Facing a data quagmire, Nebraska puts storage systems in order
Nebraska's Office of the Chief Information Officer has turned to virtual tape storage tech to tackle a growing data overload.
What's next for data centers: Virtualization and SDN take over
Entirely virtualized, software-defined data centers will change service delivery for everyone from the citizen to the warfighter, experts say.
New techniques behind Energy's plan for exascale computing
Scientists at the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Lab are working toward building an exascale computer that by 2020 could be powerful enough to model the human brain, cell by cell.
Ohio's budget office opens up with cloud-based BPM tool
The Office of Budget and Management has deployed Appian’s cloud-based BPM with mobile and social capabilities to improve the coordination of work across teams, departments and systems.
QTS opens secure cloud test lab for government
Facility in Richmond, Va., will speed up development and deployment of secure cloud computing services
Brocade unveils on-demand data center strategy
The company releases new hardware and software products that combine elements of physical and virtual networking.
Storage problems are holding back app virtualization, survey finds
Storage costs, performance issues and integration difficulties with flash and solid state drives are hampering the virtualization of critical apps, according to DataCore survey.
Novell, NTP introduce secure mobile file sharing solutions
Services can help enable BYOD by allowing mobile users to securely share documents.
How to ensure trusted geolocation of data in the cloud
The first product of the NCCOE is a demonstration of a geolocation scheme to let end users validate that work being done in the cloud is being done in a secure location.
Storage facility 220 feet underground gives agencies another data center option
Iron Mountain offers a secure, multitenant underground facility with portfolio services for data migration, networking, tape handling and recycling of data center assets.
How VA put 13 systems into one view at call centers
The agency has unified 13 different systems into one view, making it easier for agents to quickly retrieve benefits and claims information.
Internet2 backbone serving national supercomputer network
The XSEDE research network operators say bandwidth and networking tools are key to moving large files between high-performance systems.
In the near future, 'cloud computing' will just be 'computing'
Agency managers will assume that services are deployed in some type of cloud; the emphasis will be on extracting value from data, CIOs say.
How a simulated brain outperforms supercomputers
Neurogrid, a small, low-power system created by researchers at Stanford, could improve brain and mental illness research.
Palo Alto harnesses Google Fusion for Open GIS datasets
The city released the first wave of a series of geospatial datasets to public developers via Google Fusion, a tool for data visualization and integration.
6 steps to secure mobile access
The IdentityX platform leverages the federal cloud and up to six ID factors to authenticate users, even those using devices not managed by the enterprise.
Cloud broker software an emerging force for enterprise migrations
Both cloud brokerage services and cloud broker software can accelerate enterprise adoption and the migration of applications to the cloud.
Genome research creating data that's too big for IT
NCI is looking for ways cloud computing could help researchers tap its petabyte-scale human cancer genome database, which is "breaking the standard model" of research.
Two states overhaul IT to boost social services
Arkansas and South Carolina scrap older systems for cloud-based technologies and big data analytic software.
DISA plans for exabytes of drone, satellite data
The agency is planning a secure cloud to hold all the imagery and data collected by the military's drones, satellites and other sources.
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