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 Following the notion of "The cloud" as a model and not a place, learn how to extend your SoftLayer infrastructure to utilize the PaaS offerings of Bluemix. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Ryan Tiffany, a Sales Engineer at SoftLayer, an IBM Company, will utilize both the command line...Apr. 9, 2016 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 621 |
 Drones have actually been around for quite some time, even though the recent "lift-off" of commercial applications has vaulted the technology further into the spotlight. I've started seeing some incredible uses of the technology and how not only businesses will benefit, but people as w...Apr. 9, 2016 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 634 |
 Fail fast, fail often. Yeah, but the first failure blew up the satellite. Well, this is just a photo-sharing app..not rocket science. Okay, but your photos are accessed by users who have passwords that they probably use for other things..and aren't some photos as important as satellite...Apr. 9, 2016 12:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,006 |
 Using new techniques of information modeling, indexing, and processing, new cloud-based systems can support cloud-based workloads previously not possible for high-throughput insurance, banking, and case-based applications.
In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, John Newton, CTO, Founder ...Apr. 8, 2016 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,483 |
 SaaS companies can greatly expand revenue potential by pushing beyond their own borders. The challenge is how to do this without degrading service quality.
In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Adam Rogers, Managing Director at Anexia, will discuss how IaaS providers with a global pres...Apr. 8, 2016 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,665 |
 The Quantified Economy represents the total global addressable market (TAM) for IoT that, according to a recent IDC report, will grow to an unprecedented $1.3 trillion by 2019. With this the third wave of the Internet-global proliferation of connected devices, appliances and sensors is...Mar. 4, 2016 01:45 PM EST Reads: 1,187 |
 The Federal Government’s “Cloud First” policy mandates that agencies take full advantage of cloud computing benefits to maximize capacity utilization, improve IT flexibility and responsiveness, and minimize cost. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a mand...Feb. 28, 2016 03:30 AM EST Reads: 1,758 |
 How is cloud computing bringing society and its ideas closer together?
This got me thinking. Last week the President of the United States started following me on Twitter. Now I realize that it's not really President Obama on the other side of that virtual table, but the event brought ...Dec. 16, 2015 09:00 AM EST Reads: 780 |
 DevOps is gaining traction in the federal government – and for good reasons. Heightened user expectations are pushing IT organizations to accelerate application development and support more innovation. At the same time, budgetary constraints require that agencies find ways to decrease ...Oct. 10, 2015 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,162 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that Secure Infrastructure & Services will exhibit at SYS-CON's 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Secure Infrastructure & Services (SIAS) is a managed ser...Oct. 8, 2015 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,637 |
 “Threats are always evolving and the days of ‘set it and forget it’ malware and virus scanners are over if you want to keep your business information secure,” explained Abel Sussman, Director of Federal Services at Coalfire, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Roger ...Aug. 19, 2015 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,158 |
| FedRAMP is mandatory for government cloud deployments and businesses need to comply in order to provide services for federal engagements.
In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Abel Sussman, Director for Coalfire Public Sector practice, reviewed the Federal Risk and Authorization Manageme... Jul. 25, 2015 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,043 |
 "The federal government is the nation's largest consumer of information technology and this year alone the government is spending $2.1 billion on cloud technology. We help do the compliance assessments for companies to meet the federal security requirements," explained Abel Sussman, Di...Jul. 18, 2015 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,383 |
 DevOps is the hottest moving target when it comes to software development methodologies. Many people fear that this fast-paced, barrier-breaking movement will leave information security best practices in the dust. Analysts provide recommendations to security professionals using bingo-l...May. 31, 2015 08:00 PM EDT Reads: 6,784 |
 Announced separately, New Relic is joining the Cloud Foundry Foundation to continue the support of customers and partners investing in this leading PaaS. As a member, New Relic is contributing the New Relic tile, service broker and build pack with the goal of easing the development of ...May. 25, 2015 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,963 |
 MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, today announced the results of its new report, "The Agile Advantage: Can DevOps Move Cloud to the Fast Lane?" The study, underwritten by Accenture Federal Services, reveals that approximately two...May. 24, 2015 11:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,364 |
 Before the rise of DevOps, strong functional distinctions were supposed to help groups focus on their core competencies. Developers wrote code, operations provisioned and maintained infrastructure, and security found holes and worried about all the vulnerabilities they knew hadn't been...May. 17, 2015 07:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,906 |
 March is Women’s History Month. As we celebrate women and their role in our history, our workplaces, and our homes, I thought it was important to bring to the forefront some of the strengths that might make them stand out as compelling agents of change in such a time as this in the IT ...Mar. 20, 2015 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,239 |
| FedRAMP is mandatory for government cloud deployments and businesses need to comply in order to provide services for federal engagements.
In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Abel Sussman, Director for Coalfire Public Sector practice, will review the Federal Risk and Authorization Mana... Mar. 13, 2015 08:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,466 |
 DevOps, Cloud and Your SDLC
Cloud computing started a technology revolution; now DevOps is driving that revolution forward. By enabling new approaches to service delivery, cloud and DevOps together are delivering even greater speed, agility, and efficiency. No wonder leading innovat...Oct. 15, 2014 11:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,945 |
 #SDAS #HTTP #webperf #SSL De facto standards can be as difficult to transition off of as official ones
If you haven't heard about HTTP 2.0 it's time to start paying attention. It is anticipated that in November the latest version of the specification will become "the st...Oct. 11, 2014 03:45 PM EDT Reads: 3,500 |
 American interest in online privacy and surveillance programs has jumped since Edward Snowden’s revelations about digital government surveillance in the United States. Deteriorating public relations have plagued intelligence agencies that have been identified as participating in the ma...Oct. 11, 2014 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,727 |
 The Industrial Internet Consortium was founded in 2014 to further development, adoption and wide-spread use of interconnected machines, intelligent analytics and people at work. Through an independently-run consortium of technology innovators, industrial companies, academia and governm...Oct. 3, 2014 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,647 |
 The Internet of Things is a natural complement to the cloud and related technologies such as Big Data, analytics, and mobility.
