Big data spawns new breed of 'data scientist'
The rise of big data has sparked demand for data scientists with expertise in statistics, technology and business who can extract value from big data flows.
Apache Hadoop: Big data's big player
Hadoop, software that allows for the distributed processing of large datasets, is considered a catalyst in the evolution of big data applications.
What you need to know about big data
It's not one thing, but a mix of technologies that can let you make use of the exploding data generated by sensors, mobile devices and broadband. And it's in everyone's future.
Digital dragnet: How data became a cop's best weapon
Police are using technologies originally developed for business analysis to investigate cases, catch criminals and even predict crime trends.
Secure Flight's off-the-shelf recipe
TSA credits the ability to keep Secure Flight's overall costs down and ahead of schedule with the use of commercial off-the-shelf software.
TSA's Secure Flight curbed risk, calmed travelers
The Transportation Security Administration took over the program to create an airline passenger watchlist and created a system with ultra-high availability, no single points of failure and trusted privacy protections.
Tricare delivers personal health records with click of a button
Once a beneficiary logs onto Tricare Online, accessing medical records is as simple as clicking on the Blue Button to view medication lists, allergies and lab results.
Tricare's high-tech button
The Blue Button was added in a major update to Tricare Online, the Defense Department's online gateway to military health care services, and now offers myriad benefits from accessing medications to scheduling doctor visits.
New Urban Mechanics: Apps in the pipeline
Citizen Connect is one of the projects in a larger effort to work with civic entrepreneurs and explore new technologies to address urban issues.
Boston mobile app shrinks the distance between city and citizen
Boston's Citizen Connect program gives residents the power to report problems and to check on fixes -- all from an Android or iPhone smart phone.
Should states take the lead on standards for emergency response data?
A national — rather than a federal — model for emergency response data sharing is a key to progress in standards making, geospatial planners say.
DHS preps next test for sharing emergency info
The Homeland Security Department is moving forward with plans for another emergency response test, this time in the Northeast.
Virtual USA: How geospatial tech is changing government
A geospatial framework emerges for emergency response coordination among federal, state and local governments.
GIS app gives first responders in Georgia a moving picture
An app built for $30,000 gives crews in Marietta, Ga., an evolving, real-time view of emergencies.
Gatewing UAV delivers high-res digital mapping
The drone can stay aloft at its default flight altitude of 492 feet for half an hour, during which it can photograph nearly a square mile at a time, taking 1,000 photographs.
NWS goes trucking for hard-to-reach data
The National Weather Service's MoPED – Mobile Platforms for Environmental Data – is part of a program exploring the use of vehicle fleets as a roving platform for remotely sensing weather data.
How GIS can make you a better citizen
Geographic information system apps are appearing on smart phones and, in turn, are enabling people to connect with and enhance government services.
Network demands up? Resources down? Here's one way to tackle the problem.
Virtualization can help admins meet growing user demands. But as networks become more complex and budgets and IT staffs are cut, automation also comes into play.
How NOAA quickly developed an in-depth view of gulf oil spill
After the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon undersea oil well April 20, NOAA quickly established the Geospatial Platform to collect data from multiple agencies and make it available to the public and scientific community.
DOD brings biometrics to bases in Iraq
The Army's team for DOD biometrics developed a portable system that could be deployed wherever needed to enroll and screen people and allow rapid comparison with DOD and FBI databases.
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