Windows 7 is really different. It has more functionality, a better interface, and, if you keep it configured/managed, much better security than previous Microsoft operating systems. Here is another fact about Windows 7: It is coming to your enterprise, sooner or later. And, since its functionality/features/security are an improvement over XP and older systems and since many of the issues with Vista seem to have been addressed, I think we should be … [Read more...]
Recommendation for all enterprise techies: Download Win7 now
January 4, 2010 By BobGourley
Filed Under: CTO, Gov2.0 Tagged With: Linux, microsoft, Open Solaris, operating system, Sun, Tech/Internet, Windows
Are you thinking through system improvements after the Xmas Terror Attack?
January 2, 2010 By BobGourley
Information Technology in the federal enterprise does not work like it does in Hollywood. Although there are plenty of success stories to go around, federal IT is more limited and constrained than we would all want, for lots of reasons. Some of the reasons are just do to complexities and limited budgets. Some of the reasons are for security. Some of the reasons are because of the way the government funds its agencies and manages programs. And … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Gov2.0 Tagged With: cio, CTO, data, Jeff Jonas, Tech/Internet
Six Enterprise Mega Trends to watch in 2010
January 1, 2010 By BobGourley
Most enterprise technologists should see a continued payoff of the hard work in planning, architecture, documentation, development and configuration work that has been occurring over the last several years. Enterprise technologists were building Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) long before SOA was over-hyped. And most enterprise technologists I know were investigating constructs of scalable, elastic Cloud Computing capabilities long before that … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Gov2.0, SOA, The Future, Web2.0 Tagged With: cio, Cloud Computing, DISA, Security, SOA, Software, Tech/Internet