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Will Defense Cloud Yield to Commercial Clouds?
December 21st, 2011 : John Rath
Plans to favor the DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) cloud for data center consolidations for military departments and agencies may be set aside in favor of private sector clouds. Read More
Data-Driven Government: Open Data in NYC
October 13th, 2011 : Colleen Miller
In this video Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York Rachel Sterne says access to technology, open government, engagement with citizens and industry, are the city's digital priorities. Read More
Federal Consolidation Spreads to Telco Closets
October 7th, 2011 : Rich Miller
The U.S. government has once again boosted the number of data centers included in its huge data center consolidation, from 2,100 to 2,800. The government is no longer limiting its data center count to those centers measuring at least 500 square feet. Read More
Roundup: NetApp, Tilera, Fusion-io
September 29th, 2011 : John Rath
NetApp to supply storage for Sequoia supercomputer, 6WIND software now optimized for Tilera chipsets, Fusion-io memory selected by Deutsche Bank. Read More
Cloud News: VCE, Joyent, Arista, QTS
September 22nd, 2011 : John Rath
VCE Vblock serves as foundation for NASA initiative, Joyent and Arista announce Taiwan cloud, QTS achieves PCI certifications, Deutsche Telekom pushes for German cloud. Read More
Signs of Progress on Government 2.0
September 21st, 2011 : Rich Miller
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra and his deputy, Chris Vein, were on stage with Tim O'Reilly at the Strata Summit, and came bearing hopeful news. Chopra said the U.S. is "on the cusp of a data revolution in government." Read More
Social Security Buys Land for Data Center
September 2nd, 2011 : Rich Miller
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has bought property in Frederick County, Maryland for a new data center project, apparently ending a protracted site selection process. Read More
Horizon Wins Three Federal Cloud Deals
August 24th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Horizon Data Center Solutions has deployed cloud computing solutions for three federal agencies, the company said today. The announcement comes just one month after Horizon became one of the first vendors to secure an Authority to Operate (ATO) as a cloud services provider to the U.S. Government. Read More
Roundup: FalconStor, Cisco, World Wide Tech
August 23rd, 2011 : John Rath
FalconStor (FALC) updates product suite, Cisco (CSCO) will acquire AXIOSS software from Comptel UK subsidiary, World Wide Technology introduces mobile data center. Read More