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 The end of the year is a time for reflection. It’s when most of us are looking back at the choices, accomplishments, and mistakes of the year prior and setting goals to improve the following year. It’s also when businesses analyze the year’s trends and behaviors to determine necessary ...Dec. 19, 2017 07:30 AM EST Reads: 933 |
 Why Federal cloud? What is in Federal Clouds and integrations? This session will identify the process and the FedRAMP initiative. But is it sufficient? What is the remedy for keeping abreast of cutting-edge technology?
In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Rasananda Behera will examine ...Sep. 27, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,105 |
 Cloud computing is more than servers and storage. In a crisis situation it can actually be a lifesaver. BlackBerry, in fact, has just become the first cloud-based crisis communication service to receive a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization from th...Jul. 5, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,099 |
 As cloud computing becomes the information technology mainstream, data center technology is accelerating at a breakneck speed. Concepts like software define infrastructure, data center analytics and Nonvolatile Memory Express (NVMe) over Fabrics are changing the very nature of data cen...Mar. 6, 2017 01:00 PM EST Reads: 4,511 |
 A BriefingsDirect thought leadership panel discussion explores how public-sector organizations can gain economic benefits from cloud interoperability and standardization.
Our panel comes to you in conjunction with The Open Group Paris Event and Member Meeting October 24 through 27, 20...Feb. 28, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 5,025 |
 This week's news brings us further reminders that if you're betting on cloud, you're headed in the right direction. The cloud is growing seven times faster than the rest of IT, according to IDC, with a 25% spending increase just from 2016 to 2017. SaaS still leads the pack, with an est...Feb. 27, 2017 09:30 AM EST Reads: 4,211 |
 In 2016, cloud computing started to dominate many IT market segments. As a business, Synergy Research Group reported that industry revenue for the four quarters ended Sept. 30 grew 25%. Operator and vendor revenue for six segments of cloud computing reached $148 billion during that per...Feb. 10, 2017 03:00 PM EST Reads: 4,318 |
 End of year predictions in December are as predictable as tomorrow’s sunrise, but a recent video on 2017 Technology Trends helped me really understand how important a digital transformation strategy is to just about any business executive. The CSC Town Hall conversation actually identi...Jan. 6, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 4,158 |
 "Coalfire is a cyber-risk, security and compliance assessment and advisory services firm. We do a lot of work with the cloud service provider community," explained Ryan McGowan, Vice President, Sales (West) at Coalfire Systems, Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 19th Cloud Expo, hel...Dec. 8, 2016 11:00 AM EST Reads: 4,148 |
 As cloud computing simultaneously transforms multiple industries many have wondered about how this trend will affect manufacturing. Often characterized as “staid”, this vertical is not often cited when leading edge technological change is the topic. This view, however, fails to address...Dec. 7, 2016 05:00 PM EST Reads: 4,623 |
 A recent report by Praetorian, a cybersecurity company headquartered in Austin, TX, focused on threats that resulted in data compromise or access to sensitive information. Based on a review of 100 separate internal penetration test engagements the study identified the five most prevale...Nov. 23, 2016 01:00 PM EST Reads: 3,996 |
 The CompTIA Cloud+certification validates the skills and expertise of IT practitioners in implementing and maintaining cloud technologies. This is exactly what it takes to become a good cloud technician. In the past few years, however, the National Cloud Technologists Association (NC...Nov. 17, 2016 11:00 AM EST Reads: 4,366 |
 A steel bar is resistant to stress and is capable of maintaining its form while bearing large loads. While steel is also known as one of the world's strongest metal's (Titanium, Tungsten and Iconel round out the top four), it is also susceptible to shearing and completely breaking. A r...Oct. 20, 2016 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,248 |
 I learned quite a bit about the Trusted Analytics Platform (TAP). TAP is an open source project that Intel developed to make it easier for developers and data scientists to deploy custom big data analytics solutions in the cloud as well as reduce development costs and time-to-market. A...Oct. 13, 2016 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,949 |
 The first step to scaling your enterprise should be doing whatever you can to ensure you have a high performing DevOps environment. Evaluate the strengths of your enterprise and what you hope to accomplish, then decide whether you’d like to start with Continuous Integration, Continuous...Sep. 27, 2016 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,825 |
 It was late 2011 and Steven Donovan was comfortable working at SHI International Corporation, a growing information technology firm, as a personal computer break/fix technician. His company had been growing quickly from a $1 million "software-only" regional re-seller into eventually be...Sep. 11, 2016 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,337 |
 DoubleHorn is now offering its feature-rich and cost effective Evidence Management System for Law enforcement agencies interested in developing body-worn camera programs across Texas.
DoubleHorn's Evidence Management System (DEMS) is a unified system suitable for capturing any digital...Aug. 20, 2016 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,909 |
 Cloud computing is rewriting the books on information technology (IT) but inter-cloud networking remains a key operational issue. Layering inherently global cloud services on top of a globally fractured networking infrastructure just doesn’t work. Incompatibilities abound and enterpris...Jul. 15, 2016 03:15 PM EDT Reads: 2,825 |
 The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) has awarded BAE Systems a five-year contract worth as much as $75 million to provide enhanced geospatial intelligence technical and analytical support.
The award was issued under the INSCOM Global Intelligence indefinite deliver...Jul. 7, 2016 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,858 |
 Karen Field, Penton Communications' IoT Institute director, in her article "Start Small to Gain Big," postulated an oil drilling platform with 30,000 sensors would generate about 1 Terabyte of data per day. She also stressed that only 1% of that data would likely be used. From a system...Jun. 30, 2016 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,899 |
 IoT networking requirements are vastly different from those supported by today's cloud network. The processing and transport levels are multiple orders of magnitude higher than ever seen before. More importantly though, societal economic and the safety ramifications of making mistakes ...Jun. 29, 2016 03:30 PM EDT Reads: 3,964 |
 The "Internet of Things" depends on the "Cloud" for the processing and storage of data. The Cloud's backbone, however, is the network. This logic train reveals the importance of professional rigor and solid System Engineering (SE) of the network.
Imagine a sea of sensors, put out in...Jun. 25, 2016 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 5,761 |
 Enterprise storage is trending away from traditional, enterprise managed network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SAN) towards a more complex environment that includes software-defined and cloud-based solutions. Spinning disks are also being replaced with flash arrays ...Jun. 23, 2016 04:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,544 |
 Enterprises must rethink network management in the cloud computing world. This new reality is driven by the rise of software defined networking, the virtualization of everything and a business imperative to create and deploy even newer information delivery models. With the entire infra...Jun. 22, 2016 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,825 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that SoftLayer, an IBM Company, has been named “Gold Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 18th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York, New York.
SoftLayer, an IBM Company, provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a ...Jun. 7, 2016 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 8,841 |
 Not to long ago I was honored to be included as a storage expert in the Dell ebook, "10 Ways to Flash Forward: Future-Ready Storage Insights from the Experts." This publication provided insight into some of the most recent advances in enterprise storage and gave some excellent recomend...May. 7, 2016 04:24 PM EDT Reads: 1,895 |
 VASCO Data Security International has announced that eSignLive ™, the e-signature choice for government organizations, has worked with Cloud Services Provider (CSP) Project Hosts to deliver its electronic signature solution in a FedRAMP SaaS-level compliant cloud. U.S. government agenc...Apr. 15, 2016 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,316 |
| The use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) by medical professionals has increased dramatically. According to HealthIT.gov, 2015 statistics show that 56 percent of all U.S. office-based physicians (MD/DO) have demonstrated meaningful use of electronic health records. The downside of th... Apr. 3, 2016 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,779 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that LeaseWeb USA Inc., one of the world's largest hosting brands, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
LeaseWeb USA has announced that its platform ...Mar. 24, 2016 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,388 |
 In December 1998 when transitioning into a job doing intelligence support to DoD computer network defense, one of my mentors reminded me of a Reagan-era publication that helped the public better understand the Soviet threat called "Soviet Military Power." This document was based on th...Mar. 23, 2016 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 4,264 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that (ISC)²® ("ISC-squared") will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
(ISC)²® and KPMG LLP have announced they will survey federal cybersecurity executiv...Mar. 17, 2016 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,995 |
 Last year I read an article in the Federal technology publication FCW that talked about the President’s 2016 spending plan and how much of the focus is on the improvement of digital services. Overall, the IT spending budget is $86.4 billion and $105 million of that is slated to expand ...Feb. 4, 2016 03:43 PM EST Reads: 2,598 |
| According to a study, 82 percent of federal IT professional respondents reported that they were using the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) cybersecurity framework to improve their security stance. The survey also demonstrated that the document is being used as a st... Jan. 14, 2016 03:00 PM EST Reads: 3,420 |
 Yesterday, we kicked the 2016 IIoT Bold Prediction Series off with a bang! As a nice follow-up, and second iteration of the series, Tim Mester, Principal Engineer of Advanced Technology at FreeWave, presents his Industrial IoT bold prediction: Prediction #2: Government Regulations Comi...Dec. 26, 2015 12:00 PM EST Reads: 3,243 |
| Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) has always been the unappreciated sibling of the cloud computing service model trio. Existing in the dark shadow of the most widely adopted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and foundationally powerful Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), the third service model ... Dec. 21, 2015 02:45 PM EST Reads: 2,671 |
| One cloud does not fit all organizations.
That's true whether it is a public or private cloud. A hybrid cloud option allows your business to create a custom solution that fits your organizational needs.
However, there are always questions with new solutions. We reached out to indust... Dec. 18, 2015 12:45 PM EST Reads: 2,578 |
| As cloud computing continues to grow in importance, enterprises are now facing a new realization. In their almost rampant embrace of cost savings associated with public cloud, many are just now understanding the information technology governance challenge posed by vastly different trad... Nov. 28, 2015 10:00 AM EST Reads: 2,933 |
 The traditional, on-premise computing model has established processes, accreditations, certifications, governance and compliance rules - FISMA, NERC CIP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, IRS 1075. While the security industry is aggressively addressing the technical security gaps in cloud-driven service...Oct. 24, 2015 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,218 |
| “Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management.”
While thi... Oct. 17, 2015 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,496 |
| Cybersecurity is top of mind for corporations around the world. The quantity of recent data breaches and the dollar loss associated with some of them indicates either an underinvestment in cybersecurity or a failure to properly invest in people, security training or technology. While b... Oct. 6, 2015 11:56 AM EDT Reads: 1,672 |
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