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Quite a Time to Get Started

Jumping in the Deep End ClearOrbit has been in the Federal market for a number of years, but they are now going “all in.” Warren Sumner, ClearOrbit&...

Federal News Network Staff

December 3, 2008 6:31 pm

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Jumping in the Deep End

ClearOrbit has been in the Federal market for a number of years, but they are now going “all in.” Warren Sumner, ClearOrbit’s Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, talked about why they’re making the move now, and what he’s seeing in the Federal marketplace. He also talked about the concept of supply chain versus supply network.

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Doing More with Less

It’s a message lots of IT leaders are hearing in the Federal government–do more with less. Ken Karacsony of Interlace Consulting wrote about that concept in NetworkWorld. Jerry Davis, Deputy Chief Information Officer at NASA, talked about the ideas in the piece with me and Mr. Karacsony.

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Sticking Around

One member of President Bush’s cabinet is staying put. President-elect Obama has announced that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will continue in his job after January 20th. Yesterday was Secretary Gates’s first news conference after the announcement that he’ll stay.

One More Secretary Name

The name of the nominee to be the next head of the Commerce Department has been announced. President-elect Obama has chosen New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to be the next Secretary at the agency.

Centered on Data Centers

Sometimes someone’s else’s nightmare experience can be a valuable learning tool. Michael Bullock, founder and CEO of Transitional Data Services, wrote about a terrible experience with a data center transition in Oregon state government. Mr. Bullock ran down the “big five” reasons the transition was a bomb–with some suggestions how you can avoid the same pitfalls.

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