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How VA's $36 million move to the cloud evaporated
The Department of Veterans Affairs IT shop scuttled a long-planned cloud deal because of worries about email retention and security concerns.
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Faster CDM, the global cloud, a $917M 'Space Fence' and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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The Future of Mobile Phones Doesn’t Include Phone Calls
Voice traffic on mobile networks will peak in 2015, then revert back to around 2011 levels by 2019.
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Dealing with the FedRAMP deadline
A day ahead of GSA's deadline for cloud service providers to be certified, both government and vendors say they have seen an evolution in attitudes and strategies.
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Edward Snowden: I Had More Access Than Almost Any Other Official in the Intelligence Community
The man responsible for leaking classified National Security Agency documents says he wasn't just "some low-level employee."
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CFTC mulls retooling market surveillance for high-frequency trading
An alphabet soup of regulators collect data on financial transactions, but a universal eye into markets is still on the drawing board.
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Marine Corps Finds Pentagon’s Mobile Plan is No Bargain
Without a cheaper commercial alternative, it will be too costly to put more smartphones and tablets in the hands of Marines.
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Bitcoin Is No Longer the Worst Investment in the World
Now it’s merely the third worst.
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HP Launches High Security Private Cloud for Public Sector
Helion hopes to meet FedRAMP requirements within the next six to nine months.
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New U.S. Ambassador Swore Her Oath on an E-Reader
Suzi LeVine, the newest Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein is a former Microsoft executive.
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Mobile Is Eating Global Attention: 10 Graphs on the State of the Internet
Online photo sharing has sextupled in two years. Nigerians are on their phones 30 percent more than Americans. We now spend more time on mobile than on print and radio combined.
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Smoothing the path to the cloud
TechAmerica releases a guide for agencies looking to move infrastructure and data to the cloud.
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Vice chair promoted to top spot at FirstNet
Longtime telecom exec Sue Swenson replaces Sam Ginn at the agency leading an effort to build a nationwide, interoperable public safety mobile broadband communications network.
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DARPA's micro-tech office returns to its roots
With bio-engineering projects now handled by a dedicated office, MTO is looking at spectrum use and extending Moore's Law.
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SEWP explores strategic sourcing for PCs
OMB directed a new Workstations Commodity Team to develop a way to quickly compare contracting vehicles that offer similar devices and services.
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Apple Wants You to Run Your Home from Your iPhone
This new system will allow users to control their lights, appliances, and security systems right from their iOS device
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HP launches private cloud with high-security federal users in mind
Hewlett-Packard wants to get in on the burgeoning market for military and intel IT with a new cloud offering.
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Satellite Rescue Network Gets Space Technology Hall of Fame Recognition
Last year, the multinational COSPAS-SARSAT program saved 253 people.
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Software-defined storage aims for ease of management
The successor to storage virtualization remains largely untested by agencies, but industry experts say the benefits will change that soon enough.
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