4 reasons the cloud is safer than you thought
Lingering fears and false impressions can be hard to shake. Here are four areas in which the popular views on cloud security are wrong or don’t tell the whole story.
New York City getting data centers under one roof
The consolidation, part of New York’s Citywide IT Infrastructure Services program, will bring 14 agencies into a consolidated data center by year's end.
IPv4: The final farewell begins
The final distribution of IPv4 addresses, expected to be made to Regional Internet Registries this week, means that the hopper supplying the current generation of Internet addresses will be empty and future address allocations will be made with next-generation IPv6 addresses.
NIST guide tackles security challenges of public cloud computing
Cloud computing offers the promise of greater efficiency and flexibility, but it also presents security challenges. NIST has issued draft guidelines for addressing those challenges.
Are ARM-based servers the next big trend?
Future ARM-based servers could reduce power costs in the data center, helping cloud service providers such as Microsoft.
HP soars into the cloud with launch of private portfolio
Hewlett-Packard Co. launches portfolio of private cloud services, hardware and software and announces plans to jump into public cloud hosting.
NASA saves on self-service call center
NASA has cut down on the number of inquiries to its Shared Services Center by taking the center's website to the cloud and improving self-service options for employees.
Baltimore adds user interaction to its open data
The OpenBaltimore portal, now in beta, will host data from all city agencies, departments, boards and commissions.
The new DISA: leaner, standardized and a bit more secretive
DISA CIO Henry Sienkiewicz describes how the agency is reinventing itself during its move to Fort Meade. Md.
Amazon adds e-mail host to its cloud résumé
The company has launched Simple E-mail Service, which it describes as a highly scalable bulk and transactional e-mail distribution offering for businesses that send thousands or even millions of messages at once.
Microsoft embracing open-source Drupal 7
Microsoft has highlighted some of its interoperability accomplishments reflected with the release of the open-source Drupal 7 content management system.
IRS keeps tabs on refund status through app for iPhones, Androids
To erase the image of being behind the curve technically speaking, the IRS has launched an tax refund tracker for iPhone and Android mobile devices.
Elastic Beanstalk makes app deployment a walk in the cloud
Amazon Web Services this week took a significant step forward in making it easier for developers to deploy its apps to the company's widely used cloud services.
New HP, Microsoft solutions make good on cloud pact
One year after announcing a $250 million, three-year pact to deliver next-generation data center technology, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft have unveiled five appliances that offer Exchange and SQL Server in turnkey configurations.
MAP 5.5 Toolkit now available for free
Version 5.5 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit was released early this week.
Could a new breed of DOS attacks make the cloud unaffordable?
The move to the cloud could spur a new generation of denial-of-service attacks intended to use up resources and drive up costs, one researcher said at the Black Hat Federal conference.
It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's HTML 5!
The Worldwide Web Consortium has unfurled an HTML 5 logo as part of an overall publicity campaign for the next major revision of the coding standard.
Government IT to the cloud: private-sector lessons
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra’s mandate for each agency CIO to designate at least three “must-move” services to migrate to the cloud mirrors the approach successful corporate CIOs have taken, writes Appirio's Glenn Weinstein.
Portal to track state, local legislation
The OpenGovernment.org's beta version features legislative reports from five states, and the group plans to include all 50 states, along with city and other local jurisdictions.
Are mobile users suckers for phishing attacks?
An examination of some phishing logs by a Web security company raises the question of why mobile users are more likely to take the bait.
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