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DON issues draft NGEN RFP highlighting collaboration services, thin client, cloud computing

The Navy Department issued a 332-page draft request for proposal (.pdf) Sept. 30 for its massive Navy/Marine Corps Next Generation Enterprise Network. NGEN will replace the Continuity-Of-Service ...

DOJ components vary drastically in cloud adoption

The divide between cloud computing's early adopters and those struggling to make the shift is largely dictated by an agency's information-technology buying structure, said a Justice Department

Takai: DoD-wide cloud strategy taking shape

Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai emphasized the need for a measured, standardized approach to cloud computing adoption, while speaking May 24 at an AFCEA International event in

Cloud computing a state CIO priority

Virtualization and cloud computing are the first and second highest priority technologies that state chief information officers say they'll have to deal with in the coming year. That's according to

Who knows what cloud computing is?

Cloud computing, despite--or maybe because of--its status as this year's technology buzz word, remains an amorphous concept. A recent web-based survey of 602 information technology officials, by IT

Guest commentary: Cloud computing--bridging the gap

Guest post by Ben NewtonWhen properly executed, the benefits of running services in a cloud computing architecture seem indisputable. Yet, for the average IT shop, excitement over cloud computing can

SPOTLIGHT: VA plans a virtual world to treat veterans

Looking to help veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs is turning to the virtual world to treat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress

Cloud computing requires a major re-education

It sounds like cloud computing is already part of the federal government. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra talks about it all the time. Plenty of others in government are embracing it, too. But a new article

Survey: Feds avoid virtualization

Federal agencies have been ignoring virtualization, although IT managers know it's a good idea, according to a new survey by CDW Government Inc. The reason: lack of money. The IT managers said the

How government can save billions in IT costs

There are plenty of ideas floating around for the federal government to harness information and do it cheaper. In one of the latest, MeriTalk , an online community for government IT, recently