In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Joe Weinman will lay out four generic strategies – digital disciplines – to exploit emerging digital technologies...Sep. 13, 2014 06:45 PM EDT Reads: 3,968 |
 A recent Inc.com article claimed that the percentage of U.S. small businesses using cloud computing is expected to more than double during the next six years, from 37 percent to nearly 80 percent (l). This forecast was gleaned from a just released Emergent Research and Intuit study. Th...Aug. 17, 2014 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 5,159 |
 Recent high-profile events (2010 Haitian Earthquake, 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami, 2013 Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda) have highlighted the growing importance played by the international community in successful humanitarian assistance and disaster response. These events also showcased t...Feb. 21, 2014 09:00 AM EST Reads: 8,416 |
 October 1, 2013, was the most anticipated date for the Obama administration since his re-election. It was to be the day every American would have access to health care on one centralized website. However, according to at least one report only six people enrolled in Obamacare on the fir...Feb. 17, 2014 09:45 AM EST Reads: 5,183 |
 Federal records management is an increasingly complex undertaking in the era of big data. Three principles are needed for success in records management: capture on creation; manage and secure through the workflow; and archive responsibly. Feb. 3, 2014 08:15 AM EST Reads: 6,675 |
 We have discussed this before and I'm sure we will talk about it again - government cutbacks and consolidation of cloud hosting. New York has opened an enormous new data center in Brooklyn where the city will centralize all its infrastructure for its agencies of the decade.
It has i...Mar. 17, 2011 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 11,211 |
 In a recent IDG News survey, high-ranking IT executives in North America and Europe were asked about the effect the NSA snooping practices have had on their cloud computing strategy. Despite the furor over the NSA, these leaders are still committed to the cloud.
The Cliff's notes: In...Dec. 16, 2013 09:30 AM EST Reads: 5,804 |
 The United States Congress managed to avoid a default with a last-minute agreement. But the reboot's still in progress, and many federal government servers and services remain shut down. The cause of the online blackout is this set of guidelines released by the Office of Management and...Dec. 14, 2013 01:00 PM EST Reads: 3,970 |
 Next month, the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) will introduce an open pattern that will enable governments, agencies and businesses to create a secure, hybrid IT environment quickly and cost effectively. Cloud computing expert Kevin Jackson has been named to lea...Nov. 26, 2013 10:30 AM EST Reads: 6,310 |
 Over the weekend those in charge of Healthcare.gov have claimed “Mission Accomplished,” that the site is now performing optimally, and will be able to handle 50,000 concurrent users. The healthcare.gov team also stated that if there happens to be a problem they have software in place t...Dec. 4, 2013 12:20 PM EST Reads: 4,707 |
 Cloud computing is helping businesses combat a growing problem: Too much information and not enough storage capacity.
With businesses increasingly facing the prospect of running out of storage capacity, adoption of cloud storage technologies continues to grow, according to a report f...Dec. 3, 2013 08:16 AM EST Reads: 11,065 |
 The latest headlines in the ongoing surveillance soap opera focus on the revelation that the U.S. has been eavesdropping directly on German Prime Minister Angela Merkel. The reaction in Germany has been strong with many officials publically condemning the surveillance.
After the NSA’s...Nov. 16, 2013 04:00 PM EST Reads: 6,820 |
 We keep monitoring HealthCare.gov and created a web page that shows the latest monitoring results. If you are interested check it out: HealthCare.gov Performance Status.
Heat Map of Average Response Time by State
Page Load Time Comparison of HealthCare.gov, US Healthcare Facilities a...Nov. 15, 2013 04:00 PM EST Reads: 5,599 Replies: 1 |
 Fundamentally, Agile requires a rethink of the organizational aspects of planning, delivering, testing, and managing any IT project. The entire effort must be tackled iteratively. Stakeholders should be involved at every step. Testing must take place in every iteration, in order to les...Nov. 3, 2013 02:00 PM EST Reads: 6,385 |
 "When a company can combine scale with innovation...and can execute...then I think it can build a sustainable business," said Thai Lee, Founder, President & CEO of SHI International, as she opened 13th Cloud Expo in Silicon Valley today at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Cla...Nov. 4, 2013 04:00 PM EST Reads: 6,051 |
 Lunarline, one of the U.S. government's leading cyber security and privacy providers, announced on Thursday that Spence Witten, Lunarline director of federal sales, will speak about successfully navigating FedRAMP during the Cloud Expo 2013 Silicon Valley (@CloudExpo) in Santa Clara, C...Nov. 4, 2013 11:30 AM EST Reads: 6,950 |
 Cloud computing's profile just took a leap in the polls.
IBM announced the opening of a new Federal Cloud Innovation Center dedicated to helping federal agencies and other public-sector organizations advance the adoption of cloud computing across the government.
The new IBM Federal...Nov. 3, 2013 02:00 PM EST Reads: 6,268 |
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