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In the fall out of Prism some things have really changed

In the fall out of Prism some things have really changed

By Dan Morrill on October 25, 2013

In the fall out of the NSA Government spying row a number of things have become readily apparent from both the business security viewpoint and the personal security viewpoint. From the Business Viewpoint we have landed firmly in the Catch 22 world, on one side we have government regulations that tell companies what they must […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Security | Tagged censorship, computer, Government, hacker, information security, law enforcement, Media and Web 2.0, monitoring, National Security Agency, NSA, prism, scary, spying, tv | 1 Response

Europe Sets Course for Cloud

Europe Sets Course for Cloud

By John Taschek on January 31, 2012

There’s a perception that cloud computing has become a “mature” technology, a perception shared by few but anticipated by most everyone else with the exception of those trying to preserve their self-interests. I don’t blame them – each person inherently protects self-interests. They’re wrong though. Cloud is not mature. It is evolving.  The paradox is […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CERN, cloud computing, competition, David Bradshaw, ec, efficiency, European Commission, Government, idc, industry, innovation, Neelie Kroes, public cloud, Public sector, Web/Tech

The myth of a data free trade policy

The myth of a data free trade policy

By Paul Miller on January 9, 2012

The border between the USA and Canada, in Washington State In my last post I looked at the USA PATRIOT Act, and at some of the ways in which it exemplifies differences in attitude and approach on either side of the Atlantic. In our increasingly connected world, these differences begin to pose quite serious challenges […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged big data, cloud computing, data, davos, Derrick Harris, European Commission, Free trade, Government, National Foreign Trade Council, personal data, personally identifiable data, United States, USA PATRIOT Act, wef, wef12, world economic forum

From Arab Spring to UK Summer putting the brakes on Social Networking

From Arab Spring to UK Summer putting the brakes on Social Networking

By Dan Morrill on August 11, 2011

First World meets Social Media and attempts to curtail it much like their third world counterparts – too late the cat is so far out of the bag we can’t even catch a whiff of what things were like before social media communications to coordinate groups for good, or bad. It is interesting that the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged David Cameron, facebook, Government, linkedin, politics, Research In Motion, social media, twitter

W​ikileaks & Amazon - and Why That Was Good for the Rest of Us.

W​ikileaks & Amazon – and Why That Was Good for the Rest of Us.

By Rodrigo Vaca on December 2, 2010

I​n his post about Amazon & Wikileaks, Krishnan’s position was that Amazon kicking out Wikileaks without a fair legal due process was in fact damaging for those of us who are proponents of the (public) cloud. Krishnan and I were debating this issue last night over Twitter. I disagreed with Krishnan, so I wanted to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure, Trends & Concepts, Your POV | Tagged amazon, aws, censorship, cloud computing, Government, sla, us government, web services, wikileaks | 11 Responses

The lack of IT graduates has deep implications for the US Military

The lack of IT graduates has deep implications for the US Military

By Dan Morrill on October 1, 2010

I am not a military expert – but as a follow on to yesterday’s very long blog entry on the Three Tiers of IT Workers and where the money is, there is some follow through that needs to be looked at.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged clearance, Government, it workers, job market, Jobs, military, spy agency, work | 1 Response

Cloud Vendors Plead For Uniform Regulations In Europe

Cloud Vendors Plead For Uniform Regulations In Europe

By Krishnan Subramanian on July 30, 2010

I have been covering the European cloud computing market a little bit here at Cloud Ave. One of the reasons for the failure of public cloud providers in that market is the strict privacy laws that requires the cloud providers to keep the data within the borders. Even though AWS has support for EU region, […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged cloud computing, compliance, europe, Government, regulations | 1 Response

Google Apps Shapes Up Nicely In Spite Of Noise Around City Of LA Bungling

Google Apps Shapes Up Nicely In Spite Of Noise Around City Of LA Bungling

By Krishnan Subramanian on July 29, 2010

The noise surrounding Google App’s City of LA deployment doesn’t appear to be dying down anytime soon. Yesterday, another article highlighting Google’s failure came up on the basis of a leaked email from the City of Los Angeles.  The April 13 letter, addressed to L.A.’s information technology and government affairs committee from City Administrative Officer Miguel […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged analysis, CA, cloud computing, FISMA, google apps, Government, identity, los angeles, saas, Security | 1 Response

White House expands Gov 2.0 with landmark crowdsourcing directive

White House expands Gov 2.0 with landmark crowdsourcing directive

By Hutch Carpenter on March 11, 2010

On March 8, 2010, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance to Federal agencies strongly encouraging the use of…crowdsourcing (link to pdf). Specifically, using crowdsourcing to further the objectives of "creating a more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government." Yeah, that thing that Cisco, Pepsi and Unilever are doing. This is big. […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged crowdsourcing, gov20, Government, incentives, open innovation, white-house | 1 Response

Online Collaboration Tools - We Want Your Recommendations

Online Collaboration Tools – We Want Your Recommendations

By Ben Kepes on November 17, 2009

Here at CloudAve we’re firm believers in the power of collaboration. When Ben became part of a group looking at building a collaborative platform for data sharing for a local Government organization, it seemed logical to approach the project in a similarly collaborative way. Wanting to "eat their own dog food", a joint group of […]

Posted in General | Tagged collaboration, Government, project, software | 16 Responses

Appistry Helps Build Secure Defense Clouds

Appistry Helps Build Secure Defense Clouds

By Krishnan Subramanian on October 20, 2009

Last few months saw the proliferation of Cloud Computing into all parts of US federal government, aided by a cloud friendly policy of Obama administration. In my opinion, government’s jump into Cloud Computing is a strong validation for the cloud based services. Rhetorically speaking, if the government can trust the clouds, what is the problem […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged appistry, cloud computing, cloudiq platform, defense, dod, Government

Cloud Computing Is Not Killing Open Source Anywhere - A Response To Gartner

Cloud Computing Is Not Killing Open Source Anywhere – A Response To Gartner

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Couple of weeks back, Andrea Di Maio of Gartner wrote a blog post arguing that cloud computing is killing open source in the government. He says that the government agencies are finding cloud based alternatives to proprietary infrastructure, OS, office applications, etc. instead of the traditional open source software. According to him, this implies death […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged cloud computing, gartner, Government, government clouds, open source, saas | 2 Responses

Government 2 point 0 Apps dot Gov Opens its Doors

Government 2 point 0 Apps dot Gov Opens its Doors

By Dan Morrill on September 16, 2009

Image by bensheldon via Flickr Give the government some credit sometimes, the new Apps.gov web site is an open shopping portal based on cloud computing and web 2.0 applications. The web site is clean, sharp, and looks like it will serve a useful purpose if government agencies can get past the old way of doing […]

Posted in General | Tagged apps.gov, cloud computing, Government, gsa, IT, USA, web 2.0 | 1 Response

Everyone Is Having An App Store These Days, Why Not Govt.?

Everyone Is Having An App Store These Days, Why Not Govt.?

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 15, 2009

The current trend in any platform based business is to open an app store which will showcase the products/services of the ecosystem partners. Apple has perfected this art with its app store for iPhone. Android has its own app store. Cloud platform providers like Google and Zoho (disclaimer: Zoho is a sponsor of this blog […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged apps.gov, cloud computing, Government, gsa, kundra | 2 Responses

Crowdsourcing Ideas: Apparently Marijuana Is All California Needs

Crowdsourcing Ideas: Apparently Marijuana Is All California Needs

By Hutch Carpenter on August 28, 2009

California has several big issues that need to be tackled. Our state budget seems to perpetually be in deficit mode, with drawn-out battles for resolving the red ink. The education system, once a shining jewel in the world, now produced some of the low test scores in the country. The state infrastructure must be upgraded […]

Posted in General | Tagged california, crowdsourcing, Government, idea, innovation, marijuana, politics, wisdom-of-crowds | 3 Responses

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