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EMC Federal CTO on the Government Transformation of Big Data
September 23rd, 2014
EMC Isilon’s Federal Market CTO, Audie Hittle, recently shared his insights on how big data initiatives are transforming government. According to Hittle, identifying insights from data, regardless of size, is the common thread across agencies.
- Tagged Big Data, EMC, Government Big Data
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Insider Threat Report
September 17th, 2014
Securing sensitive data in the age of Big Data and the Internet Cloud is difficult. Because the average time to discover a breach made by an insider is 200 days, often the extent of the damage is never fully known.
- Tagged Cloud, Cybersecurity, HyTrust, Virtualization
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CarahTalk: GeoPDF Trends with Raymond Caputo (Army Corps of Engineers)
September 15th, 2014
Since 2007, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been using georeferenced PDF files as a way to distribute NGA standard map products for demand-based replication. The small size (2-9 MB) makes it possible to disseminate the files across the Internet even with low bandwidth. The files support the distributed printing concept and enables customers to use local plotters to create standard products on demand.
- Tagged GeoPDF, Geospatial, GIS, TerraGo
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Sending Signals: Open Source and Local Governments
September 12th, 2014
Thanks to open source software, citizens are now able to track bills, contact representatives & get involved with their community with the click of a button.
- Tagged Local Government, Open Source