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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

— dominated Big Data news this week, while the third, MapR Technologies Inc., Read more on ADT Magazine. DHS Awards MITRE 6 Million Renewal For Federal R&D Center. Article Archives · DoD Budgets · Weapons Spotlight · Documents · RDDS. Pitched as … Read more on Data Center Knowledge.

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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

CIO Business Intelligence

The late Richard Sykes, CIO of pharmaceuticals giant ICI in the 1990s and later a columnist for CIO magazine, famously scripted starkly different scenarios of the future of ICI for board members early in his IT role. Why tell stories? I’ve had success taking people on a platform consolidation journey and telling a story around this.

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Implementation of Cloud Computing Solutions in Federal Agencies

Cloud Musings

The Obama administration has identified cloud computing as a means to achieve savings in IT budgets across federal agencies—across the board—and to address various other challenges (e.g., This policy is part of the 2012 budget process. A variety of security concerns exist. Cloud computing is one such technology.”

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NJVC's Kevin L. Jackson Co-Authors INSA White Paper on Cloud.

Cloud Musings

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) released the white paper in conjunction with Government Executive magazine at a cloud computing panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington. Cost savings must also consider the entire IT lifecycle, not periodic budget cycles.

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- Gray, not Green, Technology

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

” The bean counters (I say this with affection, you GOFAites, since you also control and manage my budget!), The “paperless office” has been a stalwart of technology magazines (there’s an oxymoron) for years. Many people see technology as a savior of the environment. A couple examples: Paper.

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Is 2017 the Year for Big Change in Civic Tech? No.

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

Here are some examples: commercial companies go whole hog to adopt cloud technologies while government still operates data centers and even builds new ones ( State of Washington , 2014). Governments have been extraordinarily reluctant to get rid of their dinosaur data centers. Cloud computing.