Can Google Glass fight fraud in government programs?
Some data-centric service providers are exploring Google Glass for sending private, secure information to field investigators.
Virginia Tech launches network exchange in Atlanta
Mid-Atlantic Research and Education Exchange opens a new data network exchange to provide backup connectivity and direct peering links to major regional research institutions.
Defense teams rapidly deploy mobile, cloud biosurveillance tools
Teams from the Naval Research Laboratory and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency use Android-based handhelds to test and transmit field information on tropical diseases.
Flash storage emerges as viable alternative to spinning disks
Although still more expensive than conventional storage, the improving reliability of all-flash arrays and the need for enhanced performance in virtual environments is making solid state memory a viable storage option.
N.C. eyes cloud for linking statewide property data systems
North Carolina is testing cloud-based tools to integrate its property data silos for a range of uses, including taxation, emergency management and environmental protection.
Microsoft preps its government cloud
Microsoft aims to make its government-centric cloud as close to the commercial version of Azure as possible, while offering security assurances such as the FedRAMP seal of approval.
Linked data takes a leap forward
The new version of the W3C Resource Description Framework will help government data managers publish their data as effective and usable linked data.
Consortium offers road map for cloud-based rapid response
The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium uses cloud to cut computing costs in half and enable rapid collaboration by different systems and users around the world.
Enterprise software license management for Office 365
LicenseTrax gives IT managers a tool that reports license usage according to various groups within an organization.
Agencies experiment with software-defined networks
Software-defined networking is giving agencies looking to upgrade their enterprises opportunities to program and virtualize complex networks.
Autonomic Resources, Akamai layer FedRAMP cloud offerings
A partnership between Autonomic Resources and Akamai Technologies will give agencies more control and security through"end-to-end FedRAMP cloud offerings.
How to lock down data in use -- and in the cloud
The challenge of securing data in use is attracting cloud encryption solutions from industry heavyweights to cloud security startups.
How to wring more performance out of data centers
Data center managers are coaxing more performance from their systems with workarounds that will eventually be defined in software that makes better uses of storage media.
Sandia Labs unifies security, mobility, comm for next-gen researchers
Microsoft's Lync 2013 gives Sandia's IT managers presence awareness as well as instant messaging, conferencing and telephony tools that can integrate with enterprise collaboration and messaging software.
How flash memory answers data centers' need for speed
Government IT managers are turning to hybrid storage systems – disk storage plus flash memory – to get performance acceleration during boot storms and other peak processing events.
Sensor-sized big data storage scales down for the enterprise
BAE Systems' TeraStar system delivers government and military big data storage solution at smaller size and cost.
Forever accessible archives? Michigan moves its records to the cloud.
Michigan archivists chose Preservica, a Web-based workflow-based application that ingests and curates content of all types and stores it in the Amazon cloud.
Internet2's 100G network speeds genomics research
NIH and George Washington University researchers partner to accelerate genomics research using Internet2’s 100G network.
Is the cloud the next stop for enterprise risk management?
Cloud-based governance, risk and compliance solutions are a logical step for agencies that need to address new rules, consolidate systems and serve their mobile workforce.
Report finds US citizens unhappy with digital government
A recent report found U.S. citizens are not satisfied with its government’s use of digital technology as a way of interacting with citizens.
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