Amazon unveils cloud tailored for government agencies
Amazon Web Services has unveiled a cloud infrastructure designed for government agencies and contractors that want to move more sensitive workloads into the cloud.
Hot computers take a dip
Water cooling could safeguard expanding data centers, but current liquid systems are not ready for prime time.
The devil is in the data grooming
Getting data cleaned up and in and out of the cloud must be driven by a defined process and deliverable schedule.
To keep nimble, Census turns to CRM cloud
Cloud-based customer relationship management system gives Census 360-degree view of data gathered by the thousands of partners that help conduct the census.
30 state IT projects finalists for NASCIO awards
NASCIO has selected 30 state IT initiatives in 10 categories as finalists for its 2011 Recognition Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Information Technology in State Government.
Using search engines, e-mail now almost universal
Americans are using e-mail and searching online more than ever. In fact, about 61 percent of online adults use both on an average day.
Lightning not kind to Amazon, Microsoft cloud centers
A lighting strike in Dublin knocks out power and takes Amazon EC2 and Microsoft BPOS data centers with it.
Los Alamos builds time machine to the way the Web was
A team of Los Alamos computer scientists has developed Memento, which lets users search across Internet archives to revisit old Web pages.
NARA takes crowdsourcing approach to tagging historic documents
The National Archives and Records Administration wants amateur historians to get involved in putting electronic tags on its historic documents online.
DOE takes innovative approach to data center consolidation
Energy's agreement with Lockheed Martin is the first to use an energy-savings contract for data center consolidation and IT enhancements.
10 agency projects win 2011 GCN Awards
The winning project teams, selected from more than 200 nominated, combined leadership and technical innovation with a determination to improve services and cut costs.
What was the first registered domain name on the Internet?
Interestingly, the first registered Internet domain name was not the first domain name created. Can you guess what it was?
Safari 5 takes no. 2 spot in July browser battle
The browser wars took a new turn as Apple's Safari 5 browser gained ground in a July survey.
Net neutrality tool could help spot ISP cheaters
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky's Neutrality Router, unveiled at Black Hat, would detect when a service provider is interfering with traffic.
Who wins in the battle of FiOS vs. cable?
A study orchestrated by the Federal Communications Commission shows the real Internet speeds for Internet service providers' connections. Where does your provider land on the list?
Study linking IQ with browser choice a hoax
A study that claimed to show that users of older versions of Internet Explorer had lower IQs than users of other browsers appears to have come from a fictional company.
Zombies, orphans and other perils of virtualization
Virtualization offers agency IT shops many benefits, but it’s also rife with pitfalls that can make it a network killer.
Why can't novels get technology right?
IT flubs make techno-thrillers such as Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress" unintentionally funny.
Going mobile? The people are already there.
Agencies serious about connecting with the public have to go where the people are. Increasingly, that means mobile apps.
Complexity could jeopardize data center consolidation
Increasing computing demands and a mix of OS systems could jeopardize potential savings, according to a new survey sponsored by Juniper Networks. A quarter of feds think there will be more data centers, not fewer, in 2015.
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