http://meritalk.com Where America Talks Government Copyright 2012 MeriTalk Sat, 04 Feb 12 07:53:05 -0500 http://meritalk.com/images/logo.png http://meritak.com http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3151 FDCCI - But Who's Counting Anyway  In the “beginning” - OMB set the “before-the-flood” date at 1998 - there were 432 Federal data centers. Vivek’s “Big-Iron Census” in Oct Thu, 02 Feb 12 16:26:06 -0500 {9bd6ea53-9861-3a86-03ee-426cf63a08c6} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=MeriTalk&blogentry_id=3150 http://www.meritalk.com/virtualizationvacuum Tue, 31 Jan 12 10:56:22 -0500 {2154487c-bddc-7521-a9cb-7fc0dae1be3f} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CyberSecurityExchange&blogentry_id=3149 Have a topic in mind?  Post your ideas here and we will help you get the discussion going. For more discussion, head back to the discussion board. Mon, 30 Jan 12 17:21:30 -0500 {13ec8efd-fe92-8f43-c299-1c805d6f0a21} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3148 Have a topic in mind?  Post your ideas here and we will help you get the discussion going. For more discussion, head back to the discussion board. Mon, 30 Jan 12 16:13:37 -0500 {99a3f7a8-1620-d642-9698-ac6b9ebd34fb} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3147 As part of its data center decimation initiative, OMB lopped 137 off the server-farm census last week. There are many hard questions and decisions on the road ahead for the Federal data Fri, 27 Jan 12 13:41:39 -0500 {a80ebe35-cb0a-368c-97c9-ba4ab2516736} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3146 On his way out the door at OMB, Federal IT fitness fanatic Vivek Kundra ran up to the Hill last week to outline the diet-exercise plan for Federal agencies after his departure. It's some kinda to Fri, 27 Jan 12 13:39:58 -0500 {8645ed40-5d0f-e808-2646-0435c371919b} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3145 Why did Moammar Qaddafi stop at colonel? Idi Amin’s appetite wasn't sated with field marshal - yum, yum - he went all the way to King of Scotland. So why didn't Libya's favo Fri, 27 Jan 12 13:38:40 -0500 {85832227-adaf-ac1e-6056-e77808cc8bb9} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3144 OMB published agencies’ data center consolidation plans on October 7 - all but DoD, who’s AWOL. More interesting than the plans - the savings numbers. Vivek Kundra championed FDCCI as the treasure Fri, 27 Jan 12 13:31:15 -0500 {e46dfdb8-fadd-5c19-9276-73329261a4c0} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3143 A couple of recent GAO reports provide interesting insights on what ails Fed IT. The first, OMB Needs to Improve Its Guidance on IT Investments issued in September, drops the dime for duplication on U Fri, 27 Jan 12 13:25:28 -0500 {216404b6-686e-25ee-2908-182fc0a48c96} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CloudExchange&blogentry_id=3142 Have a topic on your mind?  Post it here to start a discussion. Thu, 26 Jan 12 17:17:10 -0500 {6046bc36-c615-2036-e75e-610923ae0fa0} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CyberSecurityExchange&blogentry_id=3141 For the past six months, we have been meeting with Federal cyber security leaders to get a sense for their priorities - and lay the groundwork for Cyber Security Exchange. We learned a lot from these Thu, 26 Jan 12 08:40:04 -0500 {9d883f00-b71a-fe02-a6b5-c2df0524a719} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3140 Semper Eadem What do Federal cyber security chiefs and Queen Elizabeth I have in common? The guts and determination to fend off an armada of invaders - perhaps? Despite Federal CISOs’ f Wed, 25 Jan 12 10:03:35 -0500 {267148fc-eb63-6c4b-d83d-dcb62662af47} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CyberSecurityExchange&blogentry_id=3139 The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants your input on three interagency reports focusing on continuous monitoring: NIST Interagency Report 7756: CAESARS Framework Extension: An Enter Tue, 24 Jan 12 16:49:56 -0500 {9613fa8d-6173-ef5a-3d8d-ec2afe5558b6} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CyberSecurityExchange&blogentry_id=3138 Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced that its QKarD (Quantum Smart Card) technology provides uncrackable data encryption and can fit inside a standard smart phone.  