ecosystem.
FWHA seeks no-cost cloud for transportation data
Federal Highway Administration is looking for partners who can provide a no-cost option for transforming its datasets into an easy access, cloud-based format.
CyberGIS: infrastructure for massive geospatial data, processes
CyberGIS is a geospatial-specific infrastructure that manages, processes and visualizes massive and complex geospatial data, while performing associated analysis and simulation.
AWS puts Trusted Advisor preview in GovCloud
For a limited time, AWS GovCloud customers will be able to run all 19 best practices, or what AWS calls “checks” available in the GovCloud, the isolated AWS region designed for government’s sensitive workloads.
Spartan browser to support IE-based enterprise apps
Microsoft plans to deliver its new Spartan web browser while also permitting organizations dependent on older IE technologies to retain compatibility with their legacy web apps and intranet sites.
Virtualization, energy saving drive SSA data center plans
The Social Security Administration’s National Support Center designed to take advantage of new technologies, including server virtualization and energy-saving tech to lower costs and closely monitor resources.
How a computing powerhouse delivers health care insights
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab used three diverse high-performance computing architectures to analyze publicly available health-related datasets.
Livermore recognized for shuttering data centers
In spite of its increasing demand for computer power, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been able to close 26 data centers, resulting in annual savings of $305,000 in energy bills and $43,000 in maintenance costs.
Windows 10: Secure enough for government?
Microsoft’s new as-a-service operating system will come with a number of built-in security features like multi-factor authentication and containerization.
Are you ready for the next OS migration?
With the ending of mainstream support for Windows 7, it’s time for IT managers to start planning for the next operating system migration.
Big data best practices from down under
The Australian government’s guide aims to help agencies leverage their data assets by adopting big data and analytics tools.
CUNY students turn Watson loose on NYC challenges
College students compete to develop the best apps using Watson’s supercomputing powers to solve city problems.
Focus on security obscures rise of ‘shadow IT’
The Cloud Security Alliance survey finds more employees are empowered to use cloud-based applications – without IT department oversight.
Science community building standard data formats
Some scientific fields that do not have standard data formats are creating new platforms to facilitate the information sharing that will advance research.
Containers wait on sidelines for expected government uptake
Containers offer agencies application productivity gains, but more testing is needed before the technology becomes part of the government cloud tool chest.
Why government can’t – and shouldn’t – contain containers
Containers bring all of the benefits of virtualization, but with better use of hardware, an already broad ecosystem of applications and a clean separation of responsibility between contractors and agencies, which eases procurement pain.
SDN a game changer but slow out of the gate, survey shows
A recent survey of CIOs indicates that the adoption of software defined networking will be ‘vastly different and slower’ than expected.
Cloud ‘Commons’ would accelerate biomedical research
The National Institutes of Health is supporting the launch of an electronic “Commons,” a shared cloud and high-performance computing ecosystem to support the biomedical research community.
AWS adds features to GovCloud
Amazon Web Services announced a set of updates to AWS GovCloud, an isolated AWS Region designed to allow government agencies and customers to work with sensitive workloads in the cloud.
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