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How many parties does it take to provide a single government login?
Identity management is central to efforts to make a wide range of IT activities secure, but streamlining the process is essential.
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Cloud brokers, the sequel
The broker definition continues to evolve as new roles emerge and cloud deployments become more complex.
Cybersecurity
Striking a balance with mobile device security
Functionality and security don't have to be mutually exclusive, but agencies find the tension is still significant.
Cybersecurity
Can CDM change the game?
The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program represents a dramatic shift from the government's traditional focus on certifying systems as secure and then rechecking them every so often.
Modernization
17 hot companies to watch
From security and mobile to data management and open source, these firms are driving innovation in agency IT -- and growing their businesses in the process.
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Collaboration tools: Making location moot
As agencies deal with travel restrictions and increasingly complex work teams, the technology options for bringing employees together are keeping pace.
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Data center innovation: New ways to save energy
Revised thermal standards and an array of cooling techniques promise to reverse the data center power drain.
Digital Government
Turning big data into better health outcomes
Federal entities are playing a number of roles in population health management as the practice continues to unfold.
Modernization
Software-defined storage aims for ease of management
The successor to storage virtualization remains largely untested by agencies, but industry experts say the benefits will change that soon enough.
Digital Government
Taking video analytics to the next level
The technology has become more common in the federal space and even in consumer settings, but it still has a long way to go.
Modernization
VDI moves to the cloud
To counter the strain desktop virtualization can put on data centers and administrators, some agencies and vendors are turning to desktop as a service.
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NFV: Turning network activities into software
Network functions virtualization promises to save time and money by running components such as firewalls and intrusion detection as virtual machines.
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Encryption challenges move to the cloud
Cloud computing is expanding the data encryption and key management issues agencies face.
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Agencies eye the possibilities of SDN
Software-defined networking is still in its infancy, but science-oriented networks already see the potential.
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Social media: The next generation of archiving
Agencies have gotten into the habit of archiving email, but now they face the task of preserving another category of electronic documents: social media communications.
People
Managing SLAs: Software tools are starting to catch on
The options for monitoring service-level agreements come in endless variety. The trick is figuring out which one to use.
Cybersecurity
Biometrics go mobile
The iPhone's fingerprint scanner could usher in a new era of authentication for mobile devices, but agencies are a long way from abandoning pass codes.
Digital Government
16 hot companies to watch
In areas ranging from analytics to workforce management, these firms are making their mark in federal IT.
People
Back to the future with BPM
Business process management, a concept with roots that plunge more than 20 years into the past, is finding new roles in helping agencies through tough budget times.
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