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Need precedes the deed of moving to the cloud
NOAA's use of cloud computing for the National Weather Service's Web site could be a model for other agencies.
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Recommended reading
The truth about cell phones and airplanes; office technology and the multitasking illusion
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What you need to know about storage in the cloud
Because new data centers might not be an option to accommodate future government data growth, cloud storage services might provide an answer.
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Cloud storage: Interest, but little action now
What are your plans to adopt pay-per-use hosted storage from service providers such as Amazon Simple Storage Service, EMC Atmos, Nirvanix, Planet or AT&T?
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Army impressed by initial test of next generation radios
A central part of a plan to modernize brigades, radios will link units so they can transmit broadband data, including imagery.
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Study: Much of cloud's savings would come from IT job losses
Cost reductions would depend on the number of positions executives would be willing to cut or transfer, but former federal IT officials counter that agencies must move their technology talent to understaffed functions that support their missions.
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Open-government groups set to score agencies' transparency plans
Advocates for open government plan to score agencies' open government plans, planned to be released April 7.
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Google's new document sharing app a security risk, experts say
But administrators have more control to block services that would allow sensitive documents from being sent accidentally, other cyber specialists say.
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It's a Stretch
Consolidating data centers offers an opportunity to for federal IT managers to go green.
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GSA cloud savings said to be significant despite overstatement
Although a GSA official recently overstated cloud computing savings, experts say the actual number is still pretty impressive.
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USCIS saves $600K through videoconferencing
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency is saving $600,000 a year by moving its employee training sessions online.
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