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Industry Chatter: Mike Kochanik of CollabNet previews 2010 and FY 2011

One nugget of good news his company sees in the FY 2011 budget request is a new emphasis on agile development.

Tags: technology , Industry Chatter , best practices , cloud computing , cybersecurity , Congress , agile development

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DISA listens to customers to create new offering

Defense agency expands software development platform for projects that require more security. Army and Navy already are using the new ProjectForge platform. DISA expects to add more functions to Forge.mil later this year.

Tags: technology , Robert Veitmeyer , DISA , Army , Navy , software development ,

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Apps for the Army coming this month

CIO Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson says the service will use Forge.mil as a repository for software developed in the battlefield. The goal is for other soldiers and commands to see what exists, use it and improve upon it.

Tags: technology , Jeffrey Sorenson , Nick Justice , Army , DISA , DoD , O'Reilly Media , TechWeb ,

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DISA to decide on future of DKO

All acquisition programs receiving added scrutiny

Tags: tech , contract , Tony Montemarano , Dave Milhelcic , John Johnson , DISA , DoD , GSA , Army , AFCEA ,

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Army to transform through apps

Service CIO Lt. Gen. Jeff Sorenson details how the Army will judge and award $30,000 in prize money to soldiers and civilian employees under the Apps for the Army program. Up to 100 contestants can submit apps in one of eight categories. The Army will announce the winners in August.

Tags: technology , Jeff Sorenson , Army , DISA , Peter Corbett , Apple , Google , BlackBerry , Apps for Army , race , innovation , Web 2.0

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Army putting up $30,000 prizes for apps

Service CIO Jeff Sorenson says Apps for the Army contest will begin March 1. The first 100 individuals or teams will compete for the monetary awards for developing software that improves capabilities or addresses new challenges.

Tags: technology , Jeff Sorenson , Army , DISA , Apps for the Army , Software development contest , race , cloud computing

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Army to test enterprise e-mail for all of DoD

Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the service will issue a RFP in the coming weeks. Then the Army will follow with a solicitation for its data center consolidation effort, called APCs. Sorenson says it will launch Apps for the Army in the coming weeks as well.

Tags: technology , contracting , Jeff Sorenson , Army , DISA , AFCEA , Apple , enterprise e-mail , data centers , consolidation , area processing centers , Apps for the Army , Web 2.0 ,

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How DISA is using secure clouds

Tags: DISA , race , Henry Sienkiewicz , Apps for the Army , Transcom

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Army sees bright future in new acquisition approach

The service names 25 software tools as winners in the Apps for the Army contest. Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the competition proves agile software development can be done well in the Army. He says a new memo is coming out that will change how the Army develops apps in the future.

Tags: technology , Jeff Sorenson , Army , DISA , Apple , Google , RIM , Microsoft , Apps for the Army , LandWarNet , mobile apps , Jason Miller

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