Potential applications Tue, 24 Jan 12 10:01:59 -0500 {d61883a0-19a6-b95f-a382-6c8cfef34b5a} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=LarryAllen&blogentry_id=3137 The recent announcement in The Washington Post that Revolution Growth, the equity firm owned by Steve Case and Ted Leonsis, made a significant investment in online reverse auction tool FedBid should b Mon, 23 Jan 12 17:31:25 -0500 {99595a23-6a3f-d704-2ee3-85c298dc3c27} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=CloudExchange&blogentry_id=3136 A couple of recent GAO reports provide interesting insights on what ails Fed IT. The first, OMB Needs to Improve Its Guidance on IT Investments issued in September, drops the dime for duplication on U Fri, 20 Jan 12 12:37:39 -0500 {c8a24f11-158c-5181-3bd9-5341666379ca} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3134 Opt in below to keep stirring IT up. Small Data on Big Data If you’re like me - can’t tell the difference between a zettabyte and an overbite - this Big Data stuff may be more than you&#160 Mon, 09 Jan 12 14:16:45 -0500 {fbafb3e8-e567-0550-12ed-582319072d96} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3133 In his White House blog, Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced another accelerated data center consolidation plan. The goal is to shut down 1,080 data centers by 2015, 280 more than the original 800. Tue, 03 Jan 12 13:58:51 -0500 {84f359a4-51c2-babb-ecb2-e97ed35fb71e} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3120 Opt in below to keep stirring IT up. All I Want for Christmas... Is a decent Republican candidate. Has the nation really been so naughty to deserve coal in our stocking? And, yes, for those of Thu, 22 Dec 11 09:40:57 -0500 {e4244193-81c9-829f-74c4-e951ae8594fe} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=Shannon&blogentry_id=3113 What Can We Learn From The French? Josh Sawislak Senior Fellow Telework Exchange I’ve started about three different columns since the last one I wrote about Alan Greenspan and knowledge worke Tue, 13 Dec 11 17:24:16 -0500 {7d831739-bb4a-6a7e-ff6d-d7c392710b66} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=DataCenterExchange&blogentry_id=3112 What are your thoughts on the “DISA first” strategy from DoD? Its being seen as a huge step forward in the consolidation process and an example for others. There are a lot of benefits – should m Tue, 13 Dec 11 16:30:07 -0500 {905feed2-d984-5d10-5dca-dd5ba36581c5} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3111 Opt in below to keep stirring IT up. Double Trouble A couple of recent GAO reports provide interesting insights on what ails Fed IT. The first, OMB Needs to Improve Its Guidance on IT Investments Mon, 05 Dec 11 15:26:32 -0500 {5fb34c9b-27c0-dd80-a894-c310d3bba96b} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=LarryAllen&blogentry_id=3099 Cloud computing allows for incredible innovation and flexible solutions. It has become the major driving force in Federal IT for many reasons, among them a current Office of Management and Budget mand Mon, 28 Nov 11 14:50:58 -0500 {4c444fd9-eea9-4382-fe88-c5ae2a3a7ffc} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=MeriTalk&blogentry_id=3085 http://www.meritalk.com/OverToYou Wed, 23 Nov 11 14:32:20 -0500 {edc2bd18-16a2-cd52-049f-8c12f91e38fa} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3084 Opt in below to keep stirring IT up. Democracy is Overrated Sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast on Saturday. Looking at the L.L.Bean catalog. Do I need snowshoes or cross country skis or e Tue, 22 Nov 11 09:43:50 -0500 {b1bc221a-2993-0d33-3e31-96d7c2e52390} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3083 Opt in below to keep stirring IT up. Secure Footing As the 25-Point Plan sputters and the fizz over IT innovation goes flat, is it time to go back to basics in making Fed IT better? N Thu, 17 Nov 11 17:21:32 -0500 {da5c39fc-2c76-5c63-001e-db4942ba6233} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3080 Opt in below to keep stirring IT up. Down Goes Frazier... A friend died this past Monday. Achilles - or perhaps more accurately Ajax. A man who suffered the “swings and arrows” - Wed, 09 Nov 11 16:14:07 -0500 {fecd3d50-c5c6-5e08-4a09-e17463384e48} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=dbourgeoisvmwarecom&blogentry_id=3079 Whose cloud is it anyway? Without a doubt, cloud computing has entered into the peak on the vaunted hype cycle. Vendors are touting the virtues of their clouds as the calls of “come to our cloud” Fri, 04 Nov 11 14:41:22 -0400 {30534721-4371-036c-88c0-06b79d8eb96b} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=SteveOKeeffe&blogentry_id=3078 Opt in below to keep stirring IT up. Aliens @ TLA Rainy day. Waiting for a meeting at TLA. Security guards feuding about who's the toughest space alien. Ming the Merciless vs. Mork - rem Tue, 01 Nov 11 12:18:17 -0400 {ca28e4f4-6f5a-e988-107b-bb671aa77e8d} http://dev.meritalk.com/blog.php?user=Shannon&blogentry_id=3075 Alan Greenspan Think I'm on to Something... Josh Sawislak Senior Fellow Telework Exchange   A short while back I had the pleasure of hearing former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Thu, 27 Oct 11 14:45:51 -0400 {2cb26799-8399-b47a-2830-2d7d0a41bfa3}