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Next-Generation Federal Data Center Architecture

The United States government's E-Gov initiative established the Federal Enterprise Architecture FEA program to build a business-driven Information Technology IT blueprint for the federal government. The FEA provides a common language and framework to describe and analyze IT investments, enhance collaboration, and ultimately transform the federal government into a citizen-centered,...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Federal Enterprise Architecture, Cisco Data Center Network Architecture, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2007-03-01

Next Generation Federal Data Center Architectures

The United States Government's E-Gov initiative established the Federal Enterprise Architecture FEA Program to build a business-driven Information Technology IT blueprint for the federal government. The FEA provides a common language and framework to describe and analyze IT investments, enhance collaboration, and ultimately transform the federal government into a citizen-centered,...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., United States Government, Federal Enterprise Architecture, Cisco SONA, Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-01-25

Federal Enterprise Architecture: agencies and vendors brace for pain

IT vendors shooting for a slice of the $70 billion federal IT budget this year will have to revise their sales strategy as early as July 1st, according to a market alert published by INPUT. Federal Enterprise Architecture FEA initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government information systems...

Tags: Federal Enterprise Architecture

Blog posts 2005-06-17

Additional Resources

News to know: Clearwire; Google Caffeine; innovation; Office and Nokia; VMWare; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Clearwire bets on fourth quarter WiMax tipping point Garett Rogers: Google to Caffeinate search results ...

Tags: Innovation, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Nokia Corp., Clearwire Corp., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile Operating Systems, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Virtualization, Microsoft Office, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Layer 7 Application Services Governance

Layer 7 Technologies', CEO, Paul Rochester, and VP of Engineering/Chief Architect, K. Scott Morrison, stopped by telephonically to introduce their company, its philosophy and bring me up to date on their product portfolio. The company offers server appliances and virtual appliances that take on the tasks of firewall, compliance enforcer,...

Tags: Web, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Channel Management, Web Services, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Study: Silent patching best for securing browsers

Study: Silent patching best for securing browsersAll MS had to dowas silently update the update service which would break nothing and the web went bonkers.I haven't had an issue with an MS update in a long time. Nor an Apple update for that matter.But we test every one regardless,...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

SOA adoption trends -- what the data tells us

SOA adoption trends -- what the data tells usLies, Damned Lies and StatisticsJust to clarify how we at AMR Research came up with the big number for SOA spending and contrast it with some of the other quoted forecasts.1. We asked 600 small, medium and large companies in the US,...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?

On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...

Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?

On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...

Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-03-06

CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped

Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-04

CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!

Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least.  So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...

Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Government IT failures: "Room for improvement" [interview and podcast]

Given the size, scope and frequency of government IT failures, it's important to understand the dynamics underlying these projects. To learn more about federal IT, I interviewed two federal systems experts from CA, developer of the Clarity project portfolio management PPM solution. Gil...

Tags: Project, Podcast, Agency, Information Technology, OMB, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Government, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-07

News to know: Microsoft's new language; Yahoo saga; Apple; Vulnerability counts

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft declares its modeling love with a new language, ‘D’ Larry Dignan: Yahoo's conundrum: White knights are hard to find Dan Farber: Mitch Kapor: Microsoft+Yahoo, major integration challenge David Morgenstern: Will Microsoft support Windows on Macs?...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Ten more ways SOA made a difference in 2007

From planes to trains to phones to hotels, SOA played a key role in advancing many businesses in 2007. I culled several more working examples of where SOA made a difference over the past year from my SOA in Action Website over at ebizQ, which tracks SOA success stories. More...

Tags: Airline, British Telecommunications, SOA, EasyFIDS, Marriott, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-12-27

Oracle stair-steps to on-demand

Oracle president Charles Phillips took some time out this afternoon to give me an overview of the company's software-as-a-service architecture, following up on the earlier discussion with fellow Enterprise Irregular bloggers. Oracle is concerned that glib assertions and misconceptions about multi-tenancy are causing people to undervalue its own expertise...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Database, Pod, Oracle Corp., On-demand, Customer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2007-11-12

Kidaro customer gains streamlined IT control

I had the opportunity to interview Rob Baker, Smartronix's Director, Strategic Enterprise Initiatives. He's the first user of Kidaro's desktop virtualization technology I've had the good fortune to meet.What was being done that required this technology?Smartronix is a global, professional solutions provider supporting Department of Defense DoD, Federal Agency,...

Tags: Channel management, Strategy, IT Services, Dan Kusnetzky, information technology, Smartronix, Kidaro

Blog posts 2007-08-29

San Francisco International Airport CIO - Transcript

Dan Farber: John, Thanks for joining me. John Payne: Thank you very much for having me. Dan Farber: Now we’re at the San Francisco International Airport and you’ve been the CIO here since 2001. What’s the scope of your responsibilities at the airport?...

Tags: Security, San Francisco International Airport, Airport, Transportation, Wireless LANs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Wi-Fi, Wireless, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Air Force Reserve Command CIO: Colonel John Hayes - Transcript

Interview:Dan Farber: Colonel Hayes, Thanks for being here.John Hayes: Dan, it’s my please to be here. I’m looking forward to this interview.Dan Farber: Now you’ve spent the majority of your career in the communications command and now you’re heading up the Air Force Reserves on the communications side;...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-06-05

Air Force Reserve Command CIO: Colonel John Hayes - Transcript

Interview: Dan Farber: Colonel Hayes, Thanks for being here. John Hayes: Dan, it’s my please to be here. I’m looking forward to this interview. Dan Farber: Now you’ve spent the majority of your career in the communications command and now you’re...

Tags: CIO, Network, Air Force, Technology, Operation, Business Case Analysis, Information Assurance, Web 2.0, Networking, Wireless, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-06-05

DOD's supply chain management overhaul makes headway, needs metrics

Think your supply chain systems are complicated? Try being the Department of Defense, which spends $150 billion on its supply chain and is in the middle of revamping its processes and technology systems to eliminate waste. Here are a few...

Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Government, Supply chain, U.S. Department of Defense

Blog posts 2007-01-19