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Google aims to boost security of CAPTCHA technology

Agencies and companies can use CAPTCHA to make sure only people, and not bots, access certain websites.

Tags: CAPTCHA , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , Federal Drive

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Big data and open source software

Cloudera CEO Mike Olson joins host John Gilroy to talk about how his company can help you with big data.
February 14, 2012

Tags: technology , Open source software , big data , Cloudera , Mike Olson , Yahoo , Facebook , Hbase , Hive , Sqoop , Flume , Oozie , cloud computing , cybersecurity , geospatial data , emergency response , bioinformatics , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk

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Interior trying again to move email, collaboration to cloud

The department released a new RFP asking for a host of services. Interior made an award in 2010 to a Microsoft provider only to see a Google provider protest and eventually force the agency to pull back the contract.

Tags: technology , contracting , Interior , cloud computing , Email-as-a-service , Microsoft , Onix , Softchoice , industry , Andrew Jackson , Bernie Mazer , Jason Miller

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Feds in the Cloud

January 31st, 2012

The federal government has a new "cloud first" technology policy, meaning that IT systems should be using web-based applications hosted by trusted vendors whenever a secure, reliable, cost-effective cloud option exists. All agencies must move at least 3 systems "to the cloud" by mid-2012. Email and workplace collaboration applications are among the most popular early choices of applications being moved to the cloud, with a number of agencies already successfully moving to web-based email. Which agencies are leading the way, and what can other federal employees learn from their experience? Join us for a discussion on Federal News Radio to learn more.

Tags: Brian McGrath , Wolf Tombe , David Mihalchik , technology , Joseph Klimavicz

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What does Google's new privacy policy mean for feds?

David Jacobs, a consumer privacy fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, talks to The Federal Drive with Tom Temin about what Google's new policy means for you.

Tags: privacy , David Jacobs , Electronic Privacy Information Center , Federal Drive

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DoD approves first-ever Android devices

The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted approval for Android-based mobile devices to connect to DoD networks, provided they're secured using a specific set of guidelines

Tags: DoD , technology , cybersecurity , Dell , Good Technology , Android , Apple , iOS , smartphones , mobile , Chris Roberts , DISA , STIG , Jared Serbu

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Mobile device pilots giving Census a look into the future

The bureau hired Agilex under a four-year, $6.4 million contract to provide application development and technical support for field workers to use tablet computers. Census field workers will receive one of three different tablets for conducting actual surveys for the bureau and other federal agencies.

Tags: technology , contracting , Census , Brian McGrath , Agilex , mobile computing , Apple , Microsoft , iPad , Android , cybersecurity , mobile , mobile device management , Jason Miller , Ira Entis

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Energy lab's move to Google apps allows flexibility, scalability

Brent Stacey is chief information officer and information management director at the Idaho National Lab.

Tags: Brent Stacey , Energy , Idaho National Lab , technology , cloud computing , In Depth

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Hackers targeting computer more than mobile devices

Your mobile devices aren't a top priority for hackers, according to Chris DiBona, a software developer at Google

Tags: Chris DiBona , SC Magazine , Cybersecurity Update , technology

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Interior tries again to move email to the cloud

The department released a request for information for 11 email and collaboration services in the cloud. The RFI comes after Onix and Google dropped its protest of Interior's award to Softchoice and Microsoft for cloud email in October 2010.

Tags: contracting , industry , Interior , cloud computing , Microsoft , Onix , Softchoice , Email-as-a-service , FISMA , cybersecurity , Jason Miller

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