by Chris Wiedemann, Analyst If you had a chance to view immixGroup’s Market Intelligence briefing on sequestration yesterday, you hopefully have a better understanding of what the proposed cuts mean to IT companies. Tim Larkins summarized the history of this situation – what sequestration is, when it became law, and just how those cuts (whichRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley If you are a technologist I hope you love the great technology portfolio assembled by Oracle. It is really something to be admired. And the well engineered optimized configurations of hardware and software like the Oracle Big Data Appliance are so awesome I think most enterprises should get one. But there areRead… Read more »
As a lot of you folks know I recently went to the Troux Worldwide Conference. I’m was very excited to get down there. As usual there was a lot of great speakers, a lot to learn, and plenty of other reasons to just be excited about getting down there. It probably were going to beRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast I discuss some of the weeks’ mobile news. Including the following: Jawbone bringing the UP bracelet application to Android Google Merging Android and Chrome OS Watching NCAA Tournament buzzer beaters Amazon’s $99 tablet and how it will affect Apple Google Keep, their note taking capability Subdermal bluetooth implants CTOvisionRead… Read more »
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. The foundation of any good communication is a clear message that resonates with the target audience. But if a message is not clear, the story the media tells may not be the one you want to tell. Don’t miss Jennifer Miller, senior counselor of Rockford Gray LLC,Read… Read more »
What if you were told you are earning today exactly the amount you have chosen to earn, no more and no less; that you are where you are financially because you have chosen to be right there. Would you agree with that? Most would adamantly disagree. But the fact remains that there are specific actionsRead… Read more »
There is a lot of pseudo-scientific claptrap published about the future. There are people who carefully extrapolate trends, construct complex scenarios, weight many outcomes, some of whom necessarily get some things right through sheer chance, but many of whom appear to rely on nobody checking back from the future to see how well they did.Read… Read more »
A global police tweet-a-thon is going on right now. (hashtag #poltwt) However, the open and anonymous nature of Twitter is disrupting a thread of highly productive conversation. A hashtag was chosen and it didn’t take long before there were porn and clearly fake police postings popping up. I’ve participated in more than a few government-orientedRead… Read more »
Big data continues to be a hot topic in government. Yesterday, GovLoop, EMC, and Carahsoft took the discussion to the next level by hosting a live webinar Government Big Data: What’s Next? Topics ranged from how agencies are using analytics to manage data, making data more accessible, and innovative solutions to storing mass quantities ofRead… Read more »
This post has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contributions. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Digital Currency Examined. I once described “Gov 2.0” as government’s activities in and regulation of the digital landscape. Learning that Treasury is going to be watching virtual currencies to check for money laundering, as the Wall Street Journal reports, is very Gov 2.0.Read… Read more »