New in cloud: Brokers that let you select providers by the job
The emergence of cloud brokers can aid government agencies in purchasing cloud services and facilitate cross-platform integration and communication, industry experts say.
Integrated services? The cloud alone isn't enough.
Agencies will need to deploy cloud and service-oriented architectures together to achieve integrated services and greater information exchange across agencies and organizations, government and industry experts say.
USDA looks to cut costs with managed print service
The Agriculture Department has awarded Lexmark a $50 million, five-year deal for a mix of software tools, services, custom solutions and strategies to improve print efficiency.
Big data's target: Users
Government should follow the private sector's lead in making use of big data but focus on improving performance and efficiency "with less effort and pain," GSA's Dave McClure told a Washington audience.
White House launches $200M 'Big Data R&D' initiative
Six agencies, with more to follow, will work on ways to dig pertinent information out of the growing mountains of data.
Farm Service Agency looks to the cloud for imagery data
The Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency is investigating how geospatial imagery data can be delivered via cloud-based Web services.
SAS' analytics software can extend big data's reach
Visual Analytics lets users analyze and visualize massive amounts of data in near-real time and share with others via the Web or iPad (and soon, Android) devices.
Minnesota lets 35,000 workers collaborate with Office 365
The state's new "collaborative ecosystem" covers more than 70 agencies and is open to other public-sector organizations.
Ohio transit authority turns to all-in-one data protection
SORTA hopes to reduce the cost and complexity of managing backup and disaster recovery operations with all-in-one backup appliances.
IBM taps 33 cities worldwide for "smarter cities" grants
Eight U.S. cities were among 33 recipients of IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge grants for 2012, which handed out $50 million in IBM expertise to 100 cities worldwide.
5 reasons you'll have a personal cloud by 2014
With the spread of mobile devices and apps, the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the center of users' digital lives, according to a report from Gartner.
SIIA forms public-sector group to work with agencies on cloud
The association has launched a new membership group to help technology companies take advantage of the evolving federal investment in cloud-related technologies.
How cloud can improve intell community's analyses
Cloud computing could revolutionize the intelligence community's analytical and big data processing capabilities, according to an INSA white paper.
Interior wants to put all its messages in one cloud
The department is looking for a cloud-based Enterprise eArchive System for capturing e-mail, social media, instant messaging and electronic documents.
CMS taps analytics to examine big health care data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create visualization tools, advanced analytics and prototypes for health data delivery.
Big data's big question: Where are the data scientists?
The move to big data requires a different skill set, experts say, as they try to define the role of data officer or data scientist.
Colorado joins move to Google Apps
The state expects to cut its e-mail costs in half by providing a unified system to its 26,000 employees.
Move to Office 365 gives USDA robust e-discovery
The Agriculture Department's use of Microsoft's cloud and ProofPoint Enterprise Archive gives it one of the best e-discovery systems in the federal government, says USDA’s CIO Chris Smith.
Microsoft aims for integrated management of mobile technology
Microsoft is trying to merge the flexibility mobile technology gives agencies with the need for management and security, company executives said at the Public Sector CIO Summit in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft building a government community cloud
Microsoft is developing a multi-tenant, government community cloud to add to the variety of cloud offerings the company provides agencies and businesses.
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