Supercomputing as a commodity, available on Amazon

The Elastic Compute Cloud uses clusters of Nvidia’s Tesla M2050 GPUs to provide the massive parallel processing for a variety computational heavy-lifting tasks. It’s also affordable, at $2.10 an hour for teraflop-level processing.

Are budget cuts a mother of IT invention?

As the economic downturn comes to roost in the public sector, IT managers have another, unavoidable incentive to innovate: Significant cuts in budgets and staff sizes while network demands, as always, are on the rise.

Network demands up? Resources down? Here's one way to tackle the problem.

Virtualization can help admins meet growing user demands. But as networks become more complex and budgets and IT staffs are cut, automation also comes into play.

Is data center consolidation a fast path to cost savings?

Feds are hoping for big savings through data center consolidation, but there's more to it than is first apparent.

Virtual security a 'hair-raising' challenge for law enforcement net

It's hard to argue against the benefits of a virtual environment, but ignoring the "hair raising" implications for security is asking for trouble, says information security specialist Bill Phillips of the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System.

Service Pack 1 RC available for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

The release candidate version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can now be downloaded.

What's on state CIOs' minds? Consolidation, cost control, health care.

Consolidation, virtualization, budget and health care are among the most critical policy or technology issues to be faced by state government in 2011, according to a recent NASCIO survey.

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 2.0 beta released

Microsoft on Tuesday released a new beta test version of its desktop virtualization solution for organizations.

VA to bulk up its thin client use

The VA is planning to field thin clients in several hospitals and clinics.

How to save energy and money through data center consolidation

NASA has discovered the benefits of two critical elements of data virtualization: power management and virtualization, which go hand in hand.

Data center consolidation a decade away, report says

The lack of upfront funding and other budget woes could stymie federal agency efforts to reduce the number of data centers in operation across government, according to a new Input report on data center consolidation.

Google Apps government reach grows

Google's cloud-based software suite is making inroads with federal and local government agencies.

Topic Resources

  • Transforming Agency Networks: Modernize to Meet Today’s Demands

    Network infrastructure modernization is on the wish list of many agencies due to growing demand for bandwidth and improved IT service delivery. But modernization requires money – which is in short supply these days. Register for this webcast to hear about these issues through survey results sourced by public sector IT leaders and business decision makers.

  • Bringing Federal Storage Consolidation Initiatives Back Under Control: Understanding the Critical Role of Enterprise Wide Storage Management

    Federal agencies are under pressure from legislative and executive branch leaders to consolidate infrastructure in an effort to reduce costs, streamline operations and rationalize technical resources. In this webcast, thought leaders will explore the role that effective storage management architecture and tools can play in planning and executing an effective storage consolidation strategy.

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    There is a definite need for better data protection solutions in today’s data centers. Learn the trends that have made modernizing backup and recovery an urgent priority, the key requirements for solution offerings, and how Symantec NetBackupTM appliances deliver a simple, complete, and cost-effective solution.

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    Most organizations possess considerable intellectual property. Unfortunately, that information is useless unless employees know how to find it. Archiving tools with powerful index and search capabilities can help maximize the value of intellectual property.

  • Beyond the Next Generation: Meeting the Converging Demands of Network Security

    A number of network security technologies have arisen that claim to be the "next generation" of network defense - but what does this concept actually mean? This whitepaper provides insight into what we can expect in the area of network security and how to leverage new technologies to meet today's security challenges in light of other considerations such as overall complexity and performance.