The Pirouette Man, a sharpened nib and the Jack Black effect
GCN's Trudy Walsh bids farewell after many years covering government and information technology.
Lack of attention invites cybersecurity breaches
Verizon report finds not enough attention paid to security practices, analysis and the 'human factor.'
Army builds major biometrics repository
Army Col. Ted Jennings, project manager for DOD biometrics, discusses the challenges of building a central repository and ways biometrics are being used to protect local populations and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Air Force lays foundation for strong cyber defense
Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, commander of the 24th Air Force, highlights the work that's been done to build a true cyber capability in the Air Force.
System Mechanic 9.5 keeps PCs up-to-speed and secure
System Mechanic 9.5 follows up on Version 8 and earns our Reviewer’s Choice designation for being a utility suite that can keep even older PCs running at top speed.
Rocsafe drive weds portability and security
The Rocsafe MX Rocstor is a FIPS-certified, 500G portable hard drive with two-factor authentication.
Redfly swats tiny cell phone screens
The Redfly mobile Companion C7 can solve the problem of working with tiny cell phone screens.
Zero-day Windows kernel flaw linked to Clipboard
As the largest patch in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday history looms, the plot thickens.
Google and Verizon push tiered broadband services
Google and Verizon today issued a statement on U.S. broadband policy, describing an approach that would permit differentiated services.
Gates wants DOD IT consolidation, but the past isn't encouraging
A centralized network that gives the military a common IT environment would improve efficiency, cut costs and probably bolster security, too. But history is not encouraging.
NIST to get new lead Internet policy advisor
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has created a new role for Internet policy advice, and selected an advocacy veteran to fill it.
Defense cuts raise questions about strategy
Industry associations and government contracting experts are expressing skepticism about Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plan to reduce Defense Department spending by $100 billion over five years.
Microsoft lays out 'Open Cloud' vision
Microsoft used the occasion of the open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
Gates details plans to slash DOD budget
In his aggressive efforts to save money, Defense Secretary Gates is targeting a number of DOD offices and organizations, including one major command, IT infrastructure and several senior positions.
A challenge to enterprise architects: Think innovation
Lockheed Martin's Mel Greer challenges EA practitioners to move toward an environment in which they use enterprise architecture not only for compliance and alignment but also to drive EA as an enabler for innovation.
Frustrated developer releases intell analysis software as open-source
A defense analyst prepares to release open-source software for intelligence analysts.
With info sharing, context is as important as content
Context is so critical that its implications are cropping up in more than a half-dozen areas of data architecture, such as process monitoring, business glossaries, master data management, metadata catalogs, information exchanges, data warehousing and much more, Reality Check columnist Michael Daconta writes.
The rush is on to approve applications for broadband funds
The Agriculture and Commerce departments are rushing to review and approve $4.2 billion in stimulus law funding for broadband by Sept. 30, a report says.
Senators concerned about counterfeit parts
Recent reports on counterfeit electronics and IT products show increases in the number of incidents and inadequate policies to deal with the problem.
Funding cuts could signal concerns for cloud computing
The Senate Appropriations Committee recently voted to reduce fiscal 2011 spending on key Obama administration information technology initiatives, including e-government and cloud computing.
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