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Gov IT Conference and Expo 6 Oct

September 29, 2009 By

I hope to see you at the Sys-Con sponsored Gov IT Conference and Expo 6 Oct 2009. I'll be there to learn from some great practitioners and IT providers. See: http://govitexpo.com for more. I'll also spend time during the day attending the day thinking through everything I've ever written and learned about Cloud Computing and Federal IT and hope to bring that to bear in my interactions with Jeremy Geelan, Terry Woloszyn and Barry X Lynn at the end of … [Read more...]

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Announcing: The CTOvision.com Technology Titan List

September 25, 2009 By

I've long sought to track disruptive IT on the CTOvision.com site, and have featured several firms on the CTOvision.com Disruptive IT list.  A new feature on the site is the CTOvision.com Technology Titan List, where I'll more closely track the activities of the Information Technology firms with the largest market cap.  This is the first entry on this theme. One thing has become very clear through the years. The great powerhouse's of the Information … [Read more...]

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Know someone with really dynamite coding skills?

September 22, 2009 By

Safari Books is looking for stand out technologist developers/programmers who are using technology in creative ways, including helping the community. Here's more from their announcement: If you’ve done something that demonstrates dynamite CODING SKILLS, we want to hear about it. Safari Books Online’s Coder Challenge is here! We are looking for dynamite coders. Developers who stand out in our industry – those who are using technology in creative … [Read more...]

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Google Apps: The Missing Manual

September 21, 2009 By

I've mentioned before that I run my small business, Crucial Point LLC, primarily by leveraging cloud computing capabilities. With this post I'll mention a book that helped me do that: Google Apps: The Missing Manual. This book does a great job at capturing the core functionality of Google Apps. However, no book can keep up with the capabilities and features of the Google Apps suite.  In cloud computing, features can be developed and fielded fast, and … [Read more...]

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Something Wonderful in the Tech Community

September 17, 2009 By

I've just received word that Dawn Meyerriecks, one of the great's of American technology, has just returned to federal service. Dawn has delivered real capability into some of the nation's largest, most complex enterprises. And she has built communities of technologist as she did that, giving many of us someone to look up to and attempt to model themselves after. I feel really good about the choice of Dawn for this incredibly demanding position.  The … [Read more...]

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How can we judge enterprise-class CTOs and CIOs? Rank them on the Kundra Scale

September 15, 2009 By

I've had the pleasure of watching and studying many enterprise class CIOs and CTOs.  And I've performed CIO duties and once was an enterprise CTO myself.  In my opinion, enterprise CIOs and CTOs have it really really hard.  The bigger the enterprise the harder it can be to get anything done.   There are lots of reasons for that.  Part of the challenge is that large enterprises have complex IT environments frequently made up masses of legacy … [Read more...]

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Apps.gov brings cloud computing to the Federal government

September 15, 2009 By

The Federal government embraced cloud computing today with the launch of the GSA operated Apps.gov which promises to bring efficient cloud computing services and infrastructure to the U.S. government agencies.  As noted on the Apps.gov website: "Cloud computing plays a key role in the President’s initiative to modernize Information Technology (IT) by identifying enterprise -wide common services and solutions and adopting a new cloud-computing … [Read more...]

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Gov 2.0: Cloud Computing As Government Panacea

September 10, 2009 By

The importance of cloud computing was a significant theme at this week's  Government 2.0 Summit Two of the most influential people in the cloud computing market -- Amazon CTO Werner Vogels and General Services Administration CIO Casey Coleman -- talked today at the Gov 2.0 Summit about cloud computing's high potential as a cheaper, better way of delivering IT resources. Such enthusiasm, however, is tempered with lingering questions about security, … [Read more...]

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