Cities of big data: Dubuque creating a model for city water, power programs
The city gets the public on board with programs using smart meters and analytics to improve water and power use.
FlexPod technology expanded to take on big data
Cisco and NetApp introduce converged infrastructure technology designed to help organizations handle data-intensive workloads.
Cities of big data: Seattle gets more from less power
With sensors and advanced analytics tied together within a cloud infrastructure, the city is looking to cut downtown power use by 10 to 25 percent.
CloudBolt C2 works under the hood to ensure efficient services
CloudBolt cloud manager helps IT administrators proactively detect problems in workflow process during virtual machine and cloud services provisioning.
How FDNY uses analytics to find potential fire traps
The Risk Based Inspection System mines data from city agencies to help firefighters prioritize inspections.
Brocade virtual routers help secure Amazon GovCloud
The Vyatta vRouter is a secure virtual router, firewall and virtual private networking solution that lets agencies connect AWS GovCloud to another public or private cloud as well as to data centers
Can the software-defined enterprise save IT? Survey says: Yes.
Federal IT managers are moving toward the software-defined approach, which they say can eliminate routine tasks, spur innovation and save money, a recent survey reports.
Cities take licensing, permit services to the cloud
Arizona and Massachusetts cities streamline services and save on infrastructure.
AT&T storage services joins FedRAMP ranks
AT&T receives highest security level under FedRAMP, and GSA moves forward with privatization of FedRAMP third-party assessment review process.
Video data-sharing library opens up big data for behavioral research
NSF- and NIH-backed Databrary will let researchers store and openly share videos and information about their studies.
West Point team builds tool to analyze gang connections
A team at the West Point Military Academy has released details of a software program that is helping local police improve intelligence on street gangs through new techniques for analyzing crime-based social networks.
SAP, Esri offering a unified view for data, geospatial analysis
SAP business intelligence and mobile platforms will integrate with Esri ArcGIS.
4 tips for a smooth zero-client migration
Pay attention to storage, the network and how the desktops are configured. And don't forget to educate the users, experts say.
Zero clients are the bomb at Energy's massive Hanford site
The Hanford Federal Community Cloud is the foundation for virtual desktop/zero-client environment that boosts security and cuts power use on the 586-square-mile complex.
Microsoft gets into the smarter city game
CityNext will help cities choose a combination of cloud technology, mobile devices, data analytics, and social networks to tackle the challenges of urbanization.
After major disasters, geospatial cloud to the rescue
An industry/government consortium has begun testing a cloud infrastructure that would let international teams share information after events like the Haiti earthquake.
5 steps to making agile development work
Experts from government and industry offer tips on making sure agile lives up to its promise.
Partnership boosts geospatial data sharing across jurisdictions
NISC adopts Esri's ArcGIS Online platform for Homeland Security's Virtual USA Program, which provides a 3-D platform of interactive maps showing critical assets during emergencies.
Agencies sprinting to Scrum for agile development
The Scrum methodology allows project teams to regularly and frequently evaluate the progress and deliverables of their IT projects.
Why agencies are learning to love agile development
From Texas to the State Department to USPS, agencies are finding big and small ways to apply agile methodologies.
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