EPA, Autodesk team on energy-efficient building designs
Autodesk, a developer of 2-D and 3-D design and engineering software, has teamed with the Environmental Protection Agency to promote technologies that improve how buildings are designed, built and retrofitted.
Microsoft says run IE7 in 'protected mode' for increased security
"Protected mode IE" setting in Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows Vista can help stave off a particular remote code execution attack.
Army gives soldiers access to Twitter, Facebook
A recent Army order directs network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Readers add their tips to better parallel processing
A recent blog item on whether parallel processing requires new languages pointed out that developers are divided on the best way would to split programs across a multiple-core architecture. The comments the blog drew reflect some of those divisions.
Social-networking tools fuel collaboration
More organizations are using Web 2.0 technologies to connect employees, brainstorm ideas and win new business.
How to write apps for multiple cores: Divide and conquer
The move toward multicore processors — and, in the supercomputer world, multiple processors — does not immediately guarantee great performance increases. The IT industry is just beginning to figure out how to rewrite computer programs to get the most from this new architecture.
Michael Daconta | UCore: The Twitter of information sharing
UCore's use is part of a revolution in digital communication as our information processes shift from producer-centric to consumer-centric.
Asigra launches FIPS-certified cloud backup platform
Asigra’s latest version of its backup software is FIPS-140-certified and lets users backup data to a private, public or hybrid cloud.
Does parallel processing require new languages?
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funds development of new programming languages, an approach others question.
(ISC)2 offers live instruction online
Students can attend CBK review class—with live instruction—online.
Data location not the overriding factor in cloud security
Policy-makers should worry more about issues of access, rather than location, cloud guru argues.
Red Hat re-engineers JBoss app server
Red Hat engineers have reconfigured the Java Enterprise Edition application server, JBoss, so it can easy incorporate new and future frameworks, components models and other extensions or adjunct technologies to JEE.
Kundra pushes case for adopting Web 2.0
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra says the government must tap Web 2.0 technology to capture the potential savings from available low-cost software applications and processing capabilities, and to reap a wealth of knowledge from citizens and organizations.
Wyatt Kash | The tools to open up government
The Obama administration has put in place some important tools to create a more open and technologically savvy government. Whether those tools act as a wedge to open up government, or a hammer pounding in vain at institutional stone, remains to be seen.
Ready for reuse?
The government’s effort to make data available will require common formats, data governance and a conscious effort to keep the data raw, which means resisting the urge to put it into context.
Does Wolfram Alpha compute for government agencies?
Government agencies could be able to take advantage of the computational power of Wolfram Alpha, a new knowledge engine launched last month.
Shaw AFB gets help in bringing lost data back from the grave
After a crashed RAID storage unit threatened to disrupt life at Shaw Air Force Base, DriveSavers was able to resurrect data from the failed system.
Microsoft, Amazon offer their own repositories for government data
Microsoft's Open Government Data Initiative and Amazon's Elastic Block Storage give agencies a place to store their public-facing datasets, available for third-party reuse.
Nevada uses XBRL to streamline data reuse
The state applies Extensible Business Reporting Language to some of its business processes, reducing errors and the time it takes to enter a report while making the data more easy to reuse.
David S. Linthicum | Why SOA matters in migrating to the cloud
Service-oriented architecture provides an ideal platform for building a private cloud, which first requires breaking down your systems into services, processes and data components.
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