http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123651 By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2014 – In a keynote speech tonight at the 2014 Reagan National Defense Forum, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced a plan to harness the brightest minds and cutting-edge technology to change the way the Department of Defense innovates and operates. On the second day […]

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/394/3740684/At-the-Pentagon-most-Army-PCs-will-be-replaced-with-virtual-desktops Over the next year, most of the Army’s IT users at the Pentagon will see the PCs under their desks carted off one-by-one and replaced with virtual desktops as part of an aggressive schedule to implement zero client interfaces. The Army’s Information Technology Agency, which also handles most of DoD’s day-to- day IT functions […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123596 By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2014 – The Defense Department is pushing forward on information technology such as cloud computing, smartphones and apps, the Joint Information Environment, and data access to improve the mission and reduce costs, the Pentagon’s acting chief information officer said yesterday. Terry Halvorsen gave a […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123570 By Claudette Roulo DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2014 – The technological dominance enjoyed by the U.S. military force that fought the first Gulf War a quarter century ago is threatened today, the undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics said today. Speaking at a Navy League special topics breakfast […]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123565 By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2014 – Adopting open architectures in systems that the Defense Department buys from industry can reduce costs and facilitate competition, the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition said here yesterday. Katrina G. McFarland was the morning keynote speaker at Defense Daily’s 2014 Open Architecture […]

The week in cloud: Amazon’s poor earnings cast some doubt on how much the company can continue to pour into pricey AWS cloud infrastructure. On Thursday, Amazon Inc. posted a “gigantic” $544 million operating loss for its third quarter ending September 30. And although CEO Jeff Bezos has long shown a willingness to sacrifice profit for growth, you […]

http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2014/10/27/eclipse–moves-into-cloud.aspx Well known among developers for its Java-based integrated development environment, supporting vendors for the latest venture include IBM, Red Hat and SAP. By John K. Waters 10/27/2014 Another open source cloud project, this time with the backing of the Eclipse open source world, has been launched. The Eclipse Foundation today announced a new initiative […]

What: A new IBM Center for the Business of Government report on “making innovation offices work.” Why: As the authors accurately note, “innovation is the buzzword of 21st century government, often cited as a silver bullet for everything from creating greater efficiencies … to changing the way government does business.” Yet while governments at all levels are […]

In keeping with broader federal mandates for IT efficiencies, the Defense Information Systems Agency is pushing forward with cloud strategies for the Defense Department, most recently with a new request for information to launch its enterprise-wide systems engineering solutions. DISA’s goal is to develop the framework, architecture and guidance necessary to move shared DOD services in IT into […]

There was plenty of doom and gloom on the final day of the Association of the United States Army annual conference where a panel of officials, industry leaders and academics spelled out all the problems with the service’s research, development and acquisition enterprise. At what point will Army readiness be compromised by sharp reductions in […]