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Report: Mobility Policies Gaining Speed in Agencies
Agencies are increasingly implementing policies to allow employees to bring their own mobile devices to work, according to a CDW Government report.
CDW surveyed 414 federal employees and information staff and found that about 62 percent of federal agencies have policies in place for employees to bring their own devices.
According to CDW,…
Verizon Promotes From Within Terremark Federal Operations to Drive Cloud Strategy
Verizon has tapped a veteran of its information technology subsidiary Terremark‘s federal operations to drive its global cloud strategy.
Nelson Fonseca will lead the subsidiary as its new president, where he will also oversee enterprise IT infrastructure solutions for government agencies and large companies.
He will be responsible for accelerating the execution of Verizon’s…
Software AG Intros New Technology Community for IT Professionals
Published on 15 Dec, 2011 at 16:31 in Industry News | Viewed 3 times | No Comments
Software AG’s said it has launched a new Technology Community, which is a database and platform for experts. It connects developers as well as IT professionals via a professional network for development initiatives, the company said.
The new community allows IT experts to access articles, code samples, webinars, forums, product videos and wikis in the technical product…
Mobility, Social Media Highlight IDC’s 2012 Government IT Forecast
Published on 13 Dec, 2011 at 12:42 in Industry News | Viewed 35 times | No Comments
Operational efficiency, mobility, smart government and economic stability will be the key themes of government investment in information technology for 2012, according to a forecast from IDC Government Insights.
As covered by InformationWeek, IDC predicts governments at all levels will spend nearly $82.4 billion on hardware, software and IT services in 2012.
IDC found…
HP, Microsoft Partner to Deliver Public Cloud Services
HP Enterprise Services and Microsoft Corp. have announced a global, four-year initiative to deliver Microsoft’s communications and collaboration products via the public and private cloud.
Through the public cloud, Microsoft will deliver its collaboration and productivity tool Microsoft Office 365. A Microsoft release said the companies’ cloud solutions will shift information technology from…
Quest Software Survey Reveals Top Virtualization Initiatives for 2012
Published on 7 Dec, 2011 at 15:40 in Industry News | Viewed 19 times | No Comments
According to a Quest Software survey, improving business agility, delivering cost savings, meeting increasingly demanding user expectations and managing the growing mobile workforce will be the top drivers of IT spending on virtualization initiatives in 2012.
More than half of the respondents surveyed revealed that at least 25 percent of their 2012 IT budgets will be allocated to virtualization…
DMI Joins Harris, 7 Delta to Support VA’s IT Solutions
Published on 1 Dec, 2011 at 10:50 in Industry News | Viewed 23 times | No Comments
DMI announced today that it is joining 7 Delta, Inc’s. and Harris Corp.’s teams to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of the Chief Information Officer in streamlining and modernizing its IT infrastructure through the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Program.
The program will enable the VA to acquire services for information technology services that will…
Microsoft, AgreeYa Mobility Sign New Licensing Agreement
Published on 29 Nov, 2011 at 16:58 in Industry News | Viewed 11 times | No Comments
Microsoft Corp. and AgreeYa Mobility today announced a protocol licensing agreement that allows AgreeYa Mobility solutions to interoperate with select Microsoft enterprise applications and services.
The agreement will enable AgreeYa Mobility to create solutions for non-Microsoft mobile platforms that connect with Microsoft enterprise back-end systems.
“The consumerization of IT presents a challenge for our enterprise customers. This agreement demonstrates…
HP to Oversee Maersk Line’s IT Infrastructure in $150M Agreement
Maersk Line recently announced it has signed a $150 million agreement to outsource its IT infrastructure to HP. The five-year agreement requires HP to create a private cloud computing environment for Maersk’s distributed and local applications using HP Cloud Computing Solutions.
HP will provide employment to all Maersk Line staff within the areas of desktop and notebook PCs. The firm will…
IBM Survey Says Mobile, Cloud Not a Niche
Published on 17 Nov, 2011 at 15:35 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 51 times | No Comments
According to the 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report, developers worldwide believe Watson’s analytics capabilities will transform industries that are managing massive amounts of data.
IBM surveyed more than 4,000 information technology professionals from 93 countries and 25 industries who provided their views on future IT trends.
The survey revealed business analytics software is the most…
