Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

Modernization

Encryption challenges move to the cloud

Cloud computing is expanding the data encryption and key management issues agencies face.

Modernization

Agencies eye the possibilities of SDN

Software-defined networking is still in its infancy, but science-oriented networks already see the potential.

Modernization

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.

Modernization

Identity management heads for the cloud

The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange should simplify online credentialing of citizens, but systems that authenticate agency employees might be tougher.