Virtualization for Dummies
Although I poke a little fun at the decision to hand-out “Virtualization for Dummies” to government IT folks at the FOSE conference (see me in the video below or click here), I did think the session on...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Number?
We conducted our second government IT survey at FOSE 2008 this year, got pretty interesting results and can start to show some trends for technology adoption in particular. First of all, thanks to...
View ArticleGreen IT – The Cart and the Horse
We asked government IT folks at this year’s FOSE show how important Green IT was to their agencies. The results: 73% said Green IT was important 16% said it wasn’t 9% admitted they didn’t know what the...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 Adoption by the Federal Government Shouldn’t be a Surprise
Driving back from the dentist today, I was listening to a WTOP story about the adoption of Web 2.0 by the government. With half my mouth numb from being shot up with anesthetics, I decided this was the...
View ArticleTime’s Up – IPv6 OMB Mandate
Three years ago, the OMB set a June 2008 deadline “by which all agencies’ infrastructure (network backbones) must be using IPv6 and agency networks must interface with this infrastructure.” Agencies...
View ArticleNAPA Shows How the Government is Using Web 2.0
Back in April, we attended a session at the FOSE conference that highlighted Web 2.0 usage in the public sector. We also found through a survey of government workers that 65% of government IT workers...
View ArticleGovernment Sent Home with a “C” on FISMA Report Card
Too bad there is no Kaplan Test Prep equivalent for FISMA. For the third year in a row, the government’s overall FISMA grade improved. But don’t get too excited; the grade only improved from a C- to a...
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Q&A with Sergey Katsev of Coyote Point Systems
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Sergey Katsev, an Engineering Project Manager at Coyote Point Systems and discuss his experiences with InteropNet and talk about the Coyote Point...
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Interop NY Survey – Top IT Challenges, Trends and What IT is Spending Money On
I won’t belabor the point again but just mention it as context for the 2nd annual survey we conducted at Interop NY this year. As I was dragging myself to the very early keynotes at VMworld, things...
View ArticleObama Brings Online Change to the White House
A new president. A new web site. A blog. Changes are happening online at Whitehouse.gov. How much change will occur in the rest of the government is something we’ll have to reserve judgement on. If you...
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