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Cloud Computing as a Strategic Asset
For some reason, this week seems to have more in it than most. While the steady stream of briefing request seem to be increasing, the post briefing discussions also seem…
Vivek Kundra: “Engage the American People in their Daily Digital Lives”
Today I attended a very impressive talk by the Federal CIO, Mr. Vivek Kundra at a Northern Virginia Technology Council Public Policy event. His open and “matter of fact” approach…
McKinsey vs. Booz Allen Hamilton !
A community skirmish reminiscent of the recent “manifestogate” has apparently erupted around the McKinsey & Co. report “Clearing the air on cloud computing“. Booz Allen Hamilton Principals Mike Cameron and…
Oracle Buys Sun!!
Swooping in from nowhere, Oracle buys Sun for $7.4B!! “This morning, the companies announced that they’d struck a deal worth $7.4 billion or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and…
Aneesh Chopra Nominated For Federal CTO
Although Aneesh Chopra is a new name for most, he is well know in Virginia as Governor Tim Kaine’s Secretary of Technology. For the Commonwealth, he was charged with leading…
Could Cloud Computing Cost More?
In a recent conference, analyst William Forrest says that large companies could end up paying more than twice as much by using cloud based services. According to a Forbes.com report,…
Cisco’s Cloud Computing Strategy
A couple of weeks ago, Krishna Sankar provided a glimpse into Cisco’s cloud computing strategy in a presentation titled “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Inter-Cloud” . The presentation outlined the…
NCOIC and Cloud Computing: An Update
As the NCOIC gets it’s arms around this new paradigm, the Cloud Computing Working Group has focused on establishing a roadmap for providing value to the industry. Using the established…
SUN-IBM Talks Breakdown
As reported in multiple sources today, including Reuters, Sun has apparently rejected a purchase offer by IBM. “Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc tumbled 22.5 percent after it rejected a $7…
Former DoT CIO on Cloud Computing
Last month, former Transportation Department CIO Dan Mintz offered his views on cloud computing to Eric Chabrow, Managing Editor of Government Information Security. According to Mr. Mintz, there is currently…
- Henry Sienkiewcz-Technical Program Director, Computer Services, Defense Information Systems Agency
- Mr. Ronald Bechtold-Army Architecture Integration Center, at Headquarters, Department of the Army, Chief Information Office/G6
- Curt Aubley-Technology Officer CTO Operations & Next Generation Solutions, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services
- Dale Wickizer-Chief Technology Officer-Public Sector, NetApp, Inc.
- Aileen Black- Vice President of Public Sector, VMware Inc.
- Cloud Computing has provided an inflection point in government information technology that is changing the paradigm for delivering services
- The biggest challenge to adopting cloud computing is in re-educating the workplace.
- The reduction is cost and increase in efficiency have proven to be key to the success of cloud computing
- DISA has shown that a STIG’ed or Non-STIG’ed, Windows or LAMPs, test and evaluation environment can be provisioned in the DoD in 24 hours. Unfortunately, 23 of those hours involves moving the money.
- A new DISA project, DISA Extended Edge Presence (DEEP), has been launched in order to quickly deliver applications and content to “dis-enfranchised” DoD users
- Cloud computing allows for end-to-end infrastructure visibility, providing an ability to fight through a cyber attack.
- DISA is developing a host-tenant model for applications and application certifications. Using this model, tenant application in “DISA decks” will inherit the infrastructure certification. Using this model, the application developer will only be responsible for accrediting the application stack.
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Cloud Computing
- CPUcoin Expands CPU/GPU Power Sharing with Cudo Ventures Enterprise Network Partnership
- CPUcoin Expands CPU/GPU Power Sharing with Cudo Ventures Enterprise Network Partnership
- Route1 Announces Q2 2019 Financial Results
- CPUcoin Expands CPU/GPU Power Sharing with Cudo Ventures Enterprise Network Partnership
- ChannelAdvisor to Present at the D.A. Davidson 18th Annual Technology Conference
Cybersecurity
- Route1 Announces Q2 2019 Financial Results
- FIRST US BANCSHARES, INC. DECLARES CASH DIVIDEND
- Business Continuity Management Planning Solution Market is Expected to Grow ~ US$ 1.6 Bn by the end of 2029 - PMR
- Atos delivers Quantum-Learning-as-a-Service to Xofia to enable artificial intelligence solutions
- New Ares IoT Botnet discovered on Android OS based Set-Top Boxes