DHS project aims to bring open-source software to state and local agencies
The Homeland Security Department is funding a program that will help federal, state and local agencies better understand their options for using open-source software.
How to write apps for multiple cores: Divide and conquer
The move toward multicore processors — and, in the supercomputer world, multiple processors — does not immediately guarantee great performance increases. The IT industry is just beginning to figure out how to rewrite computer programs to get the most from this new architecture.
Double duty for video cards
How graphics processing units are being used for hard-core number crunching.
Does parallel processing require new languages?
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funds development of new programming languages, an approach others question.
Best practices for getting Java to work for multicore processors
The method Java offers programmers to work with multicore processors is tricky and can easily lead to error, but software expert Jonas Bonér has a few alternative ways of writing Java programs to avoid those pitfalls.
Data location not the overriding factor in cloud security
Policy-makers should worry more about issues of access, rather than location, cloud guru argues.
OpenSolaris updated
New version of the Unix OS features support for the Sun SPARC processor and the inclusion of the Project Crossbow network virtualization technology.
Red Hat re-engineers JBoss app server
Red Hat engineers have reconfigured the Java Enterprise Edition application server, JBoss, so it can easy incorporate new and future frameworks, components models and other extensions or adjunct technologies to JEE.
Ready for reuse?
The government’s effort to make data available will require common formats, data governance and a conscious effort to keep the data raw, which means resisting the urge to put it into context.
IT salaries on the rise
A survey by TechRepublic found that salaries for IT professionals increased in the past year, and bonuses were significant for those who earned them.
Microsoft, Amazon offer their own repositories for government data
Microsoft's Open Government Data Initiative and Amazon's Elastic Block Storage give agencies a place to store their public-facing datasets, available for third-party reuse.
Nevada uses XBRL to streamline data reuse
The state applies Extensible Business Reporting Language to some of its business processes, reducing errors and the time it takes to enter a report while making the data more easy to reuse.
Private cloud may be a better option for public agencies
Agencies running more than 1,000 servers could save money and become more flexible with processor resources by building an internal cloud-computing infrastructure.
A new strategy for applying Oracle patches
An unpatched, public-facing database can be the largest vulnerability for an organization, so security firm Integrigy recommends giving Oracle database patches priority when it comes to updating Oracle products.
DLA moves EMall to DISA servers
Application provider Partnet helped with transition to .mil address.
Nevada tags financial data
XBRL will be used to streamline grants reporting and debt collection.
But is it really cloud computing?
Later this month, GSA is expected to unveil how it moved one of its most popular public-facing services, the USA.gov government search site, to a cloud computing-based infrastructure. But is the service GSA is using really cloud computing?
Cloud computing has appeal for Web applications
As the White House has shown, one way to kick the tires on cloud computing would be through public-facing Web applications that handle nonsensitive data.
CDC survey: Cell phones hot, landlines not
The number of U.S. households that have cell phones but not landline phones has surpassed the number of households that have landlines but not cell phones.
Abandon all hope, Oracle Forms developer shops
Organizations now running applications built in Oracle Forms should start thinking about rewriting them in Oracle's new Application Development Framework, according to one expert.
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