IBM Wraps Up Big Data Storage Software Firm Buy; Deidre Paknad Comments
IBM has completed its acquisition of an Austin, Texas-based data storage software provider aimed at expanding its big data portfolio. This acquisition complements IBM’s previous buys of PSS Systems and its 2012 pickup of Vivisimo as well as information economics tools for archiving, records and retention management, e-discovery management and disposal and data governance, IBM [...]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is working to eliminate multi-million dollar contracts for desktop computers as part of its new mobile device strategy, Nextgov reports. In an interview with reporters Thursday, Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said he believes the department has awarded its last PC contract and the department looking at measures allowing its [...]
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HP Expands Govt Cloud to Meet FISMA, FedRAMP Standards; Marilyn Crouther Comments
April 12, 2012 1 CommentHP Enterprise Services is expanding its cloud management offerings for government customers at the federal, state and local levels. The company said HP Enterprise Cloud Services–Compute is designed to fulfill moderate baseline security and privacy requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Marilyn Crouther, senior vice [...]
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The Army plans to close at least 185 data centers by fiscal year 2014 and is making center consolidation a top priority, the Army’s chief information officer said Friday. Lt. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence told attendees of an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association conference that the military’s future is in joint information enterprise and the [...]
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A new Deloitte survey of information technology executives in the United States shows that the role of the chief information officer is shifting. The poll, conducted during Deloitte’s Dbriefs Technology Executive series: “CIOs as Revolutionaries: A Step Change in the Business-IT Relationship,” showed that 45 percent of nearly 1,000 IT executives think their own CIO is [...]
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Unisys advises CIOs seeking to get the most out of their investment in cloud computing in considering how the proposed cloud solution can be integrated with the organization’s existing systems and IT processes. Utilizing an analytical approach is the surest defense against “cloud in a corner,” syndrome where new cloud solutions remain isolated from the [...]
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Although the cost benefits of outsourcing work in the information technology industry are obvious, experts are now warning too much offshoring may hinder IT companies’ abilities to innovate. According to a recent CIO.com interview with Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih, offshoring can irreversibly damage a company’s industrial ecosystem and can result [...]
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Chief Information Officers at various federal agencies believe that cybersecurity is the greatest long-term challenge that they face, according to a survey conducted by TechAmerica. The IT infrastructure and IT workforce also remain areas of greater concern. In the survey, several CIOs reported that they see millions of attempts per day to attack their networks. [...]
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The Inspector General at the Department of Interior has failed the agency in an audit assessing cyber security. The audit claims that the current efforts by the DOI are well short of established minimums in for federal agencies. The report highlighted a number of issues at the agency, including less than qualified cyber professionals (a [...]
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