Technology

  • The federal government found it had 1,000 more data centers than previously estimated, Government Computer News reports. In the past eight months, agencies have been identifying data centers as part of the Federal Data Center…

    October 18, 2010
  • According to Michael Chertoff, former US secretary of homeland security, setting cyber rules will help to deter attackers.

    October 18, 2010
  • A smart electrical power grid could decrease annual electric energy use and utility sector carbon emissions at least 12 percent by 2030. We get details from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory\'s Rob Pratt.

    October 18, 2010
  • Stonesoft Corporation announced it has discovered a new network security threat category. These are so-called Advanced Evasion Techniques (AET), which can bypass current network security devices without leaving a trace.

    October 18, 2010
  • Harnessing the power of e-mail and the Web, STAR-TIDES has been working since 2007 to pull together some of the best minds in the world to help people and nations during times of natural disaster and crisis. Now, a National Defense University professor said the group is trying to overcome some geo-political limitations to its work.

    October 18, 2010
  • October 18th and October 20th Harvey sets the Center\'s strategy and directs internal and external operations.

    October 15, 2010
  • Jeff White, vice president of govWin, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss ways agencies can grow using social networks.

    October 15, 2010
  • General Dale Meyerrose, former CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss why the two departments are teaming up and ways agencies can confront the evolving challenges of cybersecurity.

    October 15, 2010
  • The Navy released a handbook on the safe and effective use of social media, GovFresh reports.

    October 15, 2010
  • The Wall Street Journal reports on the surge in texting, making the use of a mobile device as a phone besides the point.

    October 15, 2010
  • October 20th, 2010 at 11 AM The application of knowledge discovery within the cloud is immensely powerful, but not inbuilt. We are collectively moving past the question of \"what is cloud computing\", and swiftly moving towards \"how does the cloud enable advanced analysis against massive volumes of data?\" With industry and government leveraging multiple clouds, how do we successfully share and search large collections of data across systems, departments, and geographies? Organizations will continue to discuss and better understand the analytic power and economies of cloud computing, in the sense of data storage, sharing, and management; but we are quickly discovering that creating knowledge from data is more than just a discussion of technology. It\'s a discussion of what can be accomplished when massive data and cloud computing efficiencies combine to make advanced analysis and innovation possible.

    October 15, 2010
  • Vendors bidding on the contract are asked to extend their prices to Nov. 30. GSA CIO Coleman said her goal was to make the award by Veterans Day.

    October 15, 2010
  • McAfee plans to provide better protection, not only at the PC and server software level, but in the network appliance, embedded system and cloud-computing areas

    October 15, 2010
  • Air Force Doctrine Document 3-12, Cyberspace Operations is now available.

    October 15, 2010

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