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The articles and resources provided below reference key
trends and their relevance to today's planning efforts.
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IT MegaTrends: An Introduction
By Bob Gourley, Chief Technology Officer, Crucial Point LLC
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Most Federal IT departments have been making significant foundational improvements to their architecture, backbone infrastructure, and security systems. For most, years of planning and engineering to enable better security, web services, and service orientation are already paying off in terms of increased ability for IT to support the mission. Now an intersection of megatrends from the IT industry are enabling many to take advantage of dramatic new mission-enhancing capabilities. Read Full Introduction
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VMware: The Virtualization Expert
Virtualization as a Foundational Powerhouse
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Virtualization has evolved into the category of proven, accepted technologies within the Federal Government. Civilian and Defense agencies have proven virtualization's reliability in consolidating servers, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency. Virtualization technology can consolidate many servers into one virtualized server, cutting data center energy costs and consumption by 80-90% and improving utilization by 70-80%. This wide acceptance and successful use of virtualization serves as a foundational enabler for some of the government's most critical mandates including Cloud, Telework, and Green IT. Read Full Article
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Symantec: Confidence in a Connected World
More Effective Data Management Through Power Management
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Between the buzz of "greening IT" and the fear of ever-growing amounts of data, there is some common ground. Looking at data management from a power consumption point of view, at both endpoints and the data center, will help companies save two types of green - money and the environment. Read Full Article
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| HP: Securing the Cloud Through Portals
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With relentless pressure on Federal government agencies to respond more quickly and efficiently to changing demands, the old process for procuring, provisioning, and deploying servers to production is no longer adequate. Cloud computing has evolved as a real solution for innovative procurement, increased IT automation, and enhanced agency responsiveness to change. The cloud addresses quality and security issues by providing developer-centric resources to bring testing, security and scalability to both new application development and existing applications and systems. Managing cloud deployments through a portal approach enables agencies greater visibility and control. >Read Full Article
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Forge.mil
DISA's Forge.mil platform is the next generation of software development for the Department of Defense. DoD developers and partners are collaborating on best practices, reusing code assets, and gaining transparency across the entire development process with secure, web-based Application Lifecycle Management.
Defense Connect Online
Communicate and Collaborate Instantly With Defense Connect Online
DCO is comprised of two major components, Adobe Acrobat Connect for web conferencing and XMPP instant messaging with presence and awareness. Adobe and Carahsoft have successfully supported the DISA NCES collaboration efforts for more than two years with over 20 million DCO Connect web conferencing minutes used and millions of XMPP messages exchanged on a monthly basis. Carahsoft teams with Adobe to offer the entire line of Adobe products and services on GSA Schedule #GS-35F-0131R and ESI BPA Contract #N00104-09-A-ZF31.
ConnectSolutions Podium
ConnectSolutions is a leading provider of real-time collaboration solutions for government and enterprises. Their innovative solutions provide scalable and secure channels for one-on-one, team, and large-scale collaboration.
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