NJVC Paper Outlines Potential Benefits of Custom Cloud Software; Kevin Jackson Comments

Federal agencies that use platform-as-a-service in their cloud computing strategy can cut development costs by 50 percent, according to a recently released white paper by NJVC and Virtual Global.

In “Platform as a Service (PaaS): What Is It? Why Is It So Important?,” authors Kevin Jackson and Cary Landis outline why they believe PaaS…

Govt Launches Dialogue to Develop Federal Mobility Strategy

Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel launched an interactive dialogue  Wednesday that looks for “stakeholders such as mobile experts, policymakers, developers, industry and citizens to submit their ideas on how to accelerate Federal mobility.”

While speaking at the CES Government conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, VanRoekel announced the launch of the National…

International Cyber Arms Bazaar Demonstrates Depth US Must Go for Cybersecurity

Earlier this month, a diverse crowd of government agents, private developers and hackers from around the world gathered at a Hilton in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to get a firsthand look at some of the world’s most cutting edge cyber warfare and surveillance technologies.

According to Bloomberg news, the “Wiretapper’s Ball,” codename for the ISS World trade…

Stratfor Cyber Breach Adds to Debate Over Govt Role in Protecting Private Networks

A cybersecurity breach at intelligence think tank Stratfor over the weekend struck close to the central point of debate over how to secure domestic networks, Josh Smith wrote in the National Journal today.

Smith wrote that this debate “has revolved around the division between government and private sector security,” where businesses…

GDAIS to Research JAVA Apps, Next-Gen Displays, Monitoring Systems

General Dynamics will tap its Fairfax, Va.-based advanced information systems operations to undertake what the Defense Department is calling an ‘innovative’ round of technological research for the Navy’s combat systems. 

On the award, the business unit will research next-generation combat system display concepts and how to utilize high-resolution color displays.

The announcement did not specify if these efforts are…

Cyber Experts Predict What Will Leave, What Will Stick in 2012

With the year’s end approaching, many information technology firms and officials are making their stance on what they believe is to come and has come to be in terms of cybersecurity.

“As we head into 2012, many CIOs are evaluating the various aspects of IT, looking ahead to the new technologies that…

GovConExec Engages the New C4ISR in Recently Launched Winter Issue

With the end of one year and the launch into another, GovConExec, published by The New New Internet’s parent company Executive Mosaic, has released it’s eighth issue in the second year of publishing.

The Winter 2011 issue, C4ISR: GovCon Leaders Enable a New Era, delves into the new C4ISR, policy, executives…

Federal Spending Moves to Cybersecurity, Contractors Follow

It has become evident of recent that agencies are beginning to refocus much of their spending toward cybersecurity related activity.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for example, plans to increase cybersecurity research spending by 50 percent over the next five years, according to an ExecutiveGov…

Survey Says.. Businesses on Top of the Cloud

Throughout the last two years, cloud computing has emerged as the Swiss army knife of information technology within the business and government sectors.

The cloud has been marketed and implemented as a way to improve communication, speed up business operations, cut costs and reduce energy consumption.

A global survey, composed of 3,645 IT decision makers in eight different countries, was conducted independently by TNS and funded by CSC. The results provided some…

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…