The Tech Loop is a weekly compilation of the latest happenings in government technology gathered from around the web. This week’s topics include cybersecurity, digital services, and big data. Cybersecurity Love is in the air. Everybody wants some Silicon Valley love. A week after DoD announced it would open an office in the Valley, theRead… Read more »
The Tech Loop is a weekly compilation of the latest happenings in government technology gathered from around the web. This week’s topics include cybersecurity, digital services, and big data. Cybersecurity Can’t we all get along? Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the department’s new cyber strategy that is attempting to harness the power of Silicon ValleyRead… Read more »
The Tech Loop is a weekly compilation of the latest happenings in government technology gathered from around the web. This week’s topics include cybersecurity, cloud, big data, & GIS. Cybersecurity Makin’ moves. The House passed two complementary cyber information-sharing bills this week. Both pieces of legislation would give companies legal liability protections when sharing cyberRead… Read more »
After millennia, now most people are drawn to “GPS,” or “Google Maps,” and rely on navigation to drive, to hike, to find a restaurant, to catch fish, and more. Such interest and dependence on geospatial information systems’ data creates a neologism of “a Google Map” or a “GPS Map,” but neither are maps as weRead… Read more »
The Tech Loop is a weekly compilation of the latest happenings in government technology gathered from around the web. This week’s topics include big data & analytics, cybersecurity, GIS, cloud, and IoT. Big Data & Analytics Oops, NIST did it again. Except in a good way. Following the wide and growing use of the NationalRead… Read more »
The Tech Loop is a weekly compilation of the latest happenings in government technology gathered from around the web. This week’s topics include cloud, GIS, cybersecurity, big data, and IoT. Cloud A cloud of doubt? According to Gartner, Inc., CIOs remain hesitant to consider cloud computing as a first-line option for IT projects. Most areRead… Read more »
No one likes a sneaky con artist – especially one that is ripping off the government. So the challenge is: how do you track down these elusive figures and make sure they’re stopped? Believe it or not, GIS can help the government discover and locate possible fraudulent activity that pure data and charts can’t showRead… Read more »
The Tech Loop is a weekly compilation of the latest happenings in government technology gathered from around the web. This week’s topics include cloud, GIS, gov IT market, and cybersecurity. Cloud I can see China from my cloud. Last week, the House Armed Services committee held a hearing on the DoD’s IT investments, worried thatRead… Read more »
This morning, Jack Dangermond, Esri President, started off Esri’s annual Federal GIS Users Conference. Dangermond reminded the audience of the challenges that society faces today, and how geography is more important than ever before. GIS is a technology that enables organizations to find new value from their data. By visualizing information through maps, organizations canRead… Read more »
The market leader in geographic software products, Esri, is growing every year. More than 350,000 organizations across the globe, more than 2/3 of the Fortune 500, use GIS technology to make better decisions montearily and strategically. Government agencies are using GIS at an even higher level to inform policy making in a way that benefitsRead… Read more »