Snowfuggedaboudit: Practical experience reveals telework isn't as easy as it sounds
Althogh this winter's record-breaking mid-Atlantic snowfall provided the perfect opportunity for telework to prove itself, some who tried it found that it's easier said than done.
Study gauges interest in cloud computing, green IT
The survey found that one in three government IT professionals expect to implement a social networking initiative in the next 12 months, independent of any stimulus funds their agency may receive.
Government customers key to cloud's commercial future
The commercial market is watching to see if the government will adopt cloud computing before it widely adopts the technology.
Government re-opens while feds talk telework in aftermath of blizzard
Now that severe weather in the nation's capital and elsewhere have provided ample opportunities for testing continuity-of-operations plans, federal employees have some thoughts.
A lot of buzz about Google Buzz
In the wake of the new social media tool from Google, the Onion pokes fun at the social media relic Friendster.
Washington's snow response GIS mapping system gets a workout
D.C.'s Snow Response Reporting System lets users type in an address and see which surrounding streets have been plowed or salted within a specified date range.
Feds brace for another storm
Another massive snowstorm threatens the Washington metropolitan area, overwhelms OPM's Web site, closes the federal government and sparks telework complaints.
Firm launches with supercomputing appliance
Criterion HPS has been incubating for about three years and steps forward this week as a new company focused on the high-performance computing market.
Feds could get access to advanced cloud-computing technologies
Microsoft and National Science Foundation team up to provide cloud-computing tools to certain users.
Federal IT budget heads for the cloud(s)
Some observers say Obama's proposed budget makes it clear the administration's coffers will be feeding the cloud.
Simulation technology heads for the cloud
Parabon wins a small business research award to develop a modeling and simulation as a service technology platform.
Cloud computing: 20 percent savings in five years?
The U.K. has high hopes for cloud computing (and open-source software and voice over IP, for that matter).
Microsoft to Congress: Time to seed cloud computing
Privacy, security, and international sovereignty issues need congressional attention, says Brad Smith, senior Microsoft executive.
Microsoft and HP ink cloud, virtualization pact
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard disclosed a $250 million, three-year partnership to develop and market next-generation data center technology and application infrastructure that combines virtualization, system management and cloud computing.
VMware breaks into new market after buying Zimbra
VMware on Tuesday said it is acquiring Zimbra from Yahoo, extending VMware's reach beyond system virtualization.
Microsoft launches tech policy Web site
Microsoft today announced that it has launched a new Web site to engage the public in discussion about major technology policy issues including privacy, security, cloud computing and intellectual property rights.
States and local agencies take to clouds, report finds
State and local governments will adopt cloud computing, virtualization, service-oriented architecture, open-source software and geospatial technologies at an accelerating rate over the next five years, according to a new Input report.
HP extends public, private cloud portfolio
Hewlett-Packard this week bolstered its private and public cloud portfolio, looking to extend its reach to enterprises of all sizes.
Telcos aim to take business from integrators
As the network does indeed become the computer, Susan Zeleniak of Verizon Federal thinks telecommunications carriers might be poised to take business from systems integrators. Zeleniak and Verizon have done it already.
CSC builds cloud for Los Angeles city workers
Computer Sciences Corp. has begun work on a five-year, $7.25 million contract to replace Los Angeles’ current e-mail and other applications with Google’s Web-based productivity tools.
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