Building 'Virtual USA' one state at a time
Federal and state authorities are collaborating on a project that would allow state and local caches of geospatial data to be interoperable, with the goal of creating a "Virtual USA" for emergency response.
Citrix offers advanced management
Citrix Systems' new product line brings advanced management and automation capabilities to the Citrix and Microsoft virtualization platforms.
IT cost-cutting estimates add up
MeritTalk, an online community for government IT, workforce and policy leaders concluded that the government can save $23.6 billion through open-source applications, virtualization and cloud computing.
Microsoft, Red Hat cooperate on virtualization support
Microsoft and Red Hat inked a deal to ensure that Windows operating systems and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OSes can run as virtual machines on each other's platforms.
Virtualization's next steps
Federal and state agencies are expanding — or at least thinking about expanding — beyond servers to apply virtualization to applications, desktop PCs and network infrastructures.
4 tips for virtualization deployments
If your agency is embarking on a virtualization project, here are some steps you should take to ensure success.
New and improved Virtual Application Studio
Xenocode releases new version of Virtual Application Studio, a developer-focused authoring environment for virtualizing existing Windows-based applications.
RHEL 5.3 readied for more virtualization duties
The latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux also features new process tracing and encryption tools.
Citrix and Intel forge virtualization pact
Citrix Systems has teamed with Intel Corp to provide virtualization technology for Intel-based desktop computers.
Microsoft releases desktop virtualization beta
The solution lets users run older operating systems and applications on newer Windows-based systems.
Andy Blumenthal, ATF
Andy Blumenthal, chief technology officer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, says Web 2.0 technologies, mobile technologiers and cloud computing are among the top IT issues for agencies in 2009.
Venkatapathi Puvvada, Chief Technology Officer, Unisys
Unisys CTO Venkatapathi Puvvada expects agencies to be moving towward greater use of cloud computing, virtualization, green computing and Web 2.0 methods of information sharing.
Teresa Carlson, Microsoft's U.S. federal government unit
Agencies could take advantage of business analytics and Web 2.0 technolgies in 2009, says Teresa Carlson, vice president of Microsoft's U.S. federal government unit.
Bill Vass, President of Sun Microsystems Federal
Virtualization, cloud computing, thin clients, open-source software and service-oriented architectures are among the technolgies government IT leaders will need to address this year, according to Sun's Bill Vass.
John Gilligan, Gilligan Group
Former Air Force CIO John Gilligan identifies key IT areas for agencies in 2009: cybersecurity, social networking, service-oriented architecture and virtualization.
Patrick Finn, Cisco's federal business
Patrick Finn, vice president of Cisco's federal business, sees collaboration tools, virtualization and mobility technologies on the horizon for federal agencies in 2009.
Tom Greenspon, Booz Allen Hamilton
Tom Greenspon, Booz Allen Hamilton vice president, says enterprise mobility, cloud computing and green IT are among the top issues facing government IT executive in 2009.
Vinton Cerf, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist
Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf, currently Google's chief Internet Evangelist, says agencies need to taker a good inventory of their IT systems and then look to improve security and internal efficiecncy.
New vRanger Pro backs up VMware's ESXi
Others may back up, but none restore, Vizioncore asserts.
NIST improves virtual reality performance
Researchers say their new method should improve the accuracy of three-dimensional tracking devices by at least 700 percent.
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