After initial wariness, OMB and NARA are pursuing cloud computing as an option for agencies overwhelmed by the number of records they manage.
Inefficient record management is hampering operations and causing agencies to exceed annual budgets by 17 percent, or $5 million, according to a new survey.
From private clouds to the commercial providers, software-defined security controls have to stay with workloads wherever they go.
At EPA, Lockheed Martin put BlackBerry users through pilot tests before transitioning them to the cloud.
Analysis projects can pay off in improved agency performance, proactive management and a better handle on day-to-day operations.
When moving to Office 365, EPA discovered some Lotus Notes mailboxes with more than a million objects -- and 90T in all in the system -- prompting a new approach to the transition.
Complexity is the enemy of security, says NIST's FISMA lead Ron Ross, and the cloud can help simplify networks.
The agency is looking for a cloud environment that will allow access to critical geospatial data in real-time during emergencies.
As Texas officials move 100,000 state employees to the cloud, Microsoft is working with the state to ensure that its system meets stringent criminal justice and health-care privacy regulations.
As agencies move toward consolidated, unified data centers and private clouds, Cisco offers an outline on how to get there.
The move to this next-generation, automated data center is a multiyear endeavor that started with virtualization and the concept of unified computing.
Gravitant's cloudMatrix offers continuous cloud asset discovery and sync capabilities to help agencies find unauthorized IT resources.