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...
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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...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory is working on a definition of cloud computing (version 14 of their working draft is on their site and is looking great).  Like other NIST efforts they have taken a collaborative/collegial approach in building this definition.  You can find the full definition at...
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At this critically complex time in history the challenges government face are only increasing in importance.   Which leads to a thesis:  never before in our history has our nation relied so much on our public servants– and our need for great thinkers/leaders/doers will only increase in the future.  Therefore, we should do everything...
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The last 12 months has seen a significant amount of progress in our nation’s awareness of cyber threats and in our collective actions to address the security of our IT systems.  However, a huge amount of work remains to be done. In a cyber context, the situation is a little like the one Winston...
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I enjoy learning from and interacting with great CTO teachers face to face, which is why direct meetings are an incredibly important part of life.  But that model does not scale well.  There is no way any human can begin to schedule enough time/meetings/conferences/interactions to tap into all the great teachers there. Social media...
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Every CTO I know has heard of Vivek Kundra, CTO of the District of Columbia.  We have all been following his accomplishments in transforming the technology program in DC and have watched in excitement as more and more capabilities have been rolled out to serve the city and its citizens. We have followed reports...
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On Wednesday 28 Jan 2009 at 10am Eastern I’ll be on CIO Talk Radio with one of the stars of the global technology community, Vint Cerf. The topic we will be discussing is cloud computing and the next technology revolution in the US.  Vint is fantastically qualified to discuss this topic, and I’m honored...
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On 21 October, Mr. Clay Johnson of OMB signed out a memorandum for the heads of all executive departments and agencies in the US government.  Check it out here: Download 20081023-omb-cio-memo.pdf (0.0K) This is a great read and a positive move.  It provides an emphasis on the information technology management structure and governance framework. ...
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This note provides two lessons and a comment for enterprise chief technology officers that comes out of a new vision document from the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The DNI, Mike McConnell, just released Vision 2015, a vision for a globally networked and integrated intelligence enterprise.   This vision is for far more than just...
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