RedHatGov Symposium Highlights Roadmap to the 25 Point Plan, Open Source

About this time last week, FedScoop and Red Hat were wrapping up the 2011 Red Hat Government Symposium at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Red Hat provided continual updates during the event on its Twitter account, RedHatGov, highlighting key speakers and remarks. 

FedScoop, the event sponsor, reported some 300 government and industry leaders to be in attendance. The…

As Govt. Budget Shrinks, Amazon Expands Fed Cloud Sales

The federal government is shifting toward cloud computing and Amazon.com is going in the same direction by expanding its cloud sales to the government.

The online retailer currently provides cloud-based computer services in 100 government offices, including the State and Treasury departments, according to a Washington Post/Bloomberg report. Amazon joins Google and Microsoft…

Telework Push Opening New Market for Tech Firms

Telework is an increasing trend for government agencies as shown in news of General Services Administration‘s recently approved telework policy and the Agriculture Department looking to have 40 percent of its staff teleworking by 2013, reported by our sister site ExecutiveGov. While telework is clearly on the rise for federal workers, they…

Iron Mountain: Most Businesses Not Prepared to Overcome Data Disaster

Iron Mountain, Inc., recently released a survey outlining how businesses both prepare and cope with data loss in the event of a disaster.

The survey generated responses from 1,200 individuals responsible for protecting their organization’s data and helped highlight the major obstacles they face, both in the long and short-terms. The survey painted a clear picture of a…

Did Hackers Shut Down Illinois Water Pump? Feds Looking Into It

A water pump at a Springfield, Ill. utility failed Nov. 8. Usually this would be considered a technical difficulty, but this failure has raised eyebrows of the federal government.

Joe Weiss, a cybersecurity expert, disclosed the incident on his blog Thursday and pointed the finger at foreign cyber attackers. Now the U.S. Department of…

Could Bringing Own Device to Work Also Bring Hackers?

Federal employees who bring their own iPhones and Android devices to work may also bring a growing risk of hackers creating chaos, according to a forecast from M86 Security Labs.

The network security firm is expected to release its annual prediction of the top security threats to both businesses and government, according to…

More Androids Means More Malware According to McAfee

Android is the new major mobile malware target and Anonymous is the primary hacktivist in the third quarter, according to McAfee‘s research. The company saw a 37 percent increase in malware targeting Android devices since last quarter and is predicting that 2011 is well on its way to be the busiest malware year in history.

Hacktivism is less…

IBM Says New Platform Decodes Genetic Sequences, Simulates Nuclear Weapons

IBM announced its next generation supercomputing project, Blue Gene/Q, to be housed in the Energy Department. It will will provide an ultra-scale technical computing platform to solve the most challenging problems facing engineers and scientists.

Blue Gene/Q is expected to predict the path of hurricanes, analyze the ocean floor to discover oil, simulate…

Contractors Testing Army Comm, ISR Networks

The U.S. Army has increasingly tested communications networks as it looks to upgrade its capabilities, and three contracting firms have helped the service branch conduct exercises.

ITT Exelis, recently spun-off from former parent ITT Corp., is currently demonstrating several communications at the Army’s Network Integration Exercise, according to a company release.

Exelis is…

DLT Solutions, Percussion Software Partner Up to Support Govt. Website Consolidation

DLT Solutions and Percussion Software are looking to bring cloud-ready solutions to government agencies. The two recently announced plans to collaborate their efforts in providing the government with cloud-ready WCM solutions, which the companies say will allow agencies to move “beyond static information” sites. 

“As part of the .gov reform effort, our Government customers are looking to consolidate their web sites and…