Congress casts a skeptical eye on the cloud
Cloud computing -- and its potential effect on future government technology initiatives -- finds its way onto the congressional stage.
NSF offers researchers high-performance computing time on advanced computing network
The coming round of one-year grants of computing time on the NSF’s advanced TeraGrid system give researchers access to more than two petaflops of computing power and 50 petabytes of online and archived data storage.
Microsoft partner tracks data on UK homeless
A Microsoft partner has created a system for storing the information of homeless people in Birmingham, U.K.
It's time to burst the cloud's hype bubble
Agencies are rushing into an unfinished technology that lacks standards and governance and is not suited to all of its proposed uses, Reality Check columnist Michael Daconta says.
Republicans want Skype on the Hill
House Republicans push Democrats to allow Skype to operate across Congressional firewalls.
GSA boldly goes where no agency has gone before
Agency's effort to put its e-mail onto a privately owned cloud moves government cloud initiatives into uncharted territory.
Will you live long and prosper? Take the quiz.
As medical researchers close in on the "longevity gene," an online quiz lets you get a read on your own expected life span.
How Microsoft is busting its own 'the browser is part of the OS' myth
For years, Microsoft has insisted that the browser is an integral part of the operating system, yet the company's current strategies with IE 6 and IE 9 make that argument an absurdity.
Security must come before the cloud, GAO says
Agencies have begun addressing security issues of cloud computing, but efforts to develop a comprehensive security framework so far are fragmented and incomplete, a GAO study found.
On Independence Day, who was free from techno tyranny?
On the approach of the July Fourth weekend, we asked readers to declare their independence from the oppression workplace tools. See what devices, gadgets and apps they chose to take a holiday from.
House panel questions cloud computing assumptions
Proponents of cloud computing today gave members of Congress an update on federal initiatives designed to achieve cost-savings and make the computing model more secure for wider agency adoption. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement held a hearing that allowed a panel of government officials and another panel from the private sector to speak and take questions.
How have NASA's Mars robots lasted 24 times longer than expected (so far)?
NASA's two Mars Rover vehicles were designed to last only 90 days but, six years later, they're still operating.
When 'Googling it' isn't enough
Federal agencies must become better informed about the drawbacks of relying on Web search engine technology internally for mission-critical applications, argues Johannes Scholtes, chief strategy officer at ZyLAB.
Congress to get an earful on cloud progress
Cloud computing proponents will have a chance to make their case to Congress on July 1, at a joint hearing on the interoperability, privacy, security and other aspects of the cloud.
Are government Web sites in danger?
In an effort to cut costs, the United Kingdom is cracking down on expensive government-funded Web sites, promising to close the majority of them. Could the United States do the same?
Forge.mil could be replicated for civilian agencies
GSA official outlines plans to engage people and implement effective IT solutions across the government.
Flash! Supercomputing goes solid-state
A testbed computer at Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory is operating with a flash-based memory. The capability and associated Linux technologies will appear in the next generation of U.S. Energy Department supercomputers.
Are Web apps ready for the enterprise?
Google, Microsoft and other companies are offering Web-based apps as an alternative to traditional office software suites. Gartner analysts tested them to see if they're ready for prime time.
Security washes out cloud savings
John Pescatore, Gartner Research vice president, advises federal agencies to take a careful look at security while estimating their savings in the cloud.
You've got Gmail: Berkeley Lab moving to Google platform
About 5,000 e-mail users at the Energy Department's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California are getting Google's cloud-based Gmail system for electronic communications.
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