Will the real cloud operating system please stand up?

The lack of clarity around the concept of a cloud operating system is an indicator of the rapid evolution of cloud computing and the consequences of a torrid pace of change.

Semantic search: Still more luck than technology

While there has been significant improvement in search since Google launched in 1998, semantic search still has significant room for growth and innovation.

Is Hadoop the death of data warehousing?

To what extent is big data changing the traditional data analytics landscape?

What the escalating war among cloud computing rivals means for you

A price war is under way among Amazon, Google and IBM in the market for cloud services that makes running your own data center nearly impossible to justify.

Big metadata: 7 ways to leverage your data in the cloud

Well-designed metadata will enable the description, discovery and reuse of data assets in the cloud and help break down agency silos.

Programming tests separate wheat from chaff

Using well-designed and well-written programming tests for job applicants is worth the effort.

Cloud as a Brain gets real ... so let the AI race begin!

The announcement by IBM that it would add Watson-like technologies as a cloud service signals the beginning of a race to build the brainiest cloud.

Can Cortana help solve the coming federal retirement crisis?

The knowledge graphs behind Microsoft's virtual assistant can be applied by agencies to build searchable stores of organizational knowledge.

Want good data analysis? Start at the beginning.

How you categorize your data is key to being able to compare and contrast what you collect and, ultimately, make better decisions.

Media got it wrong: HealthCare.gov failed despite agile practices

Developer documentation shows agile development practices were used in building the site. Here's where that could have hurt.

Why IBM thinks it's a contender in the Great Cloud Battle

The company is putting a lot of resources into its effort to attract government cloud customers. Does it have an advantage over the competition?

Does the 'big data' hype hold water?

It makes for a great catch phrase -- and it does really exists -- but don't get carried away with the hype.

The great cloud migration has begun

IBM's challenge to Amazon's CIA contract is evidence that cloud is the next enterprise battlefield.

Did agile processes contribute to HealthCare.gov's problems?

HHS should come clean about the system design, architecture and elasticity -- or lack of all three -- in the health care exchange website.

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Good code never dies

Good source code on a robust, open-source platform is why software will continue to "eat the world."

3 key steps to implementing the new open data policy

If done correctly, the administration's triple challenge to the status quo can make information sharing with the public and other agencies a routine byproduct, rather than a special case.

Cloud broker software an emerging force for enterprise migrations

Both cloud brokerage services and cloud broker software can accelerate enterprise adoption and the migration of applications to the cloud.

Aaron Swartz tragedy underscores real hurdles to open government

Technology can enable transparency but only if transformative change is part of the entire process of government. And that is where it falls apart.

AWS changing PaaS before our eyes

With Amazon pushing the envelope on platform-as-as-service, public-sector IT managers should hold off on PaaS implementations until it shakes out -- or suffer vendor lock-in.

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