Agencies experiment with software-defined networks
Software-defined networking is giving agencies looking to upgrade their enterprises opportunities to program and virtualize complex networks.
What's next for predictive analytics?
Increasingly, the technology is being used for retention analysis, fraud detection, medical diagnosis and risk assessment in both the public and private sectors.
Forecast warms for El Niño monitoring system
After reports surfaced that El Nino forecasts were losing accuracy due to lack of data, the National Weather Service announced it would repair 70 towering buoys used to track El Niño and La Niña patterns.
IBM nurtures mainframe workforce with world championship
Regional competitions engaged 68,000 students in 33 countries who have learned the skills to manage mainframe enterprise platforms.
Blurred future for iris recognition?
If the iris changes as people age, then ID systems based on iris recognition could cause security chaos.
USGS to merge National Atlas and National Map programs
The National Atlas of the United States and the National Map will be combined into a single platform.
Autonomic Resources, Akamai layer FedRAMP cloud offerings
A partnership between Autonomic Resources and Akamai Technologies will give agencies more control and security through"end-to-end FedRAMP cloud offerings.
Mindfully mobile: Follow basic BYOD hygiene
Most agencies already have technology and policies in place to limit damage from an unprotected or misplaced device. Here are a few quick measures that can help make BYOD feasible for government agencies.
Disorder in the court? Check your beacon
Beacon technology has inspired ideas for the public sector applications including ones to help people find their way around a courthouse or to locate the nearest bailiff.
GSA retools contract management system
GSA restructures its System for Award Management and plans a road map to common services for handling acquisitions -- all in an open and user-centric environment.
How to lock down data in use -- and in the cloud
The challenge of securing data in use is attracting cloud encryption solutions from industry heavyweights to cloud security startups.
Survey: Organizations seek better data governance tools
A Rand Secure Data survey found that archiving, backup and ediscovery systems don't always meet expectations.
Stop the fear mongering over ICD-10: It's just another taxonomy
The complaints about the upgrade to ICD-10 health care codes illustrate common misconceptions about the organization and characteristics of big data sets.
Montana to link K-12 transcript data to universities
The project will inform policy decisions at the state level, support college and career planning, as well as facilitate the transition for K-12 students to college.
Wi-Fi virus: Much ado about (almost) nothing
Researchers at the University of Liverpool made a splash in the media recently when they announced that they had demonstrated the first virus to infect a wireless network.
How to wring more performance out of data centers
Data center managers are coaxing more performance from their systems with workarounds that will eventually be defined in software that makes better uses of storage media.
System to continuously scan behavior of cleared workers
U.S. intelligence agencies are planning to thwart insider threats with a system for automated, continuous monitoring of the background and behavior of government workers with secret clearances.
Sandia Labs unifies security, mobility, comm for next-gen researchers
Microsoft's Lync 2013 gives Sandia's IT managers presence awareness as well as instant messaging, conferencing and telephony tools that can integrate with enterprise collaboration and messaging software.
Microsoft ends support for XP next month. Are you ready?
As Microsoft ends support of Windows XP in April, here are steps to prepare for transitioning to a new OS.
Analytics tool tracks higher-ed classroom performance
Connect Insight, a mobile analytics tool, helps instructors visualize how individual students are performing relative to their peers.
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