DOE Idaho Lab moves to Google Apps for Gov
Lab officials expect the new tools to improve collaboration among its employees, helping them to share IT infrastructure, resources and applications.
Don't get your wires (and cables) in a twist
PigTails offers a unique, clear way to label cords and cables.
DOT agency takes mission-critical database to the cloud
The Transportation Department is migrating applications connected with the agency's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to Virtustream's FISMA-certified cloud data center.
New York Times creates a dustup over data centers
An article that says the data centers at the foundation of Internet activity are environmentally damaging draws sharp criticism from others who cover the industry.
Why is ICANN selling government-sounding domain names?
An investment group that applied for 307 generic top-level domains, including .army, .airforce and .medical, is raising concerns over the potential for fraud.
Moving encryption to the enterprise edge involves trade-offs
DOE is using a cloud-based appliance to handle encryption of unclassified e-mail, but the solution is not for everybody.
Cities expected to spend $4.8B on big data and cloud by 2017
Communication, data sharing and application development will play a key role for city governments over the next five years, according to Pike Research.
Government’s new second language: XML
The Extensible Markup Language, which encodes documents to be both human- and machine-readable, has become government's go-to format.
CIA venture arm targets a secure cloud platform
Following last month’s agreement with Adaptive Computing to develop a cloud operating system, In-Q-Tel invests in Huddle’s secure cloud platform.
Could helium in hard drives make performance go 'Up?'
Western Digital plans to encase hard drives in helium to reduce drag, lower power consumption and increase performance.
Mission-critical apps need major overhaul for the cloud, feds say
Custom-built applications pose a barrier to cloud migration, according to 45 percent of fed IT managers surveyed in new MeriTalk report
One-stop cloud marketplace open for feds
NJVC has unveiled a multi-cloud broker service for the federal government that will let agencies try, design and price an array of services from cloud providers before committing to large-scale migration.
D-Link cameras stream surveillance data to the cloud
The new cameras can be monitored via smart phone, freeing security personnel from their monitors.
Google drops apps support for IE 8, stranding XPers
Google announced it was discontinuing support for Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Education and Government running on Internet Explorer 8, likely stranding the many XP users in government.
‘Biometrics in a box’ – migrating Windows apps to the Amazon cloud
A hands-on look at migrating biometrics applications to Amazon's cloud.
In use in-house, company will offer encryption-as-a-service to defense, intell community
Exceptional Software is using CipherCloud to securely move its own CRM and e-mail to the cloud, and plans to offer the technology to its defense and intelligence customers for use in private clouds.
How county prepared for DDOS attacks at GOP convention
Concerned about being targeted by denial-of-service attacks while hosting the GOP convention, the Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office turned to security-as-a-service.
It's called 'sparse data,' and it could be a big deal
The small bits of data coming from sensors recording everything from temperature changes to coffee pot use could make a big difference in the way we manage things.
Companies, agencies, still struggling with big data's learning curve
Even as enterprises launch big data initiatives, many face gaps in computing power, analytics and workforce skills, CompTIA survey finds.
Government's 7 top challenges to embracing the cloud
The Government Accountability Office recently released a report that assessed the progress seven agencies have made in implementing the Cloud First policy and came up with their seven top challenges.
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