Big Data

The totally awesome future of GIS

Federal CTO praises open data, predicts a new wave of map-driven innovation.

  • By Frank Konkel

Big ideas about big data could win prizes

NASA and other agencies are hosting a series of competitions to gain ideas regarding some challenges of big data.

  • By Michael Hardy

Start small to succeed with big data

A report from TechAmerica urges agencies to get started on big data initiatives, and offers guidance on how to make the efforts pay off.

  • By Troy K. Schneider

Defining the role of technology in fighting waste, fraud, abuse

Technology helps stem the tide of bad spending practices, but there are weaknesses and gaps in agencies' use of it, experts say.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Avoiding Secrecy, Unnecessary Data Center Consolidation in Government

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  • By Jean-Paul Bergeaux

Big data: How much is enough?

Everybody's talking about big data, but is it possible to have too much of a good thing? GSA's acting administrator thinks it might just be.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Hadoop Positioned to Displace Many SQL Database Implementations

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  • By Jean-Paul Bergeaux

Hadoop’s Challenge is Different than Linux’s

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  • By Jean-Paul Bergeaux

4 crucial steps to manage data

Before you can develop strategies to manage data retention, you have to know what you have and where it is, writes columnist Jim McGann.

  • By Jim McGann

Big data presents unique challenges to agencies

Taming the data deluge is a challenge itself but it presents different problems depending on whether you're a government agency or a private-sector business.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Federal IT forecast: Brace for impact

Sequestration and other hurdles pose challenges for federal IT, but it's not all bad news.

  • By Amber Corrin

Big data commission set up to aid agencies

IBM and SAP execs will co-chair a group whose goal is to improve the use of big data.

  • By FCW Staff

Tips for the digital government strategy

The new digital government strategy might be overwhelming, but agencies are beginning to sort it out and offer advice.

  • By Camille Tuutti

White House reinforces mobile initiative

Obama directs agencies to implement a new intiative to help citizens more easily access government information and services on their mobile devices.

  • By Camille Tuutti
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GSA goes big with big data

USASpending.gov provides data sets and tools.

  • By FCW Staff

Are agencies ready to make the most of big data?

Agencies want to leverage the possibilities that come with big data, but many lack the ability to do so.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Federal IT pay stagnant, but still higher than industry -- or is it?

Government IT workers see compensation decrease.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Cloud could squeeze even more savings, says survey

New estimates indicate agencies could save significantly more with cloud computing than they already are.

  • By Camille Tuutti

How cloud storage could catch up with big data

Erasure coding is emerging as a cost-effective way to safely maintain vast amounts of data in the cloud.

  • By John Moore

Big data trends taking shape

Government should follow the private sector's lead in making use of big data but focus on improving performance and efficiency "with less effort and pain," GSA's Dave McClure told a Washington audience.

  • By FCW Staff

Federal 100: Mark Weber

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  • By Camille Tuutti