Government Information Technology

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) – the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry – announced today the launch of a new, distinctive event experience to satisfy industry demand. The event, to be held June 7-9, 2011 in California’s Silicon Valley, will promote broadband-enabled technology innovation, networking, education, and business growth at a time when the industry is forecast to emerge from the grips of the global economic recession. TIA is developing a fully integrated marketing and meeting platform, combining a unique live event with a state-of-the-art online show. “TIA is offering the first industry-leading event with a combined physical and virtual presence,” said TIA President Grant Seiffert. “With input from our member companies, we will... (more)

The End of IT 1.0 As We Know It Has Begun

Innovation Journal on Ulitzer The time has come to declare the beginning of the end for the traditional approach to Information Technology.  The party is over. The End of IT 1.0 As We Know It – has begun.  To borrow a phrase from my previous IBM colleagues who wrote, “The End of TV As We Know It” with which I became familiar while working on IP Television (IPTV). You may wonder whether it’s too early to make the call given the lack of interoperability standards, security concerns, and common definition of cloud computing.  Well, the IPTV space shares many of the same similarities ... (more)

IBM Adds 200 Partners to LotusLive Cloud Services

ARMONK, N.Y., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced more than 200 partners are planning to sell to their customers LotusLive cloud services. The news comes in just two months since the introduction of the LotusLive partner program as evidence of increasing migration to the cloud for collaboration capabilities. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO) New integrated solutions from partners, including Silanis and Skype, are bringing LotusLive to new global customers in the insurance, banking and other industries around the world... (more)

Cloud Computing - The New Rock n' Roll

Two news items have caught the attention this week, and both brought the John Lennon and Paul McCartney penned Beatles classic “The Fool on the Hill” to mind (more specifically the line “Well on his way, his head in a cloud”). One piece compares data centers with rock stars and the second, globally reported, contained President Obama’s $3.8 trillion 2011 budget blueprint designed to pull the US economy’s deficit out of the danger zone. Although the headlines might appear unrelated, the actual content of both pieces reveal two sides of the same coin. The coin being Cloud computing... (more)

White House CIO Vivek Kundra Touts Cloud Computing

You see, this is the problem with the MSM and why they've lost their influence and credibility. That is, if one counts Business Week as part of the mainstream media. I do. What's my beef, you may ask? Well, it's the notion that Vivek Kundra, appointed U.S. Chief Information Officer by President Obama, has "$79 billion to spend on technology," in the words of a recent BW article. Whoa. Dude. Slow this down for me, please. The $79 billion figure is taken from Obama's proposed 2011 budget, and covers all Federal IT spending, 70 percent of which is spent "just to keep the lights on" ... (more)