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NASA discusses challenges of data center consolidation

It's been more than nine months since the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative began with the intent to reduce energy usage, lower IT costs and improve security. And some federal agencies are discovering that it's difficult to reduce spending without putting some money upfront first. NASA is just one of the federal agencies trying to [...]

Tags: OMB , Chris Kemp , NASA , technology , Federal Cloud Blog , Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative , IT , IT infrastructure

Wednesday - 11/03/2010, 01:21pm EDT

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GSA rolls out FedRAMP requirements

The White House wants common security requirements for agencies in the cloud. So GSA is rolling out FedRAMP. They say it will provide security authorizations and continuous monitoring of cloud systems.

Tags: cybersecurity , White House , GSA , Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program , FedRAMP , cloud , Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update

Wednesday - 11/03/2010, 12:43pm EDT

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Google sues U.S. government

Google is suing the U.S. government for what it claims is unfairly requiring the Web-based document system it uses to be part of Microsoft.

Tags: Google , Microsoft , DOI , technology , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

Tuesday - 11/02/2010, 05:22pm EDT

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FCC challenges cloud computing possibilities

The FCC started a contest for ideas on how cloud computing can help people with disabilities.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , FCC , Pam Gregory , accessibility , Challenge.gov , contest , disabilities , Suzanne Kubota

Monday - 11/01/2010, 01:42pm EDT

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More agencies move toward the cloud

The Library of Congress and the Department of Education are just two of the agencies that have moved their process management to the cloud. Samir Gulati, vice president of marketing and a senior executive at Appian, tells the DorobekINSIDER why he thinks more are likely to move in this direction.

Tags: technology , Appian , Samir Gulati , business process management , LOC , Education , Dorobek Insider

Thursday - 10/28/2010, 05:03pm EDT

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Verizon: data is safer in the cloud

Cloud provider Verizon says cloud storage is safer.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Verizon

Thursday - 10/28/2010, 10:30am EDT

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Army expects saving by moving e-mail

In the name of efficiency, the Army is making what it calls a big change in the way that it manages e-mail. The service said the move is designed to save millions of dollars at a time when the secretary of Defense is mandating significant savings.

Tags: technology , Army , AUSA , Jeffrey Sorenson , DISA , Alfred Rivera , e-mail services , Max Cacas

Tuesday - 10/26/2010, 07:24am EDT

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GSA's next cloud offering: e-mail-as-a-service

GSA is ramping up cloud computing, preparing the next two governmentwide contracts for cloud computing. Agency issues notice that a RFP could be issued by early 2011. GSA also considering geospatial platform-as-a-service offering later next year.

Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , Dave McClure , OMB , GSA , geospatial information , e-mail-as-a-service , infrastructure-as-a-service , platform-as-a-service , apps.gov , FedRAMP , Jason Miller