Questions to consider before moving legacy systems to the cloud
Before making any decisions about legacy migration, a detailed business case with quantifiable migration goals should be developed.
Signs of Big Growth in Shared Bike and Scooter Trips Before Virus Hit
A new report shows that the number of trips on these “micro-mobility” vehicles was up 60% last year over 2018.
When high-quality supplier data becomes mission critical
In times of crisis, agencies know that decision-making ability and response time are only as good as the information in their supplier database.
Capital Budgets and Maintenance in Line to Take Hits, Local Government Survey Finds
The new poll indicates that public works is an area that will see less funding as the coronavirus pandemic weighs on state and local government budgets.
GSA eyes SDN for post-pandemic telecom flexibility
The General Services Administration is counting on software-defined networking to help it manage demand for connectivity in offices nationwide, according to one of the agency's key IT managers.
Hurricanes and wildfires are colliding with the COVID-19 pandemic – and compounding the risks
Using data on social vulnerability, pandemic risk and hazard probability, an interactive map pinpoints sources of vulnerability to help disaster response managers recognize the compound risks posed by the confluence of the pandemic and any natural hazard.
AI defends supercomputers from bitcoin miners
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed an artificial intelligence system that can detect malicious codes that hijack supercomputers for illicit applications such as cryptocurrency mining.
NIST details cloud forensic challenges
A new publication from National Institute of Standards and Technology’s aims to help the cloud computing community understand the issues facing digital forensics so it can assist in developing technologies and standards to mitigate those challenges.
Automated data warehousing divides data control between IT and business groups
When it comes to data usage, smart public- and private-sector organizations are taking a cue from the nations’ founding fathers and structuring hierarchy, control and autonomy in their data’s governance.
Struggling Small Businesses Are Also at Risk from Postal Service Delays
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What Happens Next With Affordable Housing?
COMMENTARY | States and local governments already haven’t been investing enough to help build housing that poor families, and sometimes even middle-class people, can afford. And now funding could be yet another victim of the coronavirus.
The new complexities of cloud access control
NIST's new guidance is a valuable first step.
3 key advantages of on-premises object storage over public cloud
Despite what many organizations have assumed, the public cloud is not the best option for all workloads and use cases.
Pentagon moves to revamp online education systems
As the pandemic increases the need for online learning, the Defense Department's chief management officer pushes change.
California Braces for More Rolling Blackouts Amid Heat Wave
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CBP plans cloud management contract
The cloud governance contract will help the agency get a better handle on proliferating bills and hard-to-track costs for cloud services, as well as a more efficient way to use its stable of commercial cloud service providers.
The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
The U.S. has never had enough coronavirus tests. Now a group of epidemiologists, economists, and dreamers is plotting a new strategy to defeat the virus, even before a vaccine is found.
AWS launches cloud-based quantum computing
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of Amazon Braket, a service that taps AWS cloud resources to run quantum computing algorithms on simulated quantum computers, reducing the need for developers to set up and manage their own infrastructure.
How to Use Ventilation and Air Filtration to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus Indoors
COMMENTARY | When it comes to making indoor spaces safer, it is either a matter of bringing in more outside air or removing the virus from air inside a building.
Cloud streamlines CARES Act grants management
With grants management taking on more importance in the pandemic, state and local governments are turning to cloud-based systems to streamline processing and reporting.
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