Do the Clouds Need Standardizing?

Some would say the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework is technology-driven more than business-driven, since it is driven by blades, SANs, virtualization, etc. However, after reading the NIST document on Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing (PDF), one blogger wonders if technology has left them behind.

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New Treasury Websites Embrace Social Media

The recent launch of the new Treasury.gov web site and five other Treasury Department web sites (FinancialStability.gov, SIGTARP.gov, MyMoney.gov, TIGTA.gov, and IRSOversightBoard.treasury.gov), the first Cabinet-level web site migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a feather in Smartonix’s cap.

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Taming the Information Tsunami

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced the program for its 2011 Annual Conference. The event is scheduled for February 27 – March 1, 2011 at the Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia, PA.

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New Partnership Looks for Strategic Results

Leader in cloud computing and semantic technologies joins with a software product and solutions firm for semantic data integration and ontology-based deductive databases. Together they can bring high-value strategic results for their users.

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The Clouds Are Exploding

Even with the explosion of information we continue to find that piece of information that we are looking for – with plenty of room left to store data, pictures, music, and video. Is this because of the cloud storage? Some don’t think so.

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