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Amazon cloud services provide enormous savings, company says
IDC study finds 11 companies are saving an average of 70 percent.
Emerging Tech
What do people do with their Twitter archives? So far not much
Some have suggested using the archives as a digital scrapbook or memoir.
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Inside the quest to put the world's libraries online
The Digital Public Library of America wants to make millions of books, records, and images available to any American with an Internet connection. Can it succeed where others have failed?
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Disability rules complicate federal websites’ smartphone and tablet displays
Mobile Web is about more than phones.
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GSA looks to a future of everything as a service
GSA is interested in moving everything it can to a service model.
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Secret Service seeks commercial portal to access law enforcement networks
Agencies throughout government are shifting away from custom systems.
Emerging Tech
Congressman Darrell Issa's call to the Internet's right side
The House member makes the case that a conservative approach is the best hope for keeping the Internet open.
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Who wants a cell plan with unlimited texting? VA does.
Agency’s national mobile contract likely would be worth millions a month.
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Networx: A look at its origins
The government has undertaken three major telecom transitions, columnist Bob Woods writes, and there are important lessons to be learned from each of them.
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Coming soon to a phone near you: A software bug-scanning app
X-Ray alerts owners to security vulnerabilities.
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Government and industry urged to share airwaves
White House panel calls for users to share 1,000 MHz of spectrum.
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Seeing the train as a 'mobile office'
A new report argues that travel by train could be the most productive.
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Data center consolidation success not guaranteed, Sen. Tom Carper warns
Agencies must submit critical aspects of their data center consolidation plans as OMB requires, or the effort could largely be a bust, senator says.
Emerging Tech
USAID considers medical tracking technology in Haiti
Smart cards would reduce duplication in databases, agency says.
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Census wants its old computers to act like thin clients
Data trackers seek private sector ideas for hooking up to the cloud.
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The decline of Google (and the Internet's) ad business
The tech company reported a cost-per-click decline for the third quarter in a row.
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Challenges dog data center consolidation efforts
Agencies report successes on data center consolidations, but challenges continue to put hurdles along the path.
Cybersecurity
Agencies to dole out new hardware keys for secret networks
Move follows alleged leaks about cyberwarfare.
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