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Get into the GEOINT groove

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Tim Harder

The GEOINT 2010 Symposium, the preeminent geospatial intelligence event for the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities, is coming up next week at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center‎ in New Orleans, La. With such an important event on the horizon, I sat down this week with the editor-in-chief of the blog got geoint?, Matt [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Cisco, cloud, cloud computing, EMC, Ernest N Morial Convention Center‎, GEOINT, GEOINT 2010 Symposium, geospatial intelligence, got geoint?, Matt Langan, VMware | Leave a Comment »

Is GSA’s BPA for IaaS enough to spark federal cloud adoption?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Tim Harder

In a recent post on GovCloudTalk, we discussed the federal accreditation process for IT services and solutions. We took a look at the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and how it required vendors to get accredited by each individual government agency. This has effectively slowed down the adoption of cloud computing in the government [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Amazon Web Services, Apps.gov, Apptis Inc., AT&T, Autonomic Resources, blanket purchase agreement, BPA, Carpathia, CGI Federal, Computer Literacy World, Computer Technology Consultants, Dell, ederal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Electrosoft, email-as-a-service, Enomaly, Eyak Tech LLC, Federal Information Security Management Act, FEDRAMP, FISMA, General Dynamics Information Technology, General Services Administration, GSA, IaaS, infrastructure-as-a-service, Insight Public Sector, Microsoft, platform-as-a-service, SaaS, Savvis Federal Systems, Secure Networks, Softlayer, software-as-a-service, Verizon Federal Inc., XOCommunications | 1 Comment »

Different agencies have different problems – with the same solution

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Tim Harder

It’s very difficult to look at the federal government as a whole and find one overarching IT problem that all agencies are facing. The fact is, there are too many agencies and organizations within the federal government with far too many differing missions to truly say that one IT problem affects them all equally. Within [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: big data, cloud computing, datacenter, department of defense, DMV, DoD, federal government, intelligence community, IT, military | 1 Comment »

Missing datacenters a symbol of inefficiency and poor security

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Tim Harder

Last week I attended the Cyber Solutions Conference, a one-day conference and exposition held by the Federal Business Council, Inc. in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Alliance. The event was up in Baltimore and functioned to bring together government, industry and academia to concentrate on the collective responsibility of cyber solutions and security. One [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: cloud computing, Cyber Solutions Conference, cybersecurity, Data Center Knowledge, datacenter, economy, Federal Business Council, federal government, National Cyber Security Alliance | 1 Comment »

A Cloudy Forecast – IT giants learn how to lobby DC

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Tim Harder

I’m not just jazzed about cloud computing because it’s a cool use of technology – although it is! A big reason I’m excited about the federal cloud is the potential is has to disrupt the typical federal IT buy cycle, and accelerate time to value for government dollars. But this isn’t exciting to everyone. While [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Amazon, Center for Responsive Politics, cloud computing, Council of Science and Technology Advisors, DC, Deputy Technology Czar, Director of Citzen Participation, Google, Head of Social Innovation, IT, lobbying, lobbyist, Transition Staff | Leave a Comment »

Federal cloud accrediting has a need…a need for speed

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Tim Harder

We’ve talked multiple times on this blog about the incredible cost savings that government organizations and agencies could realize by embracing cloud computing. In light of our nation’s ongoing financial situation, saddled with debt and looking everywhere for costs to cut, the time to implement cloud infrastructures across the government and consolidate existing datacenters is [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: accreditation, economy, federal government, Federal Information Security Management Act, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, FEDRAMP, FISMA, national debt | 1 Comment »

A trillion reasons to embrace cloud computing

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Tim Harder

It’s no secret that the ongoing economic downturn has had a significant impact on our country. In an effort to stimulate the economy after the housing market, financial services and stock market collapses, the government proceeded to bail out banks, give money to auto companies and spend on major infrastructure projects to provide an economic [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Austan Goolsbee, bail out, Ben Bernanke, budget deficit, cloud computing, Council of Economic Advisers, datacenter, datacenter consolidation, economy, EMC, Federal Reserve, I.B.M., Intel, Lawrence H. Summers, national debt, National Economic Council, Obama Administration, stimulus package, Technology CEO Council, telework, Vivek Kundra | 1 Comment »

How you can go cloud and retain total control…

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Tim Harder

We’ve talked extensively on this blog about the benefits of cloud computing and why a foray into the cloud is the future for all organizations in both the private and public sector. However, for many public sector entities, from state and local governments to federal agencies, there are significant concerns about a move to the [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Arista, Cisco, cloud computing, data center, datacenter, EMC, Government cloud, private cloud, virtualization | 1 Comment »

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