The DoDIIS Conference Agenda is now up at the conference site, and it really looks to be a great one. The confernece will be great for technology leaders in government, technology providers from industry, and the mission-focused executive leadership who seeks to guide both. If you want to shape the future, come to the DoDIIS conference and see what secure enterprises with advanced analytical missions are up to. I've pasted the full agenda below, but … [Read more...]
Government Video Solutions Forum
April 19, 2011 By
Tuesday 19 April 2011, government and industry technologists and executives will gather in a venue designed to enhance collaboration on the hot topic of Video. This Government Video Solutions Forum will be held at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington DC. I'll be helping the information exchange during this event and look forward to a very dynamic session. Here is more info from the Carahsoft website: Government … [Read more...]
Standardizing the Cloud
April 18, 2011 By
On Monday, April 4, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a major standards organization, announced two working groups to develop standards for cloud computing. The first, the P2031 Work Group, focuses on "application interfaces, portability interfaces, management interfaces, interoperability interfaces, file formats, and operation conventions" while the second, P2302, works on "topology, functions, and governance for cloud-to-cloud … [Read more...]
Corning Helps Us All Think Through Our Requirements And Capabilities
April 17, 2011 By
If we can think through the pros and cons of the current technological path we are on we can make adjustments and decide what to accelerate into our lives. That is why thought leaders who are responsible for making business cases for technology or for stating advanced requirements are always looking for good articulations of their vision to help them dialog with techies. A really great articulation of the near term possibility of future computing and … [Read more...]
FBI Database Search and Discovery Capability Called DIVS is Best In Class
April 15, 2011 By
I was recently treated to a demonstration of a mission-focused IT solution that made me proud of what technologists at FBI can do. What I saw was a best in class integration of search, discovery and analysis tools known as DIVS (Data Integration and Visualization System). DIVS includes a framework that allows multiple tools, COTS and GOTS, to interoperate in ways incredibly supportive of the most significant missions in the national security … [Read more...]
Cloud Storage Can Enhance Your Data
April 15, 2011 By
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Cloud storage appeals to enterprises as a less-expensive alternative to building and maintaining a full-blown storage system. Leveraging cloud services to house your data off-site enhances efficiencies, increases flexibility, improves security and cuts cost through reduced personnel and hardware investments. The most common uses of the technology are cloud file storage and cloud back-up, but if … [Read more...]
NIST Security Configuration Checklist for Intel vPro Technology
April 15, 2011 By
The NIST Security Configuration Checklist for Intel vPro Technology provides information your IT team needs in order to make maximum use of the hardware available in your enterprise (assuming your have modern IT- if you don't, then this checklist provides yet another impetus to modernize: you cannot secure legacy IT like you can modern vPro IT. Here is a summary of this checklist, from the NIST site … [Read more...]
Enterprise CTOs: Learn Hadoop and Cloudera’s CDH3 on 21 April
April 14, 2011 By
I've had the pleasure of meeting Cloudera's VP of Product Charles Zedlewski in person. Charles has a gift for understanding enterprise technology and conveying his understanding in clear, easy to remember ways. Charles will be providing a presentation on Cloudera's Distribution of Hadoop (CDH3) on 21 April 2011 via a webinar you can attend (link provided below). This is a particularly important webinar to attend because it will include an overview of … [Read more...]
The Cloud and the Digital Divide
April 14, 2011 By
If you're reading this blog then you don't need to be convinced about the tremendous role that information technology now plays in all aspects of our lives, from entertainment to medicine, education, and enterprise.To really be successful in the modern world as a student, entrepreneur, or even informed citizen, you need access to a computer and the internet. Yet in much of the world, this access isn't realistic. In 2007, while 62% of the developed world … [Read more...]
CTOlabs.com Survey Finds Data Deduplication Aids in Managing Data Growth in Federal Agencies
April 14, 2011 By
Crucial Point LLC subsidiary CTOlabs.com has just published the results of a study on the impact of data growth in government. To download your copy see: http://www.carahsoft.com/dedupesurvey From the press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/04/prweb5243224.htm Data Growth and Virtualization Mandate New Approach to Federal Storage Management Survey Finds Data Deduplication Aids in Managing Data Growth in Federal … [Read more...]