How a brand-new NIH center built its website from scratch
NCATS, established by Congress less than a year ago, tapped NIH’s development environment and Amazon's cloud.
Mining big data, no data scientist required
Discovery/Alert 7.0 can help government analysts and clinicians find value in data across multiple sources without specialized training. The FBI and DHS are on board.
Discount cloud: Market lets agencies tap unused capacity
NJVC and Virtustream will give public-sector agencies an automated way to compare the cost of cloud provider services via a Web portal.
Tap value of big data with strategy, infrastructure and roadmap
With computing costs coming down, agencies can unlock capabilities for analyzing and finding hidden value in data.
Lockheed offers agencies a cloud storefront
Agencies can receive cloud services from Lockheed's private and community clouds or cloud providers such as Amazon and Microsoft.
How Virginia agencies' CRM speeds services, cuts costs
Agencies speed up delivery of services, retire outdated software and systems and redeploy staff to other tasks by standardizing on Microsoft Dynamics.
The 10 biggest doubts executives and IT managers have about the cloud
What do IT leaders have confidence in? Not government regulations, exit strategies or data privacy, according to a new survey.
DOT agency takes mission-critical database to the cloud
The Transportation Department is migrating applications connected with the agency's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to Virtustream's FISMA-certified cloud data center.
Cities expected to spend $4.8B on big data and cloud by 2017
Communication, data sharing and application development will play a key role for city governments over the next five years, according to Pike Research.
NASCIO offers states guidance on trusted digital identity
The group's report can help states use their digital infrastructure to securely conduct business with other states, organizations and the public.
Intell community's new problem: Sharing too much data
Swamped by a deluge of data, intell analysts need technology that can help them understand a rapidly changing and complex world, a former CIA and NSA director says.
One-stop cloud marketplace open for feds
NJVC has unveiled a multi-cloud broker service for the federal government that will let agencies try, design and price an array of services from cloud providers before committing to large-scale migration.
Mission-critical apps need major overhaul for the cloud, feds say
Custom-built applications pose a barrier to cloud migration, according to 45 percent of fed IT managers surveyed in new MeriTalk report
In use in-house, company will offer encryption-as-a-service to defense, intell community
Exceptional Software is using CipherCloud to securely move its own CRM and e-mail to the cloud, and plans to offer the technology to its defense and intelligence customers for use in private clouds.
Companies, agencies, still struggling with big data's learning curve
Even as enterprises launch big data initiatives, many face gaps in computing power, analytics and workforce skills, CompTIA survey finds.
How analytics can make education a learning experience for teachers
Data mining, analytics and Web dashboards can help fill gaps in education by letting educators study how students learn, a Brookings report says.
CipherCloud encrypts data across multiple cloud apps
Connect AnyApp encrypts data in transit, in use and at rest for Web applications and services such as Salesforce.com, Gmail, Office 365 and Amazon Web Services.
Justice gives NASCIO grant to promote info sharing across borders
The National Justice Information Sharing Initiative grant will advance enterprise architecture and information sharing among states, NASCIO offciials said.
DMTF spec simplifies cloud management
The Distributed Management Task Force's specification will simplify cloud infrastructure management and ensure that workloads can be easily moved among different cloud environments.
VA for Vets' automated, mobile system helps veterans find jobs
A cloud-based case management system with mobile components helps veterans get back into the workforce.
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