CMS taps analytics to examine big health care data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create visualization tools, advanced analytics and prototypes for health data delivery.
Big data's big question: Where are the data scientists?
The move to big data requires a different skill set, experts say, as they try to define the role of data officer or data scientist.
Big data deal: Microsoft aiming for Hadoop interoperability
Microsoft is aiming to make its Windows and other tools interoperable with Apache Hadoop, a key framework for agencies pursuing big data.
CIA wants big data, petascale computing to speed info analysis
The agency is looking at new information processing and networking technologies to dramatically reduce the time it takes to analyze data.
2012 outlook for mobile data traffic
This year, the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world's population, according to a new forecast, continuing a trend that will help push global mobile data traffic to 10 exabytes by 2016.
National Geospatial Platform still has a few mountains to climb
The depository for federal GIS data is operating but must clear some hurdles before it can reach its full potential, geospatial information officers say.
Stop agency data leakage in its tracks
PowerBroker Desktops checks for policy violations in each outgoing e-mail and prevents unwarranted data from leaving a single computer.
Where does the IT money go in 2013 budget proposal?
Obama's 2013 budget proposal aims to cut federal IT but increase its use when it makes government more efficient. Here's where 10 departments stand.
Officially extinct: NASA pulls plug on its last mainframe
The demise of mainframe computers at NASA brings back memories of those Big Iron days. Have any stories you'd like to share?
What's your agency's big data IQ?
Investments in information management technologies will fail to perform if government agencies lack the capacity to use these tools to drive better decision-making.
Good metadata means good government
Understanding how to design the right metadata is the key to helping users (and citizens) get the most value from data on your organization's products and services.
If you need cool servers, open a window
Department of Energy scientists want to use outside air, and not much else, to cool the agency's new facility and supercomputer.
Presto, chango: Business intelligence software with a mobile makeover
JackBe has updated its business intelligence platform and its focus. With the release of Presto 3.2, customers can now expose their mashups to a dizzying variety of mobile devices.
Unleash the data scientists: How government can use big data
Government agencies would do well to invest in the new breed of data scientists, trained to bring a statistical, technological and business mindset to the use of big data.
NIST to tackle big data
Big data will be on the agenda this year for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's IT Laboratory.
Avoiding the BI strategy of going mobile for mobility's sake
A new report from The Data Warehousing Institute looks at the how and the why of mobile business intelligence, and offers insights before taking the first step.
Big data spawns new breed of 'data scientist'
The rise of big data has sparked demand for data scientists with expertise in statistics, technology and business who can extract value from big data flows.
Apache Hadoop: Big data's big player
Hadoop, software that allows for the distributed processing of large datasets, is considered a catalyst in the evolution of big data applications.
What you need to know about big data
It's not one thing, but a mix of technologies that can let you make use of the exploding data generated by sensors, mobile devices and broadband. And it's in everyone's future.
An info and expertise concierge for the office
DiscoverPoint, the GCN Lab's pick for the February Technology of the Month, is designed to point users to the most relevant information and subject-matter experts in the shared platform environment.
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