Cloud Computing

  • Jerry Edgerton, president of federal sales at Blue Ridge Networks, joins host John Gilroy to talk about what his company is doing to help agencies transition into cloud computing. August 2, 2011

    August 02, 2011
  • The General Services Administration has become the first federal agency to move its entire workforce to a cloud-based email product. GSA said it moved all 17,000 of its users all at one time, but it couldn\'t have pulled off the transition without months of planning, training and preparation.

    July 28, 2011
  • A panel of industry representatives has laid out a roadmap for revising the practices agencies use to purchase cloud computing services. The group also recommends new transparency efforts aimed at getting customers to trust cloud computing. The report aims to accelerate the adoption of cloud computing.

    July 26, 2011
  • Host Mark Amtower will talk debt crisis, cloud computing and other issues with Federal News Radio\'s Francis Rose. July 25, 2011(Encore presentation August 15, 2011)

    July 25, 2011
  • Security gaps still need to be patched for mobile and cloud computing to take off, according to GSA\'s David McClure.

    July 21, 2011
  • The goal is for independent third party companies to affirm commercial cloud providers meet the FedRAMP cybersecurity requirements. The agencies will model its approach after the one used to accredit vendors to provide products and services under HSPD-12. FedRAMP will not be ready until the fall.

    July 21, 2011
  • Agencies have stepped up the pace of their data center consolidation efforts, leading to predicted data center closures numbering well above what the Office of Management and Budget predicted earlier this year.

    July 21, 2011
  • Host John Gilroy is joined by Michael Beckley, chief technology officer, at Appian. They will talk about how business process management has changed and what you can do to stay ahead of those changes. July 19, 2011(Encore presentation August 30, 2011),

    July 19, 2011
  • Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says contractors must balance collaboration with security

    July 18, 2011
  • Jacob Haynes, the Defense Contract Management Agency\'s CIO, said a zero client set up will rely totally on the cloud for all computing needs. July 14, 2011

    July 15, 2011
  • nCircle, a security and compliance auditing provider, conducted a survey that yielded an increase in the number of agencies considering switching to cloud security, but found that cost may override other security concerns.

    July 12, 2011
  • A single Defense department cloud email system might be in the works. Learn more in today\'s DoD report

    July 12, 2011
  • The Interior Department issued its four-year technology transformation plan where it describes how it will save $100 million a year starting in 2016. Interior\'s roadmap focuses on back office and administrative systems.

    July 08, 2011
  • Just-retired DoD Secretary Robert Gates issued a recent memo announcing his decision about how DISA and the chief information officer\'s office will change. Gates said DoD will dis-establish the Networks Integration and Information office.

    July 06, 2011